By TBHS | Posted: Tuesday April 13, 2021
The South Island Athletics were held in Christchurch on 9-10 April which is later than usual .
The weather in Christchurch was cold, wet and at times very windy and affected the overall performances of all athletes competing. TBHS had 25 Athletes who were selected from the Aoraki Sports but only 19 were available to compete in the South Islands. This year TBHS had all four 4x100m relay teams qualify for the South Islands but only one team competed in the Under 15 4 x 100m in which they gained an overall 6th place . Our results were satisfactory; we gained seven top 3 places and fifteen of our athletes were placed in the top 8 in their events.
The results for all Athletes are:
- Mac Faalupega 1st 200m and 3rd 100m under15
- Pate Leienoa 2nd Shot put and 10th in the Discus under 19
- Saxon McNoe 3rd in the Triple Jump and 10th in the High jump under 16
- Pate O’Sullivan 3rd 3000m and 5th in the 1500m under 14
- Cale Tompkins 3rd in the Javelin 13th in the Discus under 15
- Luke Winter 3rd in the triple jump under 14
- Reuben Bowan 4th in the High jump, 7th in the Javelin, 7th in the long jump under 19
- Charlie Clemens 11th in the 800m and 16th in the 1500 under 19 Jed
- Jackson Ross 5th Discus under 19
- Tom Geary 5th in the 300m Hurdles and 8th in the 80m Hurdles under 15
- James Guerin 17th in the 1500m under 19
- Tevita Latu 3 no throws in the shotput under 14
- Kyle McKenzie 11th in the 800m under 16
- Ben Milne 8th in the Javelin under 15
- Flynn O’Keefe 12th in the High Jump, 12th in the Long jump and 6th in the Triple jump under 15
- Harry Schmack 11th in the Javelin, 8th in the Long jump and 7th in the triple jump under 19
- Hunter Tarrant 7th in the Triple Jump and 10th in the 200m under 15
- Joeli Vinakadina 7th in the 100m and 6th in the 200m under 19
- Ashton Wright 7th in the Discus, 7th in the Shot put and 9th in the Triple jump under 16
Most of the Athletes were placed in the Top 8 and some achieved personal best results. A lot of athletes who represented TBHS at the South Islands have shown that they have the right attitude and ability to be very competitive at the Nationals at the end of the year. They now need to be motivated and be committed to training after the winter sports season.
