Gooch won all five of her events - long jump, high jump, 100 metres, 400 metres and 4x100 metres - and had nothing but praise for the supporters on both sides.

"I'm feeling really good to be with the Orange people and my teammates are really good supporters so it's good to run against the town and do the best that we can," she said.

"The wins are really important but the atmosphere, the senior campus, keeping confident and positive and it's allowing us to do the best job that we can.

"I'm just hoping to do the best that I can, and if the wins come then that's a bonus."

The event was capped off by wins for Dubbo in both the men's and women's 4x100 metre relay.

This came as a disappointment to Orange High's anchor leg Ethan Nugent.

"It was a pretty good vibe and we were pretty close in most of them," he said.

"It was a bit heart-breaking. Obviously Nathan Towart is a freak at athletics so nothing you could do there. I was upset we didn't come first in anything, but still got places and those are vital."

Towart was Dubbo's anchor and put in a tremendous 100 metres.

"It was good and hopefully puts us in a good position to win the cup," he said.

"I felt pretty good, pretty cold though.

"It was a big lead but I was just thinking don't get caught."

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