With 65 athletes competing it was a very busy day and a half for King’s athletes.

On the Friday Joel Bolton and Tainui Little were battling for supremacy in the Hammer. Joel was leading until Tainui's last throw. This meant for Joel's last throw he had to throw big; which he did, so we had a 1st and 2nd in the first Field event. 

Ezekiel Stewart and Hugh Askerud had their 3000m race in the Under 16 grade. This proved to be very exciting as Ezekiel had to do a sprint finish to claim 1st prize and Hugh finished 3rd. Ocean Allemann was also 1st in the Senior 3000m. This was a good start for the weekend.

On Saturday in the Under 14’s, Corey Pope and Tyler Metua were busy in the 100m and 200m and both made the finals. Noah McDowall had three events with the 1500m, Long Jump and then had a rest while he waited for the relay. Kalani Vanisi was also busy with the Discus, High Jump and also the Relay.  Zaine Murdoch and Taylor Smith also had good days in the field.

Top Four Results Under 14

Relay 1st - Tyler Metua, Corey Pope, Kalani Vanisi and Noah McDowall

Discus 1st - Zaine Murdoch

Javelin 1st - Taylor Smith

100m 2nd - Corey Pope

80m Hurdles 2nd - Paul Samita

Discus 2nd - Kalani Vanisi

Long Jump 2nd - Noah McDowall

Shot Put 2nd - Zaine Murdoch

200m 3rd - Corey Pope

800m 3rd - Brayden Scott

1500m 3rd - Noah McDowall

High Jump 3rd - Kalani Vanisi   

200m 4th - Tyler Metua 

The Under 15’s were also doing well with Ryan Kreft continuing his form from last year in the 100m and 200m. Michael Sululoto did well in the Triple Jump, with a 5 minute lesson on how to jump, from old boy Felix MacDonald, he was 2nd. Siate Taufa with only one practice managed to win the shot put.

Top Four Results, Under 15 Results

Relay 1st - Seth McLeod, Vaiola Palu, Paul Samita, Ryan Kreft

100m 1st - Ryan Kreft

200m 1st - Ryan Kreft

3000m 1st - Nathan Hill

Shot Put 1st - Siate Taufa

80m Hurdles 2nd - Seth McLeod

Triple Jump 2nd - Michael Sululoto

Javelin 3rd - Lachie Cameron

Long Jump 3rd - Charlie Clough

1500m 4th - Harry Mason

The Under 16’s continued their form from Nationals last year, with Jay Davis excelling in all his events. He did the maximum number of events that you were allowed to do; a tired young man at the end of the day. Ollie Young ran two PB’s on Saturday so he will be pleased with his races. Jackson Clearwater will be pleased that he left Cricket early to continue his strong form in Otago for Javelin.

Top Four Results, Under 16 Results

Relay 1st - Sam Donaldson, Ben Paku, Jonah Palu and Jay Davis

100m 1st - Jay Davis

3000m 1st - Ezekiel Stewart

100m Hurdles 2nd - Jay Davis

200m 2nd - Jay Davis

800m 2nd - Ollie Young

1500m 2nd - Ollie Young

Discus 2nd - Mahonri Auva’a

Javelin 2nd - Jackson Clearwater

Long Jump 2nd - Jay Davis

Shot Put 2nd - Steve Salelea

High Jump 3rd - Riley Shaw

Shot Put 3rd - Louis McKay

The Seniors had good results. Ocean Allemann ran his first 3000m and won it. Flynn Murdoch ran an exceptional 200m and broke the record. Unfortunately there was too much tail wind so it didn’t count, he was happy with a couple of PB’s. Joel and Tainui continued their battle in the Discus and Joel won this.

Top Four Results, Senior Results

100m 1st - Flynn Murdoch

110m Hurdles 1st - Liam Condliffe

200m 1st - Flynn Murdoch

3000m 1st - Ocean Allemann

Discus 1st - Joel Bolton

Hammer 1st - Joel Bolton

Relay 2nd - Nathan Hastie, Flynn Murdoch, Ryan Watterston and James Nicolson

Long Jump 2nd - Liam Condliffe

Hammer 2nd - Tainui Little

200m 3rd - James Nicolson

1500m 3rd - Flynn Haig

Javelin 3rd - Joji Buli

100m 4th - James Nicolson

400m  4th - Liam Condliffe

Overall the weekend was very successful with 32 athletes qualifying for the South Islands. We would like to thank the parents and staff who helped out on the High Jump on Saturday and to all the supporters who came and helped the athletes perform their best. We would like to thank Mrs Calverley, Ms Swaney, Mrs Chapman and Mr Koedyk for all the work they do on the day and also behind the scenes.

Liam Condliffe and Flynn Haig