Sadly, our House Athletics Carnival was cancelled due to wet weather a few weeks earlier, so it was a difficult task nominating a team of athletes with no current results to work from.
To the boys’ credit – most boys who were asked to compete committed to the day and we enjoyed a wonderful day of competition.
With low expectations due to recent cancellations we started the day with a ‘do our best attitude and fill every event’. We all surprised ourselves with our competitiveness and determination – and it was so pleasing to have PAC finish fourth overall on the day – close behind St Peter’s College, Trinity College and Immanuel College – all schools with large numbers and big athletics programs.
A huge thankyou to the boys for their efforts and to the staff who supported us on the day – Mr Brown, Mr Howson, Ms Adams and Mr Ritossa . It was also great to have quite a few parents there supporting their sons.
Congratulations to the Under 13 boys who came second overall in their division and to the Under 14s who finished third.
Notable achievements :
First places:
Femi Komolafe – Open Long Jump Div 1, Open 100m, Open triple Jump, Open 200m
Evan Davies – Under 14 Hurdles, Under 14 triple Jump Div 1
Byron Kinsella-White Under 13 Javelin
Mawson Mos – Under 15 JavelinDiv 1
Jack McAuliffe – Under 14 1500m Div 2
Angus Mills – Under 14 400m Div 1
Thomas George – Under 13 1500 m Div 1 , Under 13 800m Div 1
Joseph Hewson – Under 14 1500m Div 1 , Under 14 800m Div 1
Henry Pearce – Under 16 800m Div 2
2nd Place:
Femi Komolafe – Open Hurdles Div 1
Angus Mills – Under 14 Long Jump
James McFarlane – Under 15 triple Jump
Jensen Hunt – Under 13 High Jump
Will Pointon – Open Javelin
Zac Bald – Under 14 1500m
Gus Liebich – Open 1500m Div 2 , Under 16 800m Div 1
Felix Katsaros – Open 1500m Div 1 , Open 800m Div 2
Gabriel Lagana – Open Javelin Div 2
Jonah Lagana – Under 14 High Jump
Will Manuel – Under 16 High Jump
3rd place:
Jack Kitto-Stewart – Under 16 Shotput, Under 16 javelin
Jonah Lagana – Under 14 Hurdles Div 1
Louie Montgomery – Under 16 Hurdles , open 400m Div 2
Angus Mills – Under 14 100m
Max Matheson – Under 16 1500m
Naite Slade – Under 14 400m
Brodie Harris – Under 16 400m
Martin Qian – Under 13 200m
Under 13 team came third in the 4 x 100m relay
A very enjoyable day and a pleasing results.
Deb Trengove
Athletics Co-ordinator
