The South Island SS Athletics was held in Timaru on the 23rd to the 25th of March.

The weather was cold but ideal for athletes to gain personal best performances.

TBHS had 35 Athletes which were selected from the Aoraki sports but only 33 competed in the South Island Athletics. The team consisted of a mixture of seniors as well as juniors.

This year TBHS had all four 4x100m relay teams qualify for the South Islands but only three teams competed, as the Under 19 had to be scratched because of an athlete who was injured while competing on the Saturday. We also entered two 4x400m relay teams an under 16 and an under 19 team. Both teams finished in the top 6. All 4x100m relay teams made the finals and the Under 14 were placed 3rd.

Our results were the best we have had in a very long time. The results for all Athletes who were placed in the top three were:

Jackson Ross 3rd U14 Discus
Shannon Drake 3rd U15 High Jump
Quinn Motley 3rd U15 Discus
William Valentine 3rd U19 Discus
Dean Andrews 3rd U19 Javelin
Liam Johnston 2nd U19 Hammer
William Rawlins 2nd U16 300m Hurdles

Ryan Bagrie 2nd U15 1500m and 3rd in the 800m

Ben Sewell 2nd U9 Hurdles, 2nd Long Jump and 2nd High Jump
George Guerin 1st Open Steeple Chase
Bailey Gebbie 1st U19 Triple Jump
Taiyo Watanabe 1st U19 Javelin and 3rd Shotput
Thomas Valentine 1st U19 Hammer with a throw of 58.38m, a new record smashing the old record by more than 6m.
The U14 Relay 4x100 won 3rd

Most of the Athletes achieved personal bests with a lot of them in the top 8 placing or making the finals. Athletes who represented TBHS at the South Islands have shown that they have the ability and the potential to be very competitive at the Nationals at the end of the year. The Nationals are held in December in Dunedin.