ATHLETICS
Our top results at the Auckland Championships were:
With an event-filled calendar, the first term was a busy time for athletics. Our girls had a great season, with many personal bests broken. A group of five girls attended the North Island competition in Hamilton including Lucy Shennan (gold – 800m), Sonya Ha, Maddie Kelso-Heap (bronze – 300m hurdles), Elizabeth Peters (bronze – 80m hurdles) and Jacqui Nasrabadi. Dio also had great success at the Auckland Schools’ Athletics Championships where we won 11 medals.
Junior Girls Jacqui Nasrabadi – 300m 3rd, long jump 3rd Amy Shennan – 1500m 3rd Intermediate Girls Lucy Shennan – 800m 1st Maddie Kelso-Heap – 300m hurdles 1st Lucy Shennan – 400m 2nd Maddie Kelso-Heap – 200m 3rd Elizabeth Peters – 80m hurdles 3rd Senior Girls Arabella White – 800m 3rd Amelia Green – 1500m 3rd
LIVING
SUMMER SPORT ROUND-UP CRICKET
Our 1st XI cricketers competed at the Girls’ Cricket T20 National Qualifier Tournament at Lloyd Elsmore Park, where they finished in eighth place. Well done girls and many thanks to coach Roy Goodyear and manager Bryan Haggitt. Congratulations also to Tessa Dysel who has been selected into the New Zealand Maori Squad.
Dragon boating
Dio dragon boating crew 2021
The 2021 dragon boating season started off with lots of training at Lake Pupuke and online gym sessions through both lockdowns. The girls finally made it down to Lake Hood in Ashburton for the NZ Dragon Boating National Championships. Many of Dio’s team of 11 girls had never competed in a race before as our regional regatta was cancelled due to COVID-19. Despite being a small crew with not much experience, the team placed fourth and fifth in their 200m and 500m small boat races over the two-day regatta. DIO TODAY
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