“The good part about it is that athletics is such an individual sport, but then they go and do relays and they’ve got team-mates all day,” he said.
“It’s absolutely brilliant that they get to do it with a team – they’ve got to work and make sure they get the baton changes right.
“It’s all a team effort, whereas everything else, whether you’re doing 100 metres, high jump, or whatever it is, you’re on your own.”
Horsham won a combined nine gold medals, with two second-place finishes and seven third-place finishes.
Horsham’s under-13 boys team won each of its 100-metre, 200-metre and medley relays, with two of its four members also participating in the winning under-13 mixed 100-metre realy.
Winning teams will progress to state relay finals in Melbourne next month.
Mr Sawyer said two young athletes from the Horsham centre were also preparing to represent their state, with his son Jack Sawyer selected in a School Sport Victoria squad to compete in Sydney this weekend.
Jack will participate in the 100 and 200 metre races, a team relay and a combined event comprising a 100-metre race, long jump, shot put and an 800-metre race.
Meanwhile, Georgia Foster will travel to New Zealand in January as part of a Little Athletics Victoria development team to compete at the North Island Games.
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