Beatrice Faumuina capped a successful New Zealand track and field championships in Inglewood, winning the final event on the programme on Sunday in convincing fashion with a throw of 60.71m in the discus.
With all other competition on the track concluded the spectators congregated around the track near the discus circle and gave Faumuina plenty of encouragement each time she entered the circle.
Faumuina was delighted with her performance in taking her 14th national title.
This came on top of winning in Melbourne with 60.40m, just 32 hours earlier.
"It was missed opportunities today, I should have gone further today, the conditions were perfect, but I had set myself a tough assignment," said Faumuina.
"It was nice to get one in Melbourne, to return after finishing fourth in Melbourne and throw over 60 metres," she added.
"I'm feeling good, injury free and I am looking forward to the world championships."

Valerie Vili was consistent again in the shot put, with all her legal attempts over 18 metres in winning her seventh straight title.
Vili's best performance came in round three extending her best this season out to 18.84m.
"It's all coming together," said Vili.
Vili now looks forward to competing at the John Walker night of miles meeting at Mt Smart Stadium on 24 March.

Defending champion James Dolphin and former champion Chris Donaldson went neck and neck over the line in the 100m in 10.56s, with the photofinish unable to separate them.
For the first time at the championships the result was declared a dead heat.
Dolphin aged 23 first won the national 100m title while still at school in 2002 and has won it for the last two years.
Donaldson (31) said it was a good race and it is seven years since he won the title.
"I've had a lot of injuries, but it is good to be back and I am starting to get quicker," said Donaldson.
The Otago sprinter will join Dolphin in the Australian championships in Brisbane next weekend.
David Falealili who has not been out of the first four in the last six years was third in 10.69s.
Dolphin also won the 200m in 21.31s, to collect the sprint double for three years, the first athlete to do it over the metric distances.
Malcolm Leadbetter completed the treble/treble in the 1920's and Maurie Rae in the 1950's over 100 and 220 yards.

Monique Williams in her second year in the senior ranks won the 400m and 100m to add to the 200m won on the first day.
"I can't believe it," said a surprised Williams at the finish of the 100m.
Williams recorded a personal best 11.78s in the 100m coming on top of her time of 56.19s over 400m.
Williams won a further two gold medals in the relays for Auckland, taking part in the 4 x 100m event and anchoring them to victory in the 4 x 400m relay.

Andrea Miller retained her 100m hurdles title in 13.70s while James Mortimer made it five in a row in the 110m hurdles in 14.07s.

Stuart Farquhar won his seventh javelin title with a throw of 76.85m.
Eleven years since he last won a national shot put title, Patrick Hellier took gold with a shot put of 15.97m, and he also retained his discus title. Vili's husband Bertrand competing for New Caledonia won the discus event with a throw of 57.51m.
Cory Innes retained his 400m title in 46.97s.

Scott Winton the national senior men's road champion won the 10,000m in 29m 38.90s. Phil Costley who was aiming to take his first 10,000m title, the only long distance running title he hasn't won, withdrew during the race with a troublesome niggle in his hamstring.
Rees Buck, three times national 3000m champion won his first 5000m title, after racing away from Luke Hurring over the final 300m. Buck recorded 14m 26.02s. It is his first full track season in two and a half years.
Buck said it would have been good to have had Costley in the race.
"I scratched from the 1500m in order to concentrate on the 5000m and to have good race against Phil," said Buck.
Buck's next race will be the Mayoral mile in Wanganui.
"I'll then have a bit of break," he added.

Belinda Wimmer of Tasman won her first national title taking out the women's 5000m in 17m 10.30s.
There was drama after two laps when Wimmer was tripped.
"I took a tumble and had to get up and into the race again from the back of the pack. I tried not to swear," said a delighted Wimmer after coming through for victory.

Talented Auckland pole vaulter 15 year old Jaedena Ward won both the woman 16 and 19 titles. In the W16 competition on Friday Ward went close to breaking the New Zealand W16 record of 3.50m, but came back the next day to take the W19 title with a national W16 record of 3.51m.
Sarah McSweeney further reduced her national women's 17 2000m steeplechase record to 6m 53.02s.

Esther Keown went close to qualifying for the world youth championships in winning the women 16 1500m in 4m 32.23s.
Nneka Okpala was just 2 cm short of breaking the record in the women's 19 triple jump clearing 12.72m.
Tony Sargisson won the 20km road walk in 1m 32m 3s.