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Otamatea High School Yr 7-8 Athletic Sports 2023

Grade	Winner	Runner Up	Grade	Winner	Runner Up
Year 7 Boys	Lachlan Hill	Reef Gardner-Baker	Year 8 Boys	Dakota Jamieson	Leo Fenney
Year 7 Girls	Molly McCarthny	Mia Asuncion	Year 8 Girls	Marama Aperahama	Zoe Prinsloo

Year 7 Boys

Event	First	Second	Third
100m	Lachlan Hill	Reef Gardner-Baker	Triston Smythe	14.6s
200m	Lachlan Hill	Reef Gardner-Baker	Wirepa Walker	29.24s
400m	Reef Gardner-Baker	Dylan Mallasch	Ollie Clark	1.11.47s
800m	Reef Gardner-Baker	Ollie Clark	Teo Gibbens	2.51s
Long jump	Reef Gardner-Baker	Triston Smythe	Shaka Kiman	3.87m
High jump	Triston Smythe	Cameron Davies	Dylan Mansell	1.35m
Discus	Lachlan Hill	Jack Brown	Ari Hanna	14.9m
Shot put	Tama Freer-Aperehama	Lachlan Hill	Shaka Kimani	7.75m

Year 7 Girls    

Event	First	Second	Third
100m	Mia Asuncion	Molly McCarthny	Naia-Rose Geraghty	15.35s
200m	Mia Asuncion	Molly McCarthny	Esme Worsfold	29.8s
400m	Molly McCarthny	Esme Worsfold	Sari Radd	1.20.44s
800m	Esme Worsfold	Molly McCarthny	Molly Clark	3.08s
Long jump	Mia Asuncion	Nico Freeman	Stevannah Takiwa	3.55m
High jump	Mia Asuncion	Naia-Rose Geraghty	Breeze Smith	1.2m
Discus	Ataahua Paikea-Matthews	Molly McCarthny	Piper Collins	19.15m
Shot put	Ataahua Paikea-Matthews	Molly McCarthny	Moana Bonometti-Branco	8.13m

Year 8 Boys

Event	First	Second	Third
100m	Dakota Jamieson	Lachie Maher	Leo Fenney	13.22s
200m	Dakota Jamieson	Niko Ulisala	Lachie Maher	26.28s
400m	Leo Fenney	Dakota Jamieson	Brooklyn Hemara	1.04.65s
800m	Leo Fenney	Elliot Hartles	James Ford	2.41s
Long jump	Couper Greenbury	Dakota Jamieson	Lachie Maher	4.64m
High Jump	Dakota Jamieson	Levi Kaye	Leo Fenney	1.45m
Discus	Makai Vaiese	Dakota Jamieson	Lachie Maher	18.6m
Shot put	Dakota Jamieson	Makai Vaiese	Wihemara Maaka	10.06m

Year 8 Girls

Event	First	Second	Third
100m	Marama Aperahama	Chiara Lydiard	Saskia Martin	15.62s
200m	Annalise Wintle	Zoe Prinsloo	Ruby Lowe	30.63s
400m	Zoe Prinsloo	Eden Sheppard	Annalise Wintle	1.19.40s
800m	Ava Jade Morrison	Teela Knight	Isabella Knights	3.16s
Long jump	Annalise Wintle	Marama Aperahama	Eden Sheppard	3.76m
High jump	Zoe Prinsloo	Marama Aperahama	Ava Jade Morrison	1.21m
Discus	Saskia Martin	Daisy Winters	Marama Aperahama	16.41m
Shot put	Molleigh Buxton	Saskia Martin	Chiara Lydiard	6.3m

 

House Points

1st Ngapuhi

2nd Arawa

3rd Whatua

4th Maniapoto

This year’s 7-8 athletics was held on Friday 10th November. The day was hot and sunny with a nice amount of cloud cover throughout the day. The students showed great athleticism in both the track and field events.

Congratulations goes to the following students who broke records on the day.

Ataahua Paikea-Matthews – Year 7 girls
Shot put record of 8m 13 beating Leah Nepia’s record of 7m 37 set in 1997
Discus record of 19m 15 beating Izzy Paikea’s record of 15m 31 set in 2022

Mia Asuncion - Year 7 girls
200m record of 29.8s beating Aleisha Brett's record of 30.74s set in 1995

Dakota Jamieson – Year 8 boys
High jump record of 1m 45 beating Jesse Goodfellow’s record of 1 m 37 set in 2018
Shot put record of  10m 06 beating Graeme Don’s record of 9m 63 set in 1969
100m record of 13/22s beating Paul Montgomery-Williams record of 13.5s set in 1972
200m record of 26.28s beating William Leslie's record of 28.6s set in 1978

Leo Fenney - Year 8 boys
400m record of 64.65s beating Gary Fenwick's record of 66.70s set in 1966

Annalise Wintle - Year 8 girls
200m record of 30.63s beating Aleisha Brett's record of 30.74s set in 1995

Saskia Martin – Year 8 girls
Discus record of 16m 41 beating Izzy Paikea’s record of 15m 31 set in 2022

Thank you to all the staff and students who helped throughout the day in the many jobs to keep the day running smoothly. Lastly thank you to all the athletes who gave all competitions their all to make a very enjoyable day.

Tina Holst
Sport Coordinator