EISM Athletics Season Report

The HT Athletics Team did themselves proud at both the Division 1 and at the Champions Athletics Carnivals. We were fortunate to have reasonable conditions for both days of competition at Lakeside Stadium.

At the Division 1 Carnival, Huntingtower came a very close 6th place.

Some of the highlights of the results for the Division 1 Carnival include:

Individual Events

1st places - 6

2nd places - 14

3rd places - 16

Many students were successful at the Champions Meet and many Personal Bests were achieved.

In Athletics, a squad of around 40 students attended and came home with a number of medals. Well done to all the students involved.

Special mentions must be made of Katherine Noutso (3 medals), Henry Zhu (2 wins) and Kate Culbert (1st in shot put). All medal winners are shown below:

Emilie Hoyne: Bronze Medal, Girls 16 Year Old Triple Jump

Katherine Culbert: Gold Medal, Girls 16 Year Olds Shot Put

Marc Petheriotis: Bronze Medal, Boys 12-13 400 Metre

Sienna Fry: Silver Medal, Girls 14 Year Old High Jump

Dean Van de Waterbeemd: Bronze Medal, Boys 16 Year Old 400 Metre

Thomas Pawsey: Bronze Medal, Boys 14 Year Old 200 Metre

Henry Zhu: Gold Medal, Boys 14 Year Old 200 Metre; Gold Medal, Boys 14 Year Old Long Jump

Katherine Noutso: Bronze Medal, Girls 14 Year Old 400 Metre; Silver Medal, Girls 14 Year Old 200 Metre Dash; Bronze Medal, Girls 14 Year Old 100 Metre Dash

Congratulations and thanks are extended to the 2019 School Athletics Captains: Chloe Beovich, Riley Caune, Brandon Griffiths and Tara Samaranayake! They all led by example and contributed fine performances.

Thanks go to all the teachers and coaches involved during the season and to all the parents for your on-going support for Athletics and taking your children to the training sessions at BSAT and for collecting them at Lakeside Stadium. Special thanks go to Mark Beovich for overseeing the specialist coaches and for his ongoing support of the Huntingtower Athletics Program.

VSAC Swimming Competition

On Monday 13 May, four Huntingtower students represented the EISM at the VSAC (Victorian School Associations Competition Swimming Championships.) The EISM Squad was made up of the best swimmers within the EISM Association. It was an honour to have Jordan le Blanc, Abby Harrington, Vicky Tan and Marcus Nielsen represent the EISM Association in this championship event. The EISM finished 3rd in the Boys' and overall and 4th in the Girls'.

EISM Winter Sport

EISM Winter Sport is now in full swing. All students have weekly home or away sport competitions or a session on one of the afternoons during Periods 4 and 5.

Monday – Year 7

Wednesday – Years 10, 11 and 12

Thursday – Year 8 and 9

To prepare and develop our students’ fitness and skills, all students from Year 8 – 12 have training sessions on a Monday afternoon.

Years 8 and 9 – during Period 6

Years 10, 11 and 12 – 4.00pm – 5.00pm

These sessions are compulsory for all students and both sessions count as a Period 6 commitment.

They occur on Mondays prior to a competition. This a minimum commitment and it is expected that ALL Years 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 students attend.

Huntingtower Highlights

Issue 63 · 16 May 2019

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