ACC Athletics
ACC “B” Division Athletics Carnival
What a performance it was last Thursday at the ACC “B” Division Athletics Carnival! The level of sportsmanship and determination on display by our athletes was NEXT LEVEL. Not many people gave St Norbert College a chance against the much larger schools in what is a very competitive division, so to finish 3rd (only 22 points behind 2nd place) is an exceptional performance and one that all members of our College community should be extremely proud of. Athletics is a team sport and every single person contributed on the day which was great to see.
At the last training session before the carnival, I threw down the challenge and reminded all athletes of the task ahead and I was filled with pride to see our athletes accept the challenge and deliver higher than expected results. Imagine what the team could achieve if we were getting 60, 70 or 80 students regularly down to training sessions? I truly believe that A-Division is within reach for us – 2019 perhaps! Our athletics coach, Steve Tucker, said he was in the stands watching the relays, feeling like a proud coach and could not have spoken any higher of our athletes for their efforts. Kyle March, the Director of Sport at the ACC, came straight up to me after the presentations to congratulate our team on such a huge display against the bigger schools and a former teacher of St Norbert College (who now teaches at Prendiville College) spoke highly of the amount of “heart” that our students displayed on the day, and it was this exact thing that saw us be so competitive.
OVERALL SCORES
Team Male Score Female Score Total
Chisholm 917 871 1788
Newman 817 841 1658
St Norbert 874 741 1635
St Marks 778 846 1624
Mater Dei 780 804 1584
Prendiville 806 692 1498
La Salle 698 732 1430
Seton 664 680 1344
Congratulations and special mentions to the following:
- Senior Boys for winning the shield
- Junior Boys finished 2nd overall
- Lubin Benedict, Izeldin Bol, Cooper Jenkins and Werner Van Rooyen for breaking a 32-year-old record in the U/16 Boys 4x 100m relay
- Age group champions:
- Bob Watson – 4th overall in U/13 boys
- Holly Giles – Runner-Up Champion Girl in U/13 girls
- Jordan-Blaze Lightbourn – 3rd overall in U/14 boys
- In U/14 girls we had Shenae Hartree awarded Champion Girl and Zeta Stevens finished 3rd overall
- Kayla Hartree – Runner-Up Champion Girl in U/15 girls
- Lubin Benedict – Runner-Up Champion Boy in U/16 boys
- Ellie Nagle – Runner-Up Champion Girl in OPEN girls
- Noel Mancuveni – 4th overall in OPEN boys
To put that in perspective, of the 40 best performing students at the carnival, nine were from St Norbert College – unbelievable!
Thank you to Mr Gherardi, Mrs Robinson, Ms Hughes, Ms Isard, Mr Godfrey, Mr D’Almeida, Mr Ford, Mr Lewis and Mr Steven Tucker for training our athletes throughout the athletics season. I hope the athletes believe me when I say that their performance at the carnival means just as much to the staff and coaches involved, as it does to them. Thank you also to our senior students for the leadership shown at the carnival, especially by our captains Sophie Spanghero and Jack Higgs.
Finally, thank you toMs McKenna, Mr D’Mello and the Certificate Sport and Recreation students who helped out as officials on the day.
After each ACC carnival, the ACC combines all results across all divisions in a “virtual carnival”. This places all schools and competitors against one another. I am pleased to report that out of all the schools, across all divisions and events, St Norbert College finished 6th overall out of 60 schools. This is a testimony to your endeavour on the day, and further illustrates that St Norbert College is capable of mixing it in A-Division. A massive congratulations to our senior boys who finished 1st overall in the Senior Boys Shield (once again, out of all schools!) for their performance last Thursday.
To view the results from the carnival, go to this link: http://www.accsport.asn.au/system/files/sportstrak/athletics/2017/athsb/page1.htm
Bring on 2018!
Mr M Price (Head of Sport)