Hinata Inoue and Jake Murphy competed at the event at the beginning of the month and both managed podium finishes.

The pair qualified for the All Schools event after snaring gold medals at the Polding carnival.

Jake finished with silver in the 12-years-boys long jump.

He jumped 5.41 metres which was a personal best.

Jake is no stranger to athletics, the St Joseph's School student holds three records at various levels including discus at both Armidale Diocese and Polding level as well as the Armidale Diocese long jump record, set this year.

He also competes regularly for the Border Blues Little Athletics club and won a bronze medal at the Queensland State Championships in Townsville in March.

His feats in the sport saw him secure the 2018 Young Sportsperson of the Year at the Tenterfield Australia Day awards.

Hinata claimed bronze in the 11-years-boys discus with a throw of 34.39 metres but his story follows a different path.

Until this year, Hinata hadn't given much thought into competing in athletics events.

It wasn't until after he qualified at Polding to compete in the shot put and discus for the NSW All Schools carnival that he started to train for it.

"We live 40 kilometres away from town so we didn't get coaching or training," Hinata's dad Masa said.

"He watched YouTube, coaching tips and coaching videos and we bought him a discus and shot put from eBay.

"After school he was throwing discus and shot put every day after school for one or two hours on our farm.

"When he learned how to throw he just repeated watching YouTube, searching it on Google and finding out how to throw.

"He improved about 10 or 15 metres form when he started throwing discus."

When Hinata got to Sydney though, things didn't go to plan.

He struggled to throw it in the discus area in his practice session upon arrival to Sydney.

His first two throws in the competition went the same way, not landing in the discus area again.

It took his third throw to actually land in the right spot which was the one that landed him the bronze.

The third and final throw was also a personal best for Hinata in the discus event.

In the shot put, he finished 12th out of 32 with a throw of 11.37m.

"He likes to self-study but he wants to play discus and shot put in the future. As a parent, I am very happy to see he has found something he can concentrate on," Masa said.

Both boys would have gained selection to the NSW team to compete at nationals but due to the climate, the Australian titles were held earlier in the year in Darwin with a different selection process.