Athletics News
SAPSASA State Country Championships report
The Gawler & District SAPSASA Athletics team recently competed in the State Country SAPSASA Championships on May 11.
The team, lead by Trinity College's Richard Bednall, placed a very creditable thrid overall. Some Trinity students delivered outstanding performances on the day, including Amy Turner (pictured) winning gold in the 12yr discus and silver in the 12yr shot put. Kalani Sapwell won silver in the 10yr 800m, as did Tenille Richards in the 13yr high jump. Tenille also collected a bronze for the 13yr long jump, along with Zeke Mumford for the 10yr 200m, while Hayley Goode picked up a pair of bronze for the 10yr 200m and 800m. Trinity students also fared well in the relays, picking up gold in the 13yr girls 4x100m (Alyce Heap and Tenille Richards) and silver in the 12yr girls 4x100m (Breanna Davidson and Holly Sanders). Congratulations to all the Trinity students who made the team. Full team list Relay list Full report here.
Cross Country Report 2012 - North School
On Monday the 5th of May, Trinity North held its annual Cross Country Championships. An early shower did not dampen the mood and student participation remained high with over 300 students and 3 teachers taking part. The event is split into 2 races with the U14-16 Boys running 3km while the rest complete the 2km track.
Congratulations to Beadell House who continued its dominance in 2012 to win
the Championship Shield with Thiele and Fatchen finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Saunders House narrowly won the participation shield for the second year running finishing just ahead of Burton and Thiele Houses.
Congratulations to all students who participated on the day and a special congratulation to those who won their individual age groups. Please click here for details.
Thank you to all of the middle school staff and ground staff who assisted with the organisation and running of the event. Without your contributions these events would not be possible.
A-Grade Athletics:
On the last week of term one, the College Athletics team competed in the Secondary School Sports South Australia (SSSSA) A-Grade Athletics Carnival. The College’s Athletics team finished a very creditable fourth in the state in both boys and girls. Numerous students won individual events, while Jackson Potter (U/14 200m), Phoebe Matthews (U/14 400m) and James Deanshaw (U/15 Long Jump) were each awarded a standard badge, meaning their performances were of a national standard. Full story
District SAPSASA Team named
Congratulations to the following students selected in the Gawler & District SAPSASA team to compete in the SA Country Athletics Championships at Santos Stadium on Friday, May 11.
Hayley Goode; Laura Childs; Paris Mezzino-Campion; Breanna Davidson; Holly Sanders; Amy Turner; Alyce Heap; McKenzie Jordan; Tenille Richards; Sophie Hancock; Shantelle Carapetis-Laube; Sam Riggs; Oliver Matthews; Zeke Mumford; Kalani Sapwell; Jai King-Byrne; Brayden Wilkin; Liam Stafford; Aaron Hopp; Henry Bennison; Johannes Van Tonder; Bradley Skuse; Alexander Abbate; Daniel Pring; Alexander Abbate; Mark Jenkin.
Full team list Relay list Information for competitors
North duo reach elite
Recently both Maighan Hern (far left) and Tansy Kember (both yr 8 North ) were selected to compete at Santos in the State Individual Athletics Championships. Maighan qualified for 6 events, as did Tansy. Unfortunately due to a hip injury Maighan didn’t medal on the day, but was in the top 8 for all the events she competed in. Tansy however, did receive a bronze in high jump and a silver in triple jump. Congratulations both girls.
Jackson Potter medals at Nationals
South student Jackson Potter has returned from his first-ever national championships with two bronze medals and a top ten ranking in the U15 100m.
Jackson has just returned from the Australian Juniour Athletics Championshipsheld in Sydney at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre Sunday night where he returned outstanding performances over the five days in Sydney
His results:
Under 15 – 200 metres – he ran in the pouring rain with strong head wins and came 6th in his heat – overall ranked 11th in Australia ( time 25.02)
Under 15 – 100 metre – came 4thin his heat and progressed into the final on his time – strong head winds - came 8th – overall ranked 8th in Australia ( 12.28 / 12.47 )
Under 16 – 4x100 metre relay – they won a bronze medal - they only had 2 sprinters and added 2 long distance runners to make the 4 – only put the team together the night before – outstanding effort (time 46.94)
Under 16 – 4x200 metre relay – another outstanding effort - they won a bronze medal. (time1.37.63)
The weather conditions were not favourable due to rain and strong head winds – Jackson was disappointed that he was not able to get Personal Best times due to weather conditions, but realised that he achieved his Best performances at his first Junior Australian AthleticsChampionships at age 13, bringing home 2 bronze medals in under 16 relay races
Potter weaves magic at Athletics State Championships
Congratulations to the four Trinity College students who competed in the AthleticsSA Junior Track and Field Championships held recently at Santos Stadium.
Sprinter Jackson Potter (left), still only 13 years old, ran an outstanding 200m final to win gold in the u/16 age group. Jackson’s time 24.75 seconds was just outside the College u/14 record. In the u/16 100m final Jackson also ran well to claim the silver medal in a time of 12.18.
New senior student to the College, James Heap, made finals in both the u/18 100m and 200m running 5th (11.62) and 7th (23.85) respectively. James will be a welcome addition to the College interschool team.
Year 12 student and experienced campaigner Katie Devlin also made finals in the u/18 100m (13.25) and 200m (27.52). 2012 will be the sixth year that Katie has represented Trinity in athletics and we will look to her leadership capabilities in interschool competitions this year.
Brianna Fuller performed very well in her first AthleticsSA Championships. Not 14 until the end of the year, Brianna made the final of the u/16 100m (13.76) and jumped close to her best in the long jump (4.45m) and the high jump (1.40m). It is hoped that, together with Jackson Potter, Brianna and other outstanding juniors will begin a new, successful era of track and field at Trinity College.
Sprint training - get faster!
Richard Bednall is running a
sprint technique & speed development program starting second Wednesday in
October (during school holidays). More info
Fixtures & Results
Amy Turner, state country SAPSASA champion, 12yr discus.
Jackson Potter - 2012 State U/16 200m Champion
Breanna Fuller has been selected to go to the All Schools Championships representing SA
Emma Dunlevey
Alex Skewes