Ballarat's Cross family had a day to remember at the Maribyrnong Gift meet on Monday.
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Brothers Isaiah and Xavier Cross finished one-two in the boys' under-18 120m final and sister Charlotte (27m) won the under-14 mixed 120m final.
Isaiah made full use of his outmark of 26m to hold off Xavier in an ideal lead-up to the Ballarat Gift Carnival on Saturday, February 1, and Sunday, February 2. A third brother Elijah also contested the final.
This was Isaiah's second final of the season after finishing second in a mixed 100m at Daylesford. Xavier won an under-18 70m at Waverley in December in what is proving a big season for the family.
In an impressive day for Ballarat youngsters, Bethany Jones had her first success at this level in taking out the girls' under-18 120m.
Jones, who ran off 26m, joins older siblings Kate and Nathan as winners of VAL sashes. Kate Jones, who won the 2018 Ballarat Women's Gift, had first run of the year at Maribyrnong.