Athletics/Cross Country
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL REPORT
The 2017 Athletics Carnival was held at Jubilee Park on a beautiful autumn day. Students from all Houses competed with fantastic spirit and the sheer number of competitors who participated in track and field events is to be commended. House pride was on the line and the House Leaders and Captains led the way from the beginning with some very entertaining House Chants, with a win to Kennedy kicking off a day of close competition. After a cool start in the morning, the day and competition heated up. There were some outstanding individual performances at the carnival. 2017 saw 10 athletes breaking 11 individual records, whilst 3 relay records (from 2015) were broken.
Records:
Ryan Brown 13 Boys Javelin 25.60m
Wes Clark 15 Boys - High Jump 1.75m
Mikaela Cole Senior Girls – 400m 1:03.24
Henry Cook 13 Boys – High Jump 1.60m; Long Jump 4.69m
Sophie Edmunds 12 Girls - Javelin 15.18m
Brooke Gayler Senior Girls – Shot Put 11.66m
Lucy McIntyre 14 Girls – High Jump 1.45m
Harriet Priest 13 Girls 1500m 5:42.23
Cooper Stormonth 14 Boys – Long Jump 5.49m
Thomas Walker 12 Boys 800m – 2:50.71
Relays :(Times from 2015 only)
13 Boys Sherrin House – 58.81
16 Girls Rosarie House – 59.49
16 Boys Rosarie House – 51.69
Outstanding athletes in each age group who took out their respective Age Champions were:
Girls - 12 Years Boys - 12 Years
Sophie Edmunds (Sherrin) Jack Kelleher (Rosarie)
Girls - 13 Years Boys - 13 Years
Harriet Priest (Sherrin) Henry Cook (Sherrin)
Girls - 14 Years Boys - 14 Years
Lucy McIntyre (Carroll) Cooper Stormonth (Sherrin)
Girls - 15 Years Boys - 15 Years
Chloe Mannell (Carroll) Wes Clark (Kennedy)
Girls - 16 Years Boys - 16 Years
Brittany Adams (Rosarie) Connor Quade (Rosarie)
Senior Girls Senior Boys
Mikaela Cole (Kennedy) Tom Butt (Rosarie)
After a day of close competition all Houses were eager to see who would be crowned House Champions for 2017. With the lead changing a number of times during the day the result was always going to be close. Despite Carroll House scoring an outstanding 840 Participation points it was the Competition points from Rosarie that got them over the line, adding to their Swimming Carnival win and taking the title away from Kennedy who had won the previous 3 years. Congratulations to all who participated in the true spirit of the event.
House Points
1st - Rosarie House 2nd - Carroll House 3rd - Sherrin House
Chant - 36.5 Chant - 42 Chant - 37
Competition - 1205 Competition - 876 Competition - 961
Participation - 678 Participation - 840 Participation - 718
Total - 1919.5 Total - 1758 Total - 1716
4th - Kennedy House 5th - Webber House
Chant - 44.5 Chant - 32.5
Competition - 947 Competition - 392
Participation - 673 Participation - 547
Total - 1664.5 Total - 971.5
Thanks must also go to all the staff who adapted to unfamiliar roles and made such a successful day possible, with a special mention to our First Aid Officer, Mrs Higgins who dealt with a number of serious injuries on the day. Recognition must also go to our students for their fantastic support of the day.
CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL REPORT
The annual Cross Country was held on Thursday, 7 April in beautiful autumn conditions. For the first time the carnival was held in the morning with the aim to give students the opportunity to run to the best of their ability. There were some outstanding team and individual performances as students completed various distances of 3, 4 & 6km. The commitment of students to the Cross Country has improved year-on-year, and it was fantastic to see so many students giving their all. It was a great day and a big thank you must go to the whole Mater Dei Catholic College school community for getting involved and making the day such a success.
With so many competitive runners, point scores were through the roof. Sherrin dominated the Age Champions and these runners were supported by their housemates to take out the title for the first time.
Congratulations to Sherrin House and also to the following students who were named Age Champions:
Girls - 12 Years Boys - 12 Years
Sophie Edmunds (Sherrin) Tom Walker (Sherrin)
Girls - 13 Years Boys - 13 Years
Harriet Priest (Sherrin) Heath Hosie (Sherrin)
Girls - 14 Years Boys - 14 Years
Trinity Murphy (Carroll) Cooper Stormonth (Sherrin)
Girls - 15 Years Boys - 15 Years
Hayley Hutchinson (Rosarie) Kobe Priest (Sherrin)
Girls - 16 Years Boys - 16 Years
Molly Devries (Sherrin) Harry Trevaskis (Kennedy)
Girls - 17 Years Boys - 17 Years
Mikaela Cole (Kennedy) Damian O'Donoghue (Webber)
Girls - 18 Years Boys - 18 Years
Lana Duffy (Kennedy) George Bolitho (Webber)
Records:
Tom Walker (Sherrin) Time: 13:38 Distance: 3km
Harriet Priest (Sherrin) Time: 13:06 Distance: 3km
Molly Devries (Sherrin) Time: 17:22 Distance: 4km
House Points:
1st - Sherrin - 3397
2nd - Rosarie - 3114
3rd - Kennedy - 2968
4th - Carroll - 2901
5th - Webber - 2478
Mr Nathan Irvine
Sports Coordinator
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