The CSS Athletics Championships were held at Nga Puna Wai on Tuesday 16 March, with the Finals day taking place on Saturday 20 March. Our Burnside High School athletes all competed extremely well with some great placings for our students.

Special congratulations to the following students:

Title Holders (1st Place)

• Charlotte Lambie 12NCHB - U19 Girls Hammer Throw
• Mark Chang 12NLOD - U16 Boys Javelin
  
• Olivia Watt 11SCTH - U16 Girls Pole Vault

2nd Place

• Vincent Chen 13SRT - U19 Boys Pole Vault
• Ocean Faloon-Cavander 13PZS - Open Boys Steeple Chase
• Grace Thomson 13OLK - U19 Girls Triple Jump and U19 Girls 300m Hurdles
• Sean Thomas 11SFDS - U16 Boys Triple Jump

3rd Place

• Charlotte Lambie 12NCHB - U19 Girls 4 x 100m Relay
• Olivia Watt 11SCTH - U19 Girls 4 x 100m Relay
  
• Ayla Ryan 10NMDA - U19 Girls 4 x 100m Relay
• Grace Thomson 13OLK - U19 Girls 4 x 100m Relay
  
• Theo Walker 12NCGR - U19 Boys 1500m and U19 Boys 3000m
• Darcy Hollis 9WPEC - U14 Boys 80m Hurdles
• Grace Thomson 13OLK - U19 Girls 100m Hurdles
• George Taylor-Carson 9NSTK - U14 Boys High Jump
• Sue Petrie 11SMYS - U15 Girls 1500m

These students will go on to compete at the South Island Secondary School (SISS) Championships here in Christchurch at Nga Puna Wai, on Friday 09 and Saturday10 April.

The following students also automatically qualify for the SISS Championships with 4th placings at the Canterbury Secondary School Championships.

• Elle Ilkiv 11WMRI - U15 Girls High Jump
• Blake Jackson 12NLNC - U16 100m Hurdles
• Hakurangi Kumagai 10SBDW - U15 Boys Triple Jump
• Theo Nicol 9NDVA - U14 Boys Triple Jump
• Taylah Peek 12WWIC - U19 Girls 3000m
• Sue Petrie 11SMYS - U15 Girls High Jump
• Ayla Ryan 10NMDA - U15 Girls Long Jump and U15 Girls 100m
• Sean Thomas 11SFDS - U16 Boys Long Jump
• Jessica Rankin 9WTNH - U14 Girls Triple Jump

We wish our students all the very best for the upcoming SISS championships.