Athletics 2019
2019 Age Group Champions
Baimbridge Athletics Sports
It has been a big two weeks in athletics, with the Inter-House Athletics Carnival and Glenelg District Athletics Carnival being held on 7th March and 15th March, respectively.
We were blessed with perfect weather conditions at Pedrina Park for our inter-house competition. With a few extra events being held on the day, it was a full day of intense competition. Bradman won the male team’s competition to put them in with a chance of winning the day, but once again it was the dominance of the Fraser Girls team that saw the Fraser House claim victory. Fraser has now won the Swimming and Athletics this year, and no doubt will be aiming to claim the Cross-Country Championship early next term. Is there a team capable of stopping this blue juggernaut?
The top three Age Group champions are listed below;
12-13 Girls Age Group 12-13 Boys Age Group
1st Karoraina Karatau-Keightley 1st Lachie Nield
2nd Montana Boney 2nd Rylan McConachy
3rd Ella Sevior 3rd Rylan Pech
14 Girls Age Group 14 Age Group
1st Mia McGrath 1st Joey Lehmann
2nd Georgia Pitts 2nd Aderito Niyibigira
3rd Peyton Neaves 3rd Ethan Baulch
15 Girls Age Group 15 Boys Age Group
1st Savannah Edwards 1st Mason Tooley
2nd Miranda McIntyre 2nd Guelor Mirindi
3rd Isabella Morgan 3rd Lucas Kyle
16 Girls Age Group 16 Boys Age Group
1st Emily Pitts 1st Zebb Nield
2nd Emma Hobbs 2nd Jacob Cook
3rd Raven Fitzpatrick 3rd Rhylee Porter-Seamons
17 Girls Age Group 17 Boys Age Group
1st Laura Robinson 1st Aaron Glare
2nd Lily Kyle 2nd Austin Mills
3rd Chelsea Chugg 3rd Adam Flavel
18-20 Girls Age Group 18-20 Boys Age Group
1st Courtney Sanders 1st Regan McKenzie
2nd Darcey Jackson 2nd Peter Rafferty
3rd Sinead Lambert 3rd Samuel Lambevski
Glenelg District Championships
A strong contingent of eighty Baimbridge students then went on to compete at the Glenelg District Championships, held in Casterton the following week. Baimbridge finished third in the boys aggregate and fourth in the girls aggregate, placing us third overall. Individual age champions were hard to come by, but the following athletes finished among the mix;
12-13 Girls Age Group 14 Girls Age Group
Karoraina Karatau-Keightley: equal sixth Mia McGrath: fourth
Montana Boney: equal sixth
15 Girls Age Group 16 Girls Age Group
Emily Pitts: second Isabella Morgan: fifth
17 Girls Age Group 18-20 Boys Age Group
Laura Robinson: fourth Regan McKenzie
18-20 Girls Age Group
Courtney Sanders: sixth
There were some fantastic individual results, with the following athletes qualifying to the next stage of competition (Great Western Regional Carnival) in September at Warrnambool.
Emily Pitts: Girls 16 Age 100-metre dash
Girls 16 Age 200-metre dash
Girls 16 Age 90-metre hurdles
Aaron Glare: Boys 17 Age 400-metre run
Brendon Patterson: Boys 17 Age 1500-metre run
Mia McGrath Girls 14 Age Discus
Lillie Gould Girls 16 Age Discus
Latisha Gay: Girls 15 Age Shot Put
Mason Tooley: Boys 15 Age Shot Put
Cuba Cook: Boys 17 Age Shot Put
Isabella Morgan Girls 15 Age High Jump
Raven Fitzpatrick Girls 16 Age High Jump
Adam Flavel Boys 17 Age High Jump
Regan McKenzie Boys 18-20 Javelin Throw
Karoraina Karatau-Keightley: Girls 12-13 Long Jump
As well as the individual qualifications, the Boys 14 Age group 4x100-metre relay and the Girls 17 Age 4x100-metre relay teams also qualified.