Burnside students have been excelling in Athletics this term. Three Athletics events were held this term.

The first Athletics meet of the year was the Burnside High School Athletics Sports.

Congratulations to our Age Group Champions:

Over 16 (Senior) Boys Field Champion - Alfie Trafford (12SHGR)
Over 16 (Senior) Boys Track Champion(s) - Liam Hill (12SSHR) & Ocean Faloon-Cavander (13PZS)

Over 16 (Senior) Girls Field Champion - Taylah Holdem (12WDNK)
Over 16 (Senior) Girls Track Champion - Grace Thomson (13OLK)

Under 16 (Intermediate) Boys Field Champion(s) - Sean Thomas (11SDFS) & Mark Chang (12NLOD) 
Under 16 (Intermediate) Boys Track Champion(s) -Will Knight (12SHGR) & Blake Jackson (12NLNC)

Under 16 (Intermediate) Girls Field Champion - Olivia Watt (11SCTH)
Under 16 (Intermediate) Girls Track Champion - Josiane Hill (11NCGR)

Under 15 (Junior) Boys Champion - Raghav Bhutani (10WWAJ)
Under 15 (Junior) Girls Champion - Ayla Ryan (10NMDA)

Under 14 (Junior) Boys Champion - Jack Lapslie (10SBDW)
Under 14 (Junior) Girls Champion - Holly-Beth Campbell (10SBDW)

Special congratulations to the 3 students who broke records in the course of the competition:
Mark Chang (12NLOD) - U16 Boys Javelin; Mark threw a massive 43.78m breaking the previous record (set in 2015) by a whopping 3.07m. 

Anahera Leo'o (9WJCC) - U14 Girls Shotput; Anahera broke the record with a throw of 9.15m breaking the previous record of 9.04m set in 2019.

Raghav Bhutani (10WWAJ) - U15 Boys Discus; Raghev threw 32.82m to break the record of 32.13 set back in 2013.

From our school competition, we moved on to the Canterbury Secondary Schools Athletics, held at Nga Puna Wai on March 16 and March 20

Canterbury Secondary School Title Holders for 2021:

• Charlotte Lambie 12NCHB - Under 19 Girls Hammer Throw
• Mark Chang 12NLOD - Under 16 Girls Javelin Throw 
• Olivia Watt 11SCTH - Under 16 Girls Pole Vault

Other placegetters:

2nd

• Vincent Chen 13SRT - Under 19 Boys Pole Vault, 
• Ocean Faloon-Cavandar 13PZS - Open Steeple Chase, 
• Grace Thomson 13OLK - Under 19 Girls Triple Jump and 300m Hurdles.

3rd

• Charlotte Lambie 12NCHB, Olivia Watt 11STCH, Ayla Ryan 10NMDA, and Grace Thomson 13OLK - Under 19 Girls 4 x 100 Relay 
• Theo Walker 12NCGR - Under 19 Boys 1500m and 3000m, 
• Darcy Hollis 9WPEC - Under 14 Boys 80m Hurdles, 
• Grace Thomson 13OLK - Under 19 Girls 100m Hurdles, 
• Sue Petrie 11SMYS - Under 15 Girls 1500m.

And then to the South Island Secondary Schools Athletics Championships at Nga Puna Wai on Friday 09 and Saturday 10 April.

Once again we were very proud of our athletes. It was a very, very windy South Island Secondary Schools Athletics. There were challenging conditions for those competing. 

Only one South Island Title for Burnside High School but some great performances.

Olivia Watt 11SCTH is the South Island Secondary School Under 16 Pole Vault Champion.

2nd

• Ayla Ryan 10NMDA - Under 16 Girls Pole Vault, 
• George Taylor-Carson 9NSTK - Under 14 Boys High Jump,
• Charlotte Lambie 12NCHB - Under 19 Girls Hammer Throw, 
• Theo Walker 12NCGR - Under 19 Boys 3000m,
• Liam Hill 12SSHR - Under 19 Boys 300m Hurdles, 
• Ocean Faloon-Cavandar 13PZS - Open Steeple Chase.

Thirds

• Grace Thomson 13OLK - Under 19 Girls 100m Hurdles 
• Vincent Chen 13SRT - Under 19 Boys Pole Vault

Some other great Personal Bests were achieved over the weekend. 

We have some talented young athletes coming through now after the cancellations of 2020.