Athletics Carnival

Wantirna Athletics Carnival

On Tuesday 9th August, Wantirna held its annual Athletics Carnival at the Knox Athletics Track. The day was jam packed with many fun filled activities and some great competitive racing. Once again a number of students went to a great deal of effort to dress up in home group colours, particularly year 12 students.

There were many events on offer, ranging from track and field events, as well as the novelty events including the longest kick, sack race, tunnel ball and tug of war

Congratulations to the following students who were our track and field champions from each year level:

Yr07  Femal  Track Champion

  Isaballa DAVISION        C    40.0    points in     4     Track Events

Yr07 Femal  Field Champion

  Sarah BILLINGHAM     S    28.0     points in      5     Field Events

Yr 07 Male  Track Champion

  Rorey WRIGHT              B    34.3     points in      6     Track Events

Yr 07 Male  Field Champion

  Jye VIDIC                        A    22.3      points in      3     Field Events

Yr 08 Female  Track Champion

  Mia WARD                      G    18.0      points in      2     Track Events

Yr 08 Female  Field Champion

  Megan GURNEY           C    28.0       points in      4     Field Events

Yr 08 Male  Track Champion

  Rhyce DRUMMOND     H   35.0      points in      5     Track Events

Yr 08 Male  Field Champion

  Owen HANCOCK           F    24.0     points in  3     Field Events

Yr 09 Female  Track Champion

   Gaby WOODMAN         B   19.5     points in   3     Track Events

Yr 09 Female  Field Champion

   Macey JACKSON         S    27.5     points in   5     Fields Events

Yr 09 Male  Track Champion

    Sami LUTUI                 H    26.0    points in    3     Track Events

Yr 09 Male  Field Champion

    Jonatha LIU               A    26.0     points in      3     Field Events

    Jasper LATHAM        S    26.0     points in      3    Field Events

Yr 10 Female  Track Champion

    Kristina CORNELL    C    8.0  points in         1     Track Events

Yr 10 Female  Field Champion

    Carly DE KORT           S   28.0  points in       3    Field Events

Yr 10 Male  Track Champion

    Lochie NOY                  I   20.0  points in       2    Field Events

Yr 10 Male  Field Champion

    Luke Palu                    F   29.0  points in       5    Field Events

Yr 11 Female  Track Champion

    Georgie Drury            B   8.0   points in       1    Track Events

Yr 11 Female  Field Champion

    Stacey Alexander      B   17.0  points in     2    Field Events

Yr 11 Male  Track Champion

    Logan HALLO              E   18.0  points in      2    Track Events

Yr 11 Male  Field Champion

    Logan HALLO              E   32.0  points in      6    Field Events

Yr 12 Female  Track Champion

    Julie KIM                      B   12.0  points in       2    Track Events

Yr 12 Female  Field Champion

    Ashleigh Carolan       D   43.0  points in      6    Field Events

Yr 12 Male  Track Champion

    Brayden WRIGHT       A   26.0  points in       4    Track Events

Yr 12 Male  Field Champion

    Damon FAIRCHILD    A   40.0  points in       4    Field Events

Well done also to all place getters – especially to our main race winners.  These students will now be representing the college at the Knox Division Athletics to be held on Monday 12th September. Good luck to those students who will be representing Wantirna at this race meet. I’m sure you will do Wantirna proud!

Congratulations must also go to the following home group winners, with 9S being our overall winner, scoring the most points of any home group throughout the day.

Year 7: 7S

Year 8: 8C

Year 9: 9S

Year 10: 10A

Year 10: 11B

Year 12: 12D

I would like to congratulate and thank all students who attended and actively participated throughout the day, as well as the parents who supported the event by ensuring their child attended the carnival.

Finally, I would like to thank all Year 11 VCAL students and the many others students who volunteered on the day, as well as the main officials who worked tirelessly in windy conditions to ensure a smooth running carnival. A final thank you to the staff of Wantirna, as it is them who make the carnival a success and without them the event would not be possible.

David Black

Leader of Sport, Physical Education and Health