South Island SS Track and Field Championships

By TBHS | Posted: Friday April 5, 2019

The South Island Athletics was held in Nelson from 29-31 March.

The weather in Nelson was perfect for Athletics - warm, with no rain or wind, ideal for athletes to gain personal best performances. 

TBHS had 25 athletes entered this year who were selected from the Aoraki Sports, but only seventeen were available to compete in the South Islands. 

This year TBHS had all four 4 x 100m relay teams qualify for the South Islands but only two teams competed, with the U14 and U19 having to scratch because athletes were unavailable . 

We also entered an U16 4 x 400 relay team. All relay teams finished in the top five places, being slightly unlucky in not securing the top 3 placings. Our results were probably the best we have had in the past few years, attaining 16 "Top 3" places, something that has never before been achieved.

The results for all Athletes are:

• Liam Johnson 1st U19 Hammer and 3rd in U19 Discus
• Ryan Bagrie 1st U16 1500m and 1st in the U16 3000m
• Saxon McNoe 1st U14 Long Jump and 1st in the U14 Triple Jump
• George Guerin 1st Open Steeple Chase and 3rd in the U19 1500m 4th U19 1500m
• Quinn Motley 1st U16 Discus and 3rd U16 Javelin 4th U16 Shotput
• William Rawlins 2nd U19 300m Hurdles
• Reuben Bowan 2nd U15 High Jump 6th U15 Triple jump
• Jed Syme 3rd U16 100m and 5th U16 200m
• Peter Rawlins 3rd in the Open Steeple Chase
• Jackson Ross 3rd U15 Discus 8th U15 Shotput
• Harry Reith 2nd in the 3000m Walk
• Jack Fulton 6th U19 High jump
• Shaun Reith 5th U16 100m Hurdles and 5th U16 300m Hurdles
• Josh Rees 5th U14 Shot Put
• Kaden Forrester 8th U16 Triple Jump

Most of the athletes were placed in the Top 8 and 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, which will be held  in Wellington in December.