Friday, March 18, 2011

TSSSA Athletics Success

This year 41 athletes represented SHS at the 2011 TSS Athletics Championships. This is the largest team we have sent in many years and the athletes are to be commended, not only for their performance on the track and field but also for their team spirit and for representing the school with pride and respect. Also many thanks to Mr Walker for his managerial expertise and to Sports Captains Sarah Cooper and Hamish Walker and also Hayden Hendry for their support.
We gained a total of 15 places over the day ; a very fine effort indeed.

Luke Fisher managed a 2nd place in the Intermediate Boys 200m and the Intermediate Boys 4 x 100 relay team of Luke, Blake Cheer, Matthew Kowalewski and Quinlin Bosson-Thompson were 3rd.

Jack Espin ran 2nd in the Senior Boys 3000m steeplechase while Paul Haenga was 2nd in the 300m hurdles. The Senior Boys 4 x 100 relay team of Paul, Jack, Adrian Pitman and Jason Simpson were also 3rd.

Junior Girl Sarah Kowalewski was an impressive winner of the 1500m and was also 3rd in the Triple Jump. The Junior Girls 4 x 100 relay team of Sarah, Tyler Page, Megan Old and Storm Murray gained 3rd place.

The Intermediate Girls relay team of Theresa O’Neil, Deanna Crawford, Deja Whatu and Shayna Heal also placed 3rd.

Taylor Bailey was paced 3rd in the Senior Girls High Jump and the 200m while Chelsea Saywell was 1st in the Senior Girls Discus.

Athlete of the day, however, was Quinlin Bosson-Thompson who was a very impressive winner of the Junior Boys 100m, 200m and 300m events.

Congratulations to Taylor Bailey, Quinlin Bosson-Thompson and Sarah Kowalewski who have been selected to represent Taranaki Secondary Schools at the North Island Championships.

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