Congratulations to all students who completed in the Barwon Athletics championships at Landy Field on Friday May 1. Fielding a full team this year became problematic with many student in the 14 and 15 years age groups away on the Tasmania camp and a number of other students withdrawing due to a variety of reasons. There were still many pleasing performances from our students throughout the day.

On a perfect day, weather-wise, there were 26 individual winners and 3 relay teams that won their events. Three of the six records broken on the day were due to fantastic performances from Oberon students.

Kasey Parish broke the 15 years girls Javelin record, setting a new benchmark of 32.95m. The highlight of the day came from outstanding performances in the 100m and 200m events by Georgia Boal, who broke long-standing records. In the 200m Georgia ran 25.74 sec beating the previous record from 1983 and in the 100m, she ran 12.33 sec eclipsing the record that has been standing since 1976. This follows her amazing effort last year, setting new records in the 100m and 200m that also stood for over three decades. Congratulations to both Kasey and Georgia.

Students and relay teams who won events at this competition have qualified for the Western Metropolitan zone championships, which are to be conducted at Aberfeldie Park in Essendon in the last week of term 3.

Well done to the following students who won events on the day:

Caleb Morrissy 13yrs Boys 100m 200m 400m
Kade McKenzie 13yrs Boys Long jump Javelin Triple Jump
Lachie Reekie 16yrs Boys 800m
Joel Clark 16yrs Boys Shot put
Andrew Wylie 16yrs Boys Discus
Zane Threadgold 17yrs Boys 1500m
Rose Bretherton 14 years Girls: 1500m (2nd) 20yrs Girls 3000m
Kasey Parish 15yrs Girls Long jump 200m Javelin Triple Jump
Emily Kinross-Smith 16yrs Girls 1500m
Georgia Boal 17yrs Girls 100m 200m 400m High Jump
Teagan Madden 17yrs Girls Long Jump Triple Jump
Brodie Symmons 20yrs Girls Javelin
Alanna Jones 20yrs Girls Long Jump
Samantha Nelson 20yrs Girls High Jump
Carly Davies 20yrs Girls 1500m Walk
15 years Girls 4 x 100m Relay: Anna Yankos, Abbey Fedley, Amy Kuskunovic, Kasey Parish
17 years Girls 4 x 100m Relay: Georgia Boal, Teagan Madden, Kendra Schmid, Kayla Wastell
20 years Girls 4 x 100m Relay: Riley Morter, Alanna Jones, Shainna McNamara, Tia Aylmer, Tyson O’Keefe

Thanks must go to Mr Neal for helping to manage the team; to Mr Filipovski and Mr Feaver for officiating and to Mr Sutcliffe for assisting with transporting students on the day.
Chris Sly