Suva Grammar School has taken an early lead in the boy’s division medal tally of the 2014 Coca Cola Games after grabbing two gold medals this morning.
Grammar leads the Fijivillage medal tally with 2 gold.
Ratu Kadavulevu School is in second place with 1 gold and 1 bronze.
Levuka Public and Bua College are tied in third place with 1 gold each.
Xavier College, Natabua High, Queen Victoria School, Nilsen High and Solevu Junior Secondary have 1 silver each.
Marist has two bronze medals so far.
After finishing second in last year's 1,500 metres boys final, Suva Grammar athlete, Farisiko Mualivu made amends this morning and won gold.
Mualivu had stiff competition against Natabua High School athlete Pegasus Woodley.
He says despite the injuries, he still managed to win today.
Grammar's second gold came from Inia Sili who won the Senior Boys 1,500 metres final.
In the 1,500 metres junior boys, Isikeli Waseqali won gold for Bua College.
Waseaqali also broke the first games record.
He ran in a record time of 4 minutes 24.14 seconds beating the old record of 4 minutes 26.64 seconds set by Petero Werekoro last year.
Ratu Kadavulevu School's Mustafa Fall grabbed the first gold medal for RKS in the Senior Boys Shot Put event.
Cory Grenier of QVS took silver while Savenaca Totovosau of Marist settled for the bronze medal.
In the girls division, defending champions Jasper Williams High School is tied in first place with Xavier College.
They have 1 gold each.
Nadarivatu Secondary and Lomary Secondary have 1 silver a piece while Vunisea Secondary and Rewa Secondary have 1 bronze each.
Mereseni Naidau of Jasper won the first gold of the day in the girls 1,500 metres.
Xavier's Sereseini Vesoka won gold in the Senior Girl's Long Jump event.
The 400 metres heats are currently underway.
This will be followed by the 200 metres heats this hour while the 4x400 metres relay heats begin at about 2.25pm today.
Stay with us for the latest updates on the games.
We will have the latest results from all the track and field events, hourly medal tally updates and interviews with the athletes.
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Story by: Vijay Narayan and Filipe Naikaso
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SGS takes early lead in boys division
