In flight . . . Otto Church from Christ’s College attempts to break his new junior New Zealand record, which he set on a previous attempt.
More than 1000 top high school track and field athletes from around the country took to the Aorangi Park all-weather athletics track last weekend for the 51st New Zealand Secondary Schools Track, Field and Road Race Championships. Reporter Connor Haley captured some of the opening day’s action.
Notable South Canterbury Results:
Lauren Blackmore (Craighead) 1st, para junior girls discus, 20.49m, 1st, para junior shot put, 7.65m and 1st para junior javelin throw, 17.44m. Finn Tregurtha-Nairn (TBHS) 1st, para junior boy’s 100m, 13.10sec and 1st, para junior long jump, 4.41m. Briar Craig (Waimate High School) 3rd girl’s javelin throw 500g, 29.27m. Toby Winter (TBHS) 1st, junior boy’s triple jump, 12.89m. Hunter Stevenson (TBHS) 2nd, junior boy;s triple jump, 12.61m.
In stride . . . Craighead Diocesan School’s Sophia Wright puts her all into her junior girl’s 200m heat. PHOTOS: CONNOR HALEYFull house . . . The stand and surrounding areas were packed for the start of the three-day competition.Big win . . . Indie Williams from Diocesan School for Girls crosses the line with a time of 10min 13.58sec to win the junior girl’s 3000m.Full focus . . . Competing in the junior girl’s 200m section are Craighead’s Ruby Mahuika (left) and Waimate High School’s Zaylee Davis.Closely contested . . . Jacob Ridder from Cashmere High School (left) stares down Westlake Boys’ High School’s Arran Brodie in the senior boy’s 800m.Keeping pace . . . Roncalli College’s Patrick Dawson competes in the junior boy’s 400m.Medal moment . . . Celebrating on the podium for the senior boy’s pole vault are (from left) Daniel Grounds (Burnside High School), Tai Rhodes (Westlake Boys’ High School), and Alfred Pask (Darfield High School).Top form . . . Otto Church receives his gold medal after setting a new junior boy’s pole vault record of 3.56m.
