A scorching 31 degree day greeted our competitive students at Ngā Puna Wai for the Christchurch Girls' High School / Te Kura o Hine Waiora athletics day on Tuesday.

Athletics day provides an opportunity for those at Christchurch Girls' High School / Te Kura o Hine Waiora to showcase their athletic talents to the school. This year was done a bit differently, where only the competitive athletes went to Ngā Puna Wai, and the rest of the school remained at Christchurch Girls' High School / Te Kura o Hine Waiora, doing fun tabloid sports and gaining points for their house.

The athletes at Ngā Puna Wai produced an outstanding performance, displaying all our values while persevering through the dreaded heat.

It was awesome to see so many athletes giving it a go and getting involved, as well as seeing new Year 9 competitive athletes debuting their athletic abilities for the school. There were some great performances on the track and on the field, however no records were broken this year.

Here are the place getters in the various age groups:

Under 14

• 1st Eseta Qalivutu
  
• 2nd Holly Donohoe
• 3rd equal Emma Grenfell and Charley Campbell

Under 15 

• 1st Ruby Simon
• 2nd Samara Taurima
• 3rd Zara Hunter

Under 16 

• 1st Malena Taurima
• 2nd Lara Murdoch
• 3rd equal Olivia Trolove and Millie Vogan

Over 16 

•  1st Kate Currie
• 2nd Piper Everson
• 3rd Izzi Leifi

House points

• 1st Selwyn
• 2nd Connon
• 3rd Sheppard

Congratulations, and good luck to those making it through to Canterbury’s, and we look forward to seeing you compete against other schools athletes in a few weeks time.

Piper Everson and Izzi Leifi.