After a couple of years' Covid cancellations it was great to have a large team of 70 students competing at the Canterbury Secondary Schools Athletics Championships at Nga Puna Wai.

The students represented their school with pride.

Here are the place winners

Title holders:

Miriam Lemon 9SOSC 1st Under 14 Triple Jump

Gabriel Erfe 9SJYR 1st Under 14 Long Jump (also 3rd in Under 14 100m)

Daniel Grounds 10WDNK 1st Under 16 Pole Vault

Ari Keshariya 10SCTH 1st Under 15 Triple Jump (Also 2nd Under 15 Long Jump and 2nd Under 15 High Jump)

2nd placings

Trelise Forster 10WWTA 2nd Under 15 Triple Jump and 2nd Under 15 100m (also third Under 15 200m)

Derrick Wong 10SCTH 2nd Under 15 Discus

Shen Mahesh 9NHDC 2nd Under 14 Triple Jump

3rd Placings

Sakura Saito 3rd Under 15 Triple Jump

Yvonne Tobeck 12NMDT Under 16 Long Jump

Olivia Watt 13ABJ Under 19 Pole Vault

Heath Blackburn 9SMNO Under 14 Javelin

Creditable 4ths

Cody Johnson 13TKB 4th Under 19 400m and 4th Under 19 800m

Lukas de Wit 9NHLC 4th Under 14 80m Hurdles

Katie Horton 11WMNS Under 15 Javelin

Sue Petrie 13PZS Under 19 Pole Vault

Josh Van Amelsmort 9WFSL Under 14 Shot Put

Hugo Ebel Wilson 11WKHR 4th Under 15 High Jump

Peter Langford 11WZHY 4th Under 15 Discus

Under 15 Girls relay 4th Sakura Saito, Pippa MacNicol 10NMCA, Ottilie Faloon-Cavandar10WRDS and Trelise Forster

Under 15 Boys relay 4th Ari Keshariya, Hugo Ebel Wilson, Sakura Saito and Trelise Forster

Congratulations to all the athletes.