Wellington College have retained the McEvedy Shield, romping to their 50th win in the traditional athletics meet.

Their score of 221.5 was a whopping 62 points ahead of St Pat's Town on 160.5, with St Pat's Stream third on 112 and Rongotai College well off the pace with just 56.

Wellington College captain Liam Webb said it was incredible to have led the school to their 50th title.

KEVIN STENT/FAIRFAX NZ Wellington College captain Liam Webb lifts the McEvedy Shield after his school won the title on Tuesday.

"It's a special milestone, we all knew we were on 49 wins and we all knew it would be special to get 50.

"There a lot of emotions with this atmosphere here, it's so great to win the shield. The crowd does so much for us, it's such a great event it just gives you that buzz.

"It's an awesome feeling to lift that shield and hear the crowd roar, you get all the emotions going through you."

NZ RUN It's Wellington College by some margin.

Wellington's dominance came largely in the under-16 grade, where they scored 75 points - Town could manage just 43 while the other two schools struggled to reach double figures.

Webb said there were a number of outstanding performances across the board but singled out one of the youngest members of the team for praise.

"Harry Jones did really well in the under-14 400m and 800m and definitely we've got some strong jumpers."

Wellington College won at every age group, with the under-14s grabbing 52 points, the under-15s getting 44.5 and the open level managed 50.

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It was Wellington College's second-straight win after Town had won it the previous three years before that.

Their big margin of victory was a far cry from the 11 they won by in exciting fashion in 2015 and was the biggest margin since their 81-point triumph in 2004.

Webb said it was more enjoyable to have the win wrapped up ahead of time.

"It was a lot more than last year, it's nice to get that good victory and not have it too close."

The Wellington College crowd in the second half of the stadium had helped to get a lot of their runners home, Webb said.

"You could really here them in that final 50m and they would give you that push across the line."

While Town didn't win the shield, they did set two McEvedy records in the under-14 shot put - Zion Trigger Faitele with a 15.33m throw - and under-16 3000 metres via Max Karamanolis.

Karamanolis' win in 9.07.37 was outstanding given that Simon Jessep's (Wellington College) record time of 9:10.90 had stood for 30 years.

Karamanolis said he had set himself the target of breaking that record.

"I was trying to pace it for the record. I was looking last night and I knew what it was, I thought I might be able to do it but I wasn't sure.

"I was still pushing with a lap to go and didn't know I had it, but when I crossed the finish line I knew I'd made it and was really happy."

Karamanolis went on to easily win the under-16 1500m as well.

His older brother, Marcus, broke the long-standing 3000m open record in 2014 and Max said he didn't think he'd be able to lower the incredible time of 8:45.27.

"That will be hard, but it will be good to give it a go."

* Video of the presentation and haka will be added later today.