by Simon Clarke

Otago Championship Athletics

On Tuesday 15th November, 78 Tahuna students headed to compete in the Otago Champs at the Caledonian in the sunshine.

A big congratulations to the following students who placed in the top 3 in their events:

Girls U12

Aria Brown: 1st= 80m Sprint, 2nd Long Jump

Lilah Langi-Scott: 1st 70m Hurdles

Bella Poulter: 1st= 80m Sprint, 3rd 70m Hurdles

Tahuna Yellow Relay Team 1st (Aria Brown, Evie Pattison, Bella Poulter, Belle Scott)

Tahuna Pink Relay Team 2nd (Peta Richardson, Ciera Ferguson, Tahlia Hodges, Zoe Billinghurst-Thrush)

Boys U12

Finn Scott: 1st High Jump

Zac Adams: 2nd High Jump

Tahuna Yellow Relay Team 1st (Darragh Burke, Dominik Ory, James Wells, Bodhi Clark)

Girls U13

Tessa Krause: 3rd 80m Sprint, 3rd= High Jump, 3rd Long Jump

Mya Flanders: 1st 70m Hurdles

Camryn Tutty: 2nd 70m Hurdles

Brooke Wilson: 1st= Long Jump

Tahuna Yellow Relay Team 1st (Lily Gordon, Tessa Krause, Brooke Wilson, Marley Reynolds)

Tahuna Pink Relay Team 2nd (Ruby Martin, Mya Flanders, Haidee Tupuhi, Kahurangi Russell-Johnson)

Boys U13

Te Ariki Roma: 1st 80m Sprint, 1st 70m Hurdles, 2nd Long Jump

Ofa Kilikiti: 2nd Discus

Ropata Campbell: 3rd Shot Put

Tahuna Yellow Relay Team 2nd (Ropata Campbell, Ethan Wardrop, Ash La Hood, Te Ariki Roma)

Girls 13 & Over

Liv Buckby: 2nd 70m Hurdles

Lola Saunders: 3rd 70m Hurdles, 2nd 800m

Charlotte Summers: 3rd Long Jump

Tahuna Yellow Relay Team 1st (Maisie O'Donnell, Liv Buckby, Lola Saunders, Ella Smale)

Boys 13 & Over

Kiedis Gray: 3rd 100m Sprint, 2nd Long Jump

Ollie Fisher: 3rd High Jump

Marlon Scott: 2nd 800m

McKenzie Bryce: 3rd 800m