Sports News
Mrs Kellie Folley
St Margaret Mary’s School Cross Country Carnival
Last Friday, our primary students participated in our annual cross country carnival. Although, the weather wasn’t on our side on the day, a huge congratulations to all students for their incredible enthusiasm and spirited participation during our cross country event! A heartfelt thank you to the parents who came along to help at the event, cheer and support. We truly appreciate your encouragement and assistance in making the day such a success.
Well done to the following students, who will now compete at the Parramatta Diocesan Cross Country at Sydney Motorsport Park on Tuesday 13th May.
Jacob H 4B | Alessia I 3Y | Sebastian L 4Y | Naarah K 5R | Alexander H 5Y | Eva E 5B |
| Simon N 4B | Zoya K 3Y | Elias K 4R | Ava M 5R | Jabari U 6R | Emily K 6Y |
Raphael B 3B | Jessica L 4R | Charbel At 5R | Olivia W 4Y | Isabella G 6R | Joy K 5B |
| Samuel B 4B | Klara R 3R | George A 5R | Evellyn K 4B | Karam A 6B | Bol D 6Y |
| Charbel E 4B | Akechak D 3Y | Ivan P 4B | Nunu H 5Y | Olivia Y 6B | Johny S 6Y |
James K 3B | Sienna D 3R | Fedric D 4R | Jessie L 4Y | Yi Fan J 6Y | Rafqa B 5R |
Jaxson K 6B | Thomas F 6B | Elijah L 6R | Elias K 6R | Xavier G 6Y | Leo G 6B |
Sophia A 6R | Amelia K 6Y | Lexie L 6R | Aanush L 6R | Eliza E 6R |
Cross Country Training
Students selected for the cross country team are warmly invited to join the training squad at 8:10am. Training will take place on the running track, where we will focus on a series of exercises designed to build stamina and enhance long distance running performance.
Term 1, Week 10 training is occurring on Monday morning.
Term 1, Week 11 training is occurring on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.
Team Sport Trials
Congratulations to Sophia A (Year 6), who will be representing St Margaret Mary’s at the upcoming trials for the Parramatta Diocesan Girls Touch Football Team on Tuesday, 8th April at St Mary’s. We extend our best wishes to Sophia for a successful and rewarding experience.
I would like to acknowledge Jabari U (Year 6) for making the 2025 Parramatta Diocesan Team in Football (Soccer), this is a fantastic achievement as the standard of Football was exceptionally high. We wish Jabari all the best at the MacKillop Football Trials in Rooty Hill on May 30th.
NSW State Little Athletics
We have a Gold Medalist at St Margaret Mary’s! Well done to Jessica L (Year 4R) who competed at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre last weekend at the NSW State Athletics Championships. Jessica won 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals over the course of the weekend.
Gold medal in 60m hurdles in a 10.20PB
Gold medal in 70m in a time of 10.59
Silver medal in long jump in a jump of 3.72m
Silver medal in 100m in a 14.63PB
We are incredibly proud of Jessica, our athletics superstar!
Representative Sport Shirts
Just a gentle reminder that if your child has worn/borrowed one of the St Margaret Mary’s representative singlets/shirts to please return it as soon as possible as these singlets will need to be worn for the Diocesan Cross Country.
“I can only control my performance. If I do my best, then I can feel good at the end of the day”
Yours in sport,
Mrs Kellie Foley
Sports Coordinator