Carnivals & Interschool Sport and House news

Interschool Sport successes

After dominating at both the Division and Region events, Judy Ahmed and Keira Tait represented Koonung in State Swimming at MSAC on Thursday 23 April. We are extremely proud of both girls for making it to State level and even prouder to announce their fantastic achievements across the day. Congratulations to both girls who were named State Champions in one or more of their races. 

Keira Tait 

Gold (1st) – 50 freestyle

Gold (1st) – 50 backstroke

Silver (2nd) – 50 butterfly

Judy Ahmed 

Gold (1st) – 50 butterfly

Bronze (3rd) – 200 freestyle 

Sophie Zarafa 10G

We have many amazing students who showcase their talents not only at Koonung but outside of school in various competitions. On 24-25 March, Sophie Zarafa competed in the National Championship for Athletics at Lakeside Stadium for the first time. Sophie competed in the Heptathlon event which consist of 100m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, 200m, Long Jump, Javelin and 800m. 

Sophie's results included: 

10th in Hurdles

4th in High Jump

10th in Shot Put

3rd in 200m

10th in Long Jump

10th in Javelin

10th in 800m 

Well done Sophie! We congratulate Sophie on these wonderful achievements and  look forward to seeing her in action at the Koonung Athletics Carnival in May. 

Interschool Sport at Koonung 

Cross Country

Koonung’s annual House Cross Country Carnival was held on Wednesday 24 March. Thank you to all the staff and students who assisted on the day and all students for their enthusiastic participation. The results of the carnival were incredibly close, with 3 houses on equal scores however, with an extra 20 points McCubbin were able to take out the victory. 

1st – McCubbin (300 points)

Equal 2nd – Streeton, Conder and Roberts (280 points each)

The top 10 students from each age groups competed in the Division Cross Country event on Friday 30 April. 

Athletics Carnival 

A reminder that the Koonung Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 14th May at Hagenauer Reserve in Box Hill. Students are to come to school at normal time and go to their period 1 class for roll marking. They will then walk with their teacher to the venue. The event will end at approx. 2.30pm and students will be dismissed from the venue. Staff will be available to supervise students walking back to school. Students should be wearing their Koonung Sports Uniform with a coloured tee shirt of their house. Costumes are permitted for those entering the best dressed competition. This is not a free dress day. 

Reminders for Interschool Sport 

1. Check Compass regularly for information about team sign-ups.
2. Please ensure payment and consent is provided by the due date (at least 3 days prior to the event, otherwise it will result in the student being unable to attend the event)
3. If students decide to pull out of the event before the day, they MUST let either the teacher coaching the team OR Miss Prosenak know ASAP so that we can find another student as a replacement. If not, the team may not have enough players and be unable to go. Simply leaving your payment/consent unattended on Compass is not enough. This helps us to plan or amend bus bookings, staffing and costs for the day.

Sam Prosenak 

Interschool Sport/Carnivals Coordinator & Humanities Teacher