ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

On Wednesday 7 August saw the 2013 Athletics Carnival successfully completed despite the threat of a rain storm lingering all day. Students and staff came dressed as something starting with the first letter of their house creating a sea of Chisholm carpenters, Gilmore gladiators and gangsters, Flynn fairies and Monash monkeys. A very competitive day overall with many close track heats which left the finish marshals in a sweat and meant the House Captains had to work hard to have their students participating and competing to the best of their abilities. The end result saw Chisholm house taking out the carnival in a surprise win, which left Gilmore feeling flat as they were sure they were going to back up their

win from the swimming sports. Gilmore did, however, claim McKinnon’s first ever Quidditch House Championship with Sejin Gunaridis featuring by craftily catching the golden snitch!

Whilst Chisholm won the overall event as a team we had many wonderful individual performances. The following students were the McKinnon Athletics Champions for their age group for 2013:

18+ Garry Asaturov Sejin Gunaridis

17 James Landman Jessica Kroumer

16 Harry Amner Lucy Kennedy

15 Tom Stevenson Caitlin Arneil

14 Luke Lagreca Bella Lignos

13 Jesse Sholz Lilli Soprano

The following records were broken on the day:

13 Girls Jemma Owen Discuss 25.64m

13 Girls Neomai Taufa Shot put 9.80m

15 Girls Emily Harbis 100m 12.83 seconds

15 Girls Caitlin Arneil 800m 2.42 minutes

15 Girls Sophie Highnam 1500m 5.13 minutes

16 Girls Lena Zhan 200m 24.72 seconds

18+ Girls Sejin Gunaridis 800m 2.49 minutes

15 Boys Nicholas Makris 100m 11.09 seconds

17 Boys Nicholas Parkinson 800m 2.09 minutes

17 Boys Nicholas Parkinson 1500 4.34 minutes

Thank you to the staff for their efforts on the day and for the students overall good behavior and exemplary participation!

Daniel Farthing

Athletics Carnival Coordinator

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