Sports round up Ben Collerton (middle) on the winner’s podium.
New Zealand Secondary Schools National Athletics Championships 2015 St Andrew’s athletes performed impressively to win four gold, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the National Secondary Schools Athletics Championships held in Timaru from 4−6 December 2015. The level of competition was extremely high and there were a lot of personal best performances from St Andrew’s athletes. • Christina Shepherd (Y11) excelled to win a gold in both discus and shot put. She also won a silver medal in the 100m; • Ben Collerton (Y13) who is a New Zealand representative won the Senior Boys 110m hurdles emphatically by 0.6 of a second, and finished fourth in the high jump and fifth in the long jump; • Callum Stewart (Y10) placed second in the Junior Boys triple jump with an incredible leap of 12.50 metres; • Eva Pringle (Y9) won gold in the Girls road race; • Mitchell Small (Y12) won silver in the Senior Boys 3000m, beating his personal best by 10 seconds; • Mya Graham (Y10) won bronze in the Junior Girls 2000m steeplechase; • The Junior Girls 4×400m relay team comprising Pieta Hansen (Y10), Mya Graham (Y10), Victoria Spratt (Y9), and Isabella Ambrosius (Y9) won bronze.
Aquathlon Quinton Hurley (Year 11) competed at the National Aquathlon Championships in Tauranga late last year where he won the U16 race, consisting of a 500m open water swim and a 2.5km run. Athletics Canterbury Athletic Championships An incredible 18 individual titles and 58 top five placings (up from 42 last year) were won by St Andrew’s athletes at the Canterbury Athletic Championships. Individual Titles: • Johnnie Clay (Y13): Senior Boys high jump • Pieta Hansen (Y11): Junior Girls 400m and 200m • Samuel Jenkins (Y9): Boys U14 shot put and 4×100 relay • Angus Kelliher (Y9): Boys U14 javelin • Holly Matson (Y12): Girls Intermediate high jump • Thomas McKay (Y10): Junior Boys shot put • Hugh Montgomery (Y9): Boys U14 long jump, 100m and 4×100 relay • Eva Pringle (Y10): Junior Girls 1500m and 1500m steeplechase • Ayrton Shadbolt (Y10): Junior Boys 1500m • Christina Shepherd (Y12): AWD Senior Girls 100m, shot put and discus • Mitchell Small (Y13): Senior Boys 1500m • Victoria Spratt (Y10): Junior Girls 800m • Callum Stewart (Y11): Intermediate Boys triple jump • Benjamin Blyth (Y9): Boys U14 4×100 relay • James Carr (Y9): Boys U14 4×100 relay
South Island Secondary Schools Athletics Championships The fantastic form of our athletes continued at the South Island Secondary Schools Athletics Championships in April, where StAC picked up an outstanding 16 individual titles. Mitchell Small (Year 13) broke two South Island records at this event for the 1500m and 3000m and was one of six boys and six girls selected to compete in the World Secondary Schools Cross Country race in Budapest, Hungary. Mitchell has also been selected for the New Zealand Pathway to Podium programme in athletics, which ensures he receives further support to compete at an elite level. Following is a list of athletes who achieved a top-three placing:
Boys U14 • Samuel Jenkins (Y9): Third – shot put 4.00kg (Personal Best) • Hugh Montgomery (Y9): First – long jump (Personal Best); First – 100m • Benjamin Blyth (Y9), James Carr (Y9), Samuel Jenkins (Y9) and Hugh Montgomery (Y9): Second – 4×100m Relay Boys U15 • Samuel Wilson (Y11): Third – high jump Girls U15 • Mya Graham (Y11): Second – 1500m and 800m • Pieta Hansen (Y11): First – 200m; First – 400m (Record and Personal Best); Second Photo Finish – 100m • Victoria Spratt (Y10): Third – 800m
Overall the College had 22 top 10 finishes at the event with 27 athletes competing. Kaitlin Watson (Year 11)
Callum Stewart (Year 11)
