Horsham athletes returned home with placings from State Track and Field Championships at Knox Park Athletics Centre, Melbourne.

The athletes were up against a field of 24 for each running, jumping or throwing event from eight athletics regions in the state.

Asha Meek, Georgia Foster, Maya Smith, Peter White, Jett Hill, Jack Sawyer and Tom Warner competed for Horsham Little Athletics Club.

Podium finishers were Hill in third for 12-year-old male 400-metres and Sawyer in third for 11-year-old male 200-metres.

Meek qualified for five events, the limit athletes can enter, and finished between fourth and 11th.

Darcy Venn, Austin Giusa, Kynan Stasinowsky, Campbell Stasinowsky and Xyrus Gragasin competed for Stawell Athletics Club.

Gragasin finished on the podium in second for 13-year-old male long jump.

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