Aquinas athletes smashed 11 school records and achieved 15 podium places at the BOP Secondary School Champs earlier this month. Some amazing performances by some very talented athletes!
BOPSS Champs Results:
Milarn Gardiner, Maxine Yu, Paige Mennie and Micah Fuller (Yr 9): 2nd – 4×100 junior girls relay (54.58)
Ella Blackburn (Yr 9): 3rd – junior girls 3000m (12:28.41)
Paige Mennie (Yr 9): 3rd – junior girls javelin (17.89m)
Lachlan Murray (Yr 9): 1st -junior boys 800m (2:23.10) and 1st – junior boys 1500m (4:56.43)
Vaughan Murray (Yr 10): 3rd – intermediate boys 800m (2:06.06) and 2nd – intermediate boys 1500m (4:29.78)
Daniel Addidle (Yr 9): 3rd – junior boys 3000m (11:15.32)
Holly Fausett (Yr 12): 1st – senior girls 800m (2:27.94) and 1st – senior girls 1500m (4:40.67)
Kaitlyn Black (Yr 12): 1st – senior girls 100m (13.05) and 1st – senior girls 200m (26.03)
Ollie McFarlane (Yr 13): 3rd – senior boys 400m (54.87)
Miguel Basile (Yr 12): 2nd – senior boys 800m (2:16.66)
Ky-Mani Kaumoana (Yr 12): 2nd – senior boys shot put (12.95m)
Aquinas Athletics Day Records:
Holly Fausett (Yr 12): New U19 girls 800m record of 2:30.27 and U19 girls 1500m time of 4:44.51 (beating a record that has stood since 2013)
Kaitlyn Black (Yr 12): New U19 girls 200m record of 26.82 and U19 girls 100m time of 12.79
Micah Fuller (Yr 9): New U14 girls 200m record of 27.55
Alex Hollows: New Yr 7 boys 800m record of 2:34.15
Henrietta Coxhead: New Yr 7 girls shot put record of 7.15m
Isabel Nelis: New Yr 8 girls 200m time of 28.60 (beating a record that has stood since 2012) and Yr 8 girls 100m record of 13.51
Hailey Mennie: New Yr 8 girls discus record of 18.14m
Tilly Martin: Equalled 2013 Yr 8 girls high jump record of 1.40m
Hamish Murray (Yr 13): New U19 boys 1500m record of 4:10.88 (beating the 2023 time set by his brother, Callum, by more than five seconds)
Luka Mahy (Yr 13): New U19 boys high jump record of 1.78m (beating a record that has stood since 2013)
Aquinas Athletics Day Age Group Champions:
Year 7 girls – Sophie Reid
Year 7 boys – Flynn Gardiner
Year 8 girls – Isabel Nelis
Year 8 boys – Caleb Lim
U14 girls – Paige Mennie
U14 boys – Adam de Souza
U16 girls – Maria Tustin
U16 boys – James Prince
U19 girls – Holly Fausett
U19 boys – Hamish Murray
