John McGlashan College was strongly represented at the Otago Secondary School Athletics held on the 11th and 12th March.

Fifty-two John McGlashan College boys entered these championships and success was achieved across a range of track and field events. Overall, John McGlashan College came away with nine wins, nine second place finishes, and 13 third place finishes. Twenty-four athletes who finished in the top eight in their event went on to compete at the Otago/Southland Championships (see the article in this Newsletter to learn how these 24 boys got on at this event). 

First  place finishers

Nathan Harrison (U14): High Jump and 800m

Sam Knight (U14): Discus

Johnny Baker (U15): 400m

Nico Bowering (U15): 100m and 200m

Rhaidhri Brosnan (U15): 3000m

Dom Brosnan (Senior): 1500m

U15 Relay: Jack McLaughlin, Nico Bowering, Oli Bachop, Johnny Baker

Second place finishers

Sam Knight (U14): Javelin

Leroy Ferguson (U15): Shot put and Discus

Jak Jessop (U16): Long Jump

Johnny Baker (U15): 100m

Josh Stoddard (U16): 800m

Ben Mitchell (U16): 3000m

Ben Carr (Senior): 3000m

U14 Relay: Nathan Harrison, Dominic Morrison, Ben Lund, Andrew McKenzie    

Third place finishers

Andrew McKenzie (U14): 100m

Harry McKenzie (U14): 1500m

Nathan Harrison (U14): Hurdles

Alex Dodson (U15): Javelin and Discus

Cade McRae (U15): 1500m

Josh Stoddard (U16): 1500m

Taylor Mechen (Senior): Triple Jump, Long Jump and High Jump

Luke Jarvie (Senior): 200m

Lochie Chittock (Senior): 3000m

Senior Relay: Charlie Baker, Luke Jarvie, Jimmy Sinclair, Rory Ferguson    

Please see the attached file for the full results from the weekend.

Finally, thank-you to all our volunteers who helped out during the event.