Athletics

This year’s School Athletics Carnival took place on 19 August and it was a pretty fun day for everyone.

To start with, the weather was fantastic, setting the tone for a good day for everyone to reach their peak. Each house did a more than commendable job, everyone being willing and enthusiastic to partake in one of the many events, each catering for a wide range of people.

Everybody flocked in their hundreds to attend, for the first time even attracting the whole Year 11 and 12 cohort, leading to an even better environment than normal and elevating the event as we competed and celebrated together.

What, of course, made this athletic carnival the best ever is all the memorable moments from not only exceptional athletic feats but also all the seemingly impossible records beaten.

Congratulations to all age champions in this amazing year of achievement and to the record breakers: to Georgia Chambers (Year 12, Unwin), who broke the record for the Open 1500M (not broken since 1997), to Sophie Connolly (Year 10, Ransome), who beat the U16 1500M record (not broken since 2005) by an impressive 10 seconds and to Tamsyn Rogers (Year 9, Unwin) who smashed the previous U14 Girls Javelin record by over 2 metres.

Yet more track records were broken by the girls, where Isabelle Gan-Pain (Year 10, Unwin) broke the 2005 Girls U16 800M and Jemima Lennon (Year 8, Unwin) broke the 2019 U14 Girls 1500M.

And in field events, the boys set new standards: Lachlan Krelle (Year 11, Mather) in the Boys Open Triple Jump (last broken in 2007), Charlie Bradford (Year 9, Ransome) in the Boys U15 Shot Putt (last broken in 2004) and Isaac Dixon (Year 7, Mather) who broke the 2003 Boys U13 Long Jump record.

Unwin has had a winning streak in the Athletics for the last four years but their record was not broken this year, as they streaked ahead to win 319 points above their closest rival, Mather, to claim the House Athletics Shield for 2021.

Madeline Windsor (Year 9, Unwin) in the Under 14s Shot put Photo: Casey-Rae Mullen

Lachlan Krelle (Year 11, Mather & Open Triple Jump record breaker) competing in the Under 16s 100m sprint. Photo: Tammy Giblin Isaac Dixon (Year 7, Mather & U13 Boys Age Champion). Breaking the Long Jump Record for Under 13 boys! Photo: Casey-Rae Mullen