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SMC super stars shine at Southern SATIS Athletics Carnival 

Following on from a successful cross country in Term 2, St Mary's College's athletes continued their success and once again proved their prowess at the Southern SATIS Athletics Carnival, taking out the Junior (Years 7–10) and Aggregate (Years 7–12) shields. 

It was a great day across all age groups with the U15 girls finishing in first place, the U13s taking out second, the U14s and U16s finishing third, and the Open Age Group securing second place behind Guilford Young College. 

There were some incredible individual achievements with a number of athletes taking home multiple gold, silver and bronze medals across a number of track and field events. 

U13

Alet Le Grange – 1st 400m, 800m and 1500m

Mackenzie Graves – 2nd 100m, long jump, shot put and discus 

Kate Fox – 2nd 1500m

U14

Jessica Smith – 1st 1500m 

Isobel Gray – 2nd 100m, shot put and 3rd discus

U15

Emma Grubb – 1st 200m, 400m, high jump and 2nd 100m 

Cate Clingeleffer – 1st 800m, 1500m and 2nd 3000m

Davina Cox – 1st shot put and 4th discus 

Venus Wani – 1st long jump

U16

Lauren Shelton – 1st discus, shot put, 2nd javelin, high jump and 3rd 200m

Opens

Caitlin McDonald – 1st discus, shot put and 3rd Javelin 

Amelie Cox – 2nd shot put 

Phoebe Teale – 3rd 1500m

It was great seeing every St Mary’s athlete giving their best, whether it was in the U13 shot put, the U16 high jump or the relays, which always provide a lot of excitement at the end of the day, especially when points are close!

As staff, we could not be more proud of the team and their efforts. Seeing 44 athletes out there having fun with their friends, competing in their respective events, supporting each other and giving it their all is what the spirit of sport at St Mary’s is all about. As we said to them at the start of the day, 'try your best, enjoy the experience and the results will take care of themselves'.

A big thank you as well to our amazing Year 11 and 12 cohort captained by Caitlin McDonald (Head) and Amelie Cox (Deputy), who led by example and supported and encouraged the team throughout the day.

Next up we have the State Athletics Carnival on Saturday 18 September at the Domain and fingers crossed we can have similar results!

Mia Blignaut 

Sports Coordinator – Senior School