Gold for Trinity Students at Athletics SA State Championships

It was gold, gold, gold for both current students and an old scholar at the Athletics SA 2024 State Championships. The event was a culmination of a long series of athletic competitions over the summer period and once again the prowess of Trinity College athletes was on full display.

The performance of the entire championships belonged to Trinity U/17 athlete Liam Griffiths (Year 11). In his only event, Liam jumped 7.26m in the long jump, a result that would have placed him second in the Open Men’s Long Jump. With the nationals soon to be held in Adelaide, Liam is a great chance for a position on the podium, possibly gold.

Mia Devlin (Year 12) competed in four events in the U/20 age group winning medals in each event. The stand-out event was the triple jump where Mia won gold with a jump of 10.84m. Mia won silver in both the 100m, 12.48 and the long jump with 5.32m. In the 200m Mia finished third with a fast time of 25.72, winning bronze.

At only 14, Ashleigh Heggie is already a rising star on the football field and in the pool. In the athletics championships Ashleigh won gold in the high jump,1.62m, silver in the shot put, 9.13m and bronze in the javelin, 26.45m.

Emma Henkel (Year 12) won a national bronze medal in the 1500m at the All-Schools Championships in Perth last year so a win in the state titles was always likely. As an U/18 Emma ran 4.36.16 for gold and backed up with a silver in the 800m in an excellent time of 2.09.6

Middle distance runner James Skelton (Year 12) came into the championships in outstanding form winning gold in the u/20 3000m steeplechase in 4.27.20. James also ran well to come third in the 1500m in 4.27.20 to grab the bronze.

A true multi event athlete, Stephan Pretorius (Year 11) competed in seven events in the u/18 age group. His best result came in the hammer where he won silver with 25.64m. Stephan also won bronze in both the triple jump,11.79m and the javelin, 42.24m. Stephan’s other events were the shot put where he finished fourth (12.30m) the pole vault fifth (2.60m) high jump sixth (1.66) and discuss sixth (25.75m).

U/17 competitor Mason Lowe (Year 10) had an excellent championship medalling in three events. Mason won silver in the100m in 11.37m and the triple jump with a leap of 13.06m. In the high jump Mason jumped 1.78m for the bronze medal.

Always willing to try any event for her school, Sophie Houston (Year 12) competed in four events with her best result a silver in the u/20 100m hurdles in 19.29 seconds. Sophie also won bronze in the triple jump with a jump of 9.72m. In the sprints Sophie finished seventh in the 100m,13.99 and eighth in the 200m, 29.07.

Amaya Zerk (Year 11) is an U/18 middle distance runner who is a regular member of the College interschool teams. Amaya’s best run at the championships was in the 800m where she ran 2.36 to finish fourth. A solid run in the 1500m saw Amaya finish eighth with a time of 5.32.14.