By TBHS | Posted: Wednesday December 7, 2016
Congratulations to our eight athletes (five junior and three senior) who competed at the National Athletics Championships held in Auckland over three days from Friday 2 December to Sunday 4 December.
The weather over the weekend was humid and hot, ideal for Athletics and the competition saw our boys step up to the mark and achieve a number of personal bests.
Standout athletes to reach the top eight placing were:
Thomas Valentine 7th in the Senior Hammer
George Guerin 6th in the Junior 2000 Steeplechase and 7th in the final of the Junior 1500m
Ben Sewell 6th in the final in the 100m Junior Hurdles, 8th in the Junior High Jump clearing 1.75m
Other creditable performances were:
Bailey Gebbie Semi Finals of the Senior 800m and a personal best in the senior 1500m
Jake Mason 9th in the Junior Triple Jump
Alex Rempala performed well in the Junior High jump and Quinn Motley benefitted from competing in both the Junior Javelin and Discus.
This year the results were “personal best” (PB) performances for most of the athletes. George Guerin took 9 seconds off both the Steeplechase and the 1500m and Ben Sewell improved his PB for the High Jump by 9cm.
Some of the 2016 National Athletics team were first or second time
athletes at the National level; they all have a lot of potential and have benefited
from the experience of competing at this top level. If they work hard, remain motivated and
injury free they will show improved results next year.
