THE Mount Isa athletics Club had better than expected numbers turn out for last Saturday’s Club meet with 88 athletes attending the show day afternoon.

All were in hot pursuit of the elusive five from five personal bests from the day.

The two athletes able to run, jump and throw their way to success were Blake Lillis, 9, and 14-year-old Nikki Dickson.

Hot on their heels with four PB’s were Blake’s sister, Chelsea Lillis, Shanara Body (backing up her 4 from the previous week), Martin O’Brien and David Scott.

The five-year boys set a blistering pace in their 100m sprint pushing Denzil Perkins to the line in a record time of 20.1s, beating the time set by local sprint star Mason Holm back in 1997.

Master athlete David Scott’s steady run of PB’s saw him set new marks for the 35-39 years 200m (26.1s), 800m (2:45.8s) and discus (25.03m).

The continued improvement of athletes has seen another 14 club members pass the required level to receive Legend certificates.

They are William Barwick, Tremaine Body, Denzil Perkins, Jake Russell, Justin Crick, Levi Collier, Jackson Donovan, Brendan Kelly, Shanara Body, Sabrina Cahill, Chelsea Lillis, Adam Farlow and Bradley Watt.

Five Mount Isa athletes will be heading off to Townsville on the July 5 to attend the five-day Athletics North Queensland OzSquad live-in Camp.

The athletes, Adam Farlow, Mars Larsen, James Sweeney, Nikki Dickson and Holly Johnstone, were invited to attend the camp as a result of their outstanding performances in the 2008-09 season.

The camp will be hosted by five nationally recognised Level 5 athletic coaches together with a number of experts covering topics such as nutrition and psychology.

The next regular club day will be held on Saturday, July 18.

Prior to this, athletes, registered or not, have the opportunity to compete for medals at the Western Games on July 4 at Sunset Oval.