The weather gods have not looked kindly upon our athletics events this year. Our school event was badly affected with only one morning session being completed and then our back up day was a wash out.

The Canterbury Secondary Schools event started fine for the Preliminaries day and then the weather turned again with very strong cold winds and later rain in the evening of Finals Day.

Despite all this our students have shown great resilience and commitment and as a result have achieved excellent results whether it be top placings or achieving personal bests.

At the end of our school athletics Mōhua had accumulated the most house points with 690. Riroriro (519) and Tīeke (518) were extremely close in gaining second and third place.

At the Canterbury Athletics we fielded a team of 43 students. This included five students who are classified as Athletes with a Disability. All students showed great support for each other and eagerly awaited the final results of their events.

The highlight of the day was the results of our Para Athletes who set four new Canterbury Records.

Matty W. set three new records in the 100 metres, Shot Put and Triple Jump while Kaea K. set a new record in Shot Put.

Para Results

Matty W. Under 19 100 M 1st 16.54 sec, Shot Put 1st 7.40 m and Triple Jump 1st 7.29 m

Max O. Under 15 100 m 1st 21.29 sec, Discus 1st 5.52 m andShot Put 1st 1.81 m

Ryan P. Under 14 200 m 1st 36.71 sec, 100 m 2nd 17.04 sec and Shot Put 3rd 6.82 m

Hendrik P. Under 14 100 m 1st 15.45 sec and Shot Put 4th 5.98 m

Kaea K. Under 16 Shot Put 1st 8.05 m, 100 M 3rd 17.26 sec and Discus 3rd 16.05 m

Of the 43 students 33 qualified for the Canterbury Finals which were held in terrible conditions. Despite this, 20 students have qualified for the South Island Event to be held in Timaru.

High achievers on the night were Mitchell H, Laisa W. and Miguel F. who are Canterbury Champions in their respective events.

Here is a summary of our Canterbury Athletics Finalists. Congratulations to all our students who have competed over the two days. All Top Five place getters have qualified for the South Island Athletics.

Mitchell H. Javelin 39.79 m 1st, Discus 33.57 m 4th and Triple Jump 9.56 m 10th

Miguel F. Triple Jump 10.75 m 1st

Laisa W. Javelin 25.47 m 1st

Bailee D. Javelin 17.32 m 3rd

Tutoe T. Discus 32.55 m 3rd and Javelin 30.17 m 4th

Katie W. Javelin 17.41 m 5th

Tama C.C Triple Jump 10.44 m 6th

Tamani A.M 100 M 11.8 sec 6th

Noah F. Javelin 28.59 m 6th

Lita T. Discus 19.74 m 6th

Daniel P. Javelin 22.51 m 7th

Amber H. Triple Jump 8.08 m 8th

Alexander B. 400 m 1:05.76 10th

Sofia M. 100 m 14.13 sec 10th

Ali P. Shot Put 9.39m 10th

Kahurangi G. 100 m 12.23 sec 11th

William C-R 100 m 12.25 sec 12th

Cairo B. 100 m 12.7 sec 14th

Mischa T. Discus Preliminaries 24.68m 3rd

Jazz C-C. Discus Preliminaries 21.99m 6th

Nyra W. Shot Put 7.20m 12th and Discus 18.60 m 14th

Tahi R-T. 100 m 13.29 15th

Biswaditya G. 100 m 13.49 16th

Rome T, Kelis W, Mya J and Amelia M also competed well in their respective events.

Relays

Under 15 Boys 49.1 sec 3rd

Under 16 Girls 58.26 sec 4th

Under 19 Boys 47.66 sec 4th

Under 14 Boys 53.01 sec 5th

These results saw Hornby High School gaining twelve Firsts, one Second and six Third placings.  Wll done team!