EDUCATION: KRISTIN SCHOOL
Further sport successes Kristin Basketball bounces high with three gold medals Kristin Basketball is bouncing high, with three gold medals after the semester one (Term 1 and 2) competition! The Kristin Year 7 Jade team won their semester one Intermediate Boys League 5 season in Basketball, and the Year 8 Kea Basketball team continued their wonderful form with a convincing win in their League 3 final against Belmont Timberwolves. Led by Alex Goodwin, the team were fast on the break and secure with the pass to ensure the comfortable win 34-19. Kristin Kotare in League 8 also went unbeaten and congratulations also to the Year 7/8 Doves basketball team who placed third in their league. The second semester competition starts up again in Term 3 Week 3.
Kristin Jade team.
Kristin Junior School wins the 2021 Northern Bays Cross Country Cup On Wednesday 30th June, with runners from 11 schools participating, Kristin’s Juliane Janke started a trend on the day with a strong run and first place in the eightyear-old girls' race. This was followed by a tremendous run into first place by Alex Leigh in the eightyear-old boys. Marlene Janke, even after a tumble, managed a powerful finish and gained first place in the nine-year-old girls. Other students who placed well in the first six were Junya Wang, third place in the 10-year-old girls and Isobel Holdsworth, fourth place in the eight-year-old girls.
The Kristin Junior School Cross Country team.
Kristin’s Juliane Janke started a trend on the day with a strong run and first place in the 8-year-old Girls. Kristin makes a big splash at the Swimming Champs Our Kristin swimmers made a big splash at the Auckland Schools Individual Championships at the end of June. Congratulations to Rebecca Wilkins (Year 12) for winning all four of her events. Rebecca won the 200m freestyle, 100m and 200m breaststroke and the 100m individual medley. Joining her on the podium were Oscar Greenwood (Year 11) who won silver in the 200m individual medley, Eloise Raper (Year 10) who won bronze in the 200m backstroke and Jason Hua (Year 10) who won bronze in the 400m freestyle.
Success at the Auckland Ski Championships
Oscar, Rebecca, Eloise and Jason.
Our Kristin swimmers made a big splash at the Auckland Schools Individual Championships at the end of June.
The Auckland Secondary School Ski Championships were held indoors at Snowplanet on Thursday 24th June. Year 12 student Mikayla Smyth won both the Senior Girls Slalom and Dual Slalom, with Michol Hinton (Year 12) runner-up in both events and also in the Slopestyle. Harrison Messenger (Year 13) also won the Senior Boys Slalom and Dual Slalom; and Kalyan Evans (Year 10) won the Junior Boys Slopestyle. Hugo Morganti (Year 10) placed second in the Junior Boys Dual Slalom followed by Stan Urlich (Year 10) in third place. Nicole Wang (Year 10) placed second in the Junior Girls' Slopestyle. Such great results also led to Kristin being awarded the following: First Overall Girls Team – Charlotte Baker, Emma Gentry, Michol Hinton, Steffani Moore, Mikayla Smyth and Nicole Wang Second Overall Boys Team – Harry Bailey, Kalan Evans, Harrison Messenger, Hugo Morganti, Maique Pang and Stan Urlich
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The Kristin Ski Champs team.
