TSS ATHLETICS A team of nearly 60 ath letes attended the TSS Athletics Championsh ips in Inglewood on March 14th winning an impressive 23 titles with three school records and a new Taranaki record as well. Wi nners on t he day were-
The relays were very competitive with NPBHS just winn ing t he intermed iate age group in 47.11. A lso in fine form was AWD athlete Jono Brownjohn clearing 1. 70m in the senior high j ump and 5.19m in the long jump.
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Junior A lex Sturmer
Drew Farnsworth Kodee Maxwell Jah marl Weir
Intermediate Javon McCallum
300m 800m 1500m 3000m High Jump Discus
100m 200m 400m 3000m A ngus Wh ite Jordan Goodin Long Jump Harrison Meads High Jump Triple Jump Justin Bishop M ichael McDonald Shot Put Discus
Senior Connor Hobbs Rhys Bishop
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Ang us Wh ite ran a cred itable 6th in the Year 9 3000m road
Eight boys travelled to Dunedin in early December 2012 for t he NZSS Athletics Championsh ips. Three boys returned with meda ls and a host of school records were broken in w hat was
race. Rhys Bishop won his senior 800m heat, but although his semifinal time (1.57.48) would have won t he other semi his 6th
a very successfu l weekend for the school.
placing meant he did not progress.
Matt Baxter ended his extraordinary school running career in the fairy-ta le it deserved. Matt won the senior 3000m in a NZSS record of 8.15.50. He won by 30 seconds, took 3 seconds off the 21 year old NZSS record and 14 off his school record. Matt was named as one of two Male "Athletes of th e Meet".
Justin Bishop was second in his junior 800m heat and was also 6th in his semi-final in 2.13.
Javon McCallum had a busy and hugely successfu l weekend. Javon lowered his own school 400m record 3 t imes runni ng 53.43 in t he jun ior boys 400m heats, 52.82 in the semis and 51.34 in the final to place 2nd. This is faster than the intermediate record and within a second of the school sen ior record. H e also lowered his 100m school record t ime in the heats running 11.53. His 11 .70 quarterfina l wasn't quick enough to advance. Also in record breaking form was Connor Hobbs. He finished 5th in the sen ior triple j ump with 13.40m erasing the oldest record in the book- PJohns(1962) 13.37m. His 6.35m long ju mp was good enough for 8th place. Jono Brownjohn won his 4 events in the AWD AMP class. His 100m time of 14.05 was well under his own NZ record, but just over the w ind allowance so doesn't count as a record . The wind was allowable for his 29.17 200m time to take 5 seconds of his old NZ record. A 4.78m long jump and a 1.60m high Jump were also NZ records for Jono. Tom Spencer had a glamour field to contend with in the 2000m steeplechase. He finished 7th in 6.23 .87 wh ich is a school record Wosh Taylor 6.26, 2010) and would have medal led with this time in some years.
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Hamish Sturmer Da ne Brooks M ichael Gellen
42.95 2.16.88 4.56.19 10.1 6.22 1.50m 38.58m
11.59 23.57 53.77 9.25.07 5.82m 1. 84m {School record) 12.00m 13.54m {School record) 46.62m
400m 53 .22 Triple Jump 12.50m 800m 1. 55. 6 7 {School record & TSS) 1500m 4.23.72 3000m 9.3 2.56 1.88m High Jump 300m Hurdles 48.68
A large group of NPBHS students made up the majority ofthe boys in the Taranaki athletics tea m that travelled to Masterton for the North Island Championships held over the weekend of April 6th and 7th. A summary of resu lts fo llows. Rhys Bishop came of age as a middle distance runner w ith a massive school record in the senior 800m stopping the clock at 1.53.90 for 2nd place. Rhys backed this up with a 3rd placing in the 1500m with an equally impressive 3.59.52 for a memorable weekend. Javon McCallum continued to rewrite records with a staggering 50.27 intermediate 400m . This placed him 2nd and lowered his own school record in a time now faster than the senior400m record. Javon was 5th in the 200m in 23.73. Harrison Mead cleared 1. 7 5m in the intermediate high jump. This was below Harrison's TSS clearance, but good enough for 3rd place. Michael McDonald claimed 3rd place with a massive 48.78 intermediate discus. Michael was 9th in the shot put with 11.69m Jordan Goodin jumped an im pressive 6.15m for 4th in the intermediate long j ump. A lso 4th in long j ump.was Jordan Young. His 6.48m was 2nd equa l with the count-back going against him.
The school entered a 4 x 400m relay team for the first time. Rhys,Justin, Matt and Javon finished 8th in 3.35.66 to add one fina l record for the weekend.
SCHOOL ATHLETICS SPORTS School athletics sports were held at the TET stadium in Inglewood on Wednesday, March 6th. There were some qua lity performances and two school records fell. Standout senior athletes included Rhys Bishop(1500m, 3000m), Reuben O'Neill (shot put, discus) and Jorda n Young (long jump, 200m), but for the second time Connor Hobbs (100m, 400m, t ripl e jum p) was sen ior champion. In the intermediate events Emmerson Potts-Broughton threw a stu nning 50.52m to break t he discus record and Ross Stembridge (1500m, 3000m) and Justin Bishop (800m) managed to sha re the Intermediate title. Javon McCal lum (100m, 200m, 400m) was a ll class with a sprinting trifecta including a school record 51. 28 in the 400m. Alex Sturmer was the sta ndout junior(400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m). A lso impressive were Jahma rl Weir (discus, shotpt,~t) and Kodee Maxwell (h igh jump, triple j ump). The House competition was a comfortable victory for Hat herly from Syme, Barak and Donnelly.
ATHLETlCS TEAM BACK ROW: LIAM BLYDE, JUSTIN BISHOP, SEAN HONE, WILLJONES, IZMK WILSON, TOM FLORENCE, AARON JACKSON, BEN LISTON, FRASER MEADS, KALEB NOLLY, NGANA NICHOLAS, JOSH DOWSING, SAM BETTERIDGE, KAYNE MCPHILLIPS-SHARP, ANGUS WHITE THIRD ROW: CORBAN WILLIAMS, TAYLOR ROBERTS, MATTHEW CHADWICK, MATT FURZE, MICHAEL MCDONALD, CHAD COLLOP, SELWYN COOPER, RUPERT YOUNG, BRADEN BROOKS, NICHOLAS KJESTRUP, JAHMARL WEIR, DIAN DRE POTGIETER, RILEY JOHNSON, HARRY CALLAGHAN, CORBAN MILHAM SECOND ROW: MAES CURTlS, ORIN BURMESTER, HIWAWA KAHU, HAMISH PHILLIPS, MATTROODBEEN,JOSH PRESTON, CALUM SUTHERLAND, JORDAN BEVAN, MR PAUL DOMINIKOVICH {MANAGER), ALEX STURMER, FINLEY SAPWELL-CASSIDY, ALEX CLARK, HAIRA MACRAE, MICHAEL LOFT, KODEE MAXWELL. DREW FARNSWORTH FRONT ROW: JAVON MCCALLUM, MICHAEL GELLEN, ROBERT BOOT, RHYS BISHOP, JORDAN YOUNG, CONNOR HOBBS, MAX HARDIE BOYS, REUBEN O'NEILL. DANE BROOKS, JONO BROWNJOHN, HAMISH STURMER
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