SPORT NEWS
SMR ATHLETICS
Last Thursday, twenty students continued their Athletics success representing McKinnon, competing at Casey Fields at the Southern Metro Region Athletics.
We had 19 gold medals in events and twelve students going through to the State Finals at Lakeside arena on Monday 21 October.
Congratulations to:
YEAR 7
Sophie Arbaitman - 1st in 800m and 1500m
Anushka Mehta - 1st in Discus
Luca Sirianni - 1st in 400m and
Archie Sideridis - 1st in 800 and 1500m
YEAR 8
Jasmine Chilco-Burns - 1st in Discus and 2nd in Javelin
Dimitri Giazi, Lio Widianto, Jihan Lee and Flynn Bakes - 3rd in the 4 x 100m relay
YEAR 9
Mia Lacey - 2nd in Hurdles
Ava Van Oosten - 2nd in Triple Jump
YEAR 10
Luka Sideridis - 1st in 800m and 1500m
Harry Robertson - 1st in High, Long and Triple Jump
YEAR 11
Sam Markham - 2nd in Hurdles
Hugh Du Toit - 1st in Hurdles
Christina Tan - 1st in Hurdles and 2nd in High Jump
Allegra Orso - 1st in 100m, Long and Triple Jump
YEAR 12
Alexander Koulatsos - 1st in Long Jump
James Spencer - 1st in 400m
Good luck to those competing in the State Finals!
Claire Weiss
SMR Athletics Coordinator
AUSTRALIAN YOUTH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Australian Youth Volleyball Championships were held in Bendigo from Sunday 15th to Friday 20th September.
Congratulations to Rosie O’Brien (Year 10) and Sophie Kay (Year 9) for winning Gold for Victoria in the Under 16 Girls.
Rosie O'Brien first in line and Sophie Kay 5th in line
Sophie Kay
Rosie O'Brien first in line and Sophie Kay 5th in line
Sophie Kay
Amazing work by Net Doan (Year 8) for winning gold for Victoria in the Under 14 Boys.
Net Doan 4th in line
Net Doan 4th in line
Well done to Jayvier Yang, Braden Fischer and Michael Gordeyev (all from Year 9) for winning silver in the U16 Blue team for Victoria.
Jayvier Yang 8th in line, Michael Gordeyev 10th in line and Braden Fischer 12th in line
Jayvier Yang 8th in line, Michael Gordeyev 10th in line and Braden Fischer 12th in line
A great effort by other McKinnon students representing Victoria in the tournament as well: Adam Suchard (Year 9), Leigh Kontopoulos (Year 9), Mateo Capurro Martinez (Year 9), Lio Widianto (Year 8) and Alma Segev (Year 11).
MELBOURNE VIPERS
Current Year 12 student, James Kay has represented the Victorian Vipers Men’s team in the Mahindra Australian Volleyball Super league, reaching semi finals and finishing up with a bronze on Sunday 13 October.
Well done, James!
We also thank him for his fantastic coaching of our McKinnon Year 7 Volleyball players this year.
Sandy Hope
Volleyball Coordinator