Outstanding high school performances

By Frank Neill

Six Wainuiomata High School students performed outstandingly at the Athletes with Disabilities section of the Wellington Secondary School Regional Athletics Championships on 17 March.

Between them they came away with ten gold medals, six silver medals and three bronze medals in the event, held at Newtown Park.

Year 11 student Ruby Lasini won four individual events and was a member of

Wainuiomata High School’s winning relay team.

She was victorious in the 100 metres, 200 metres, shot put and long jump.

Another year 11 student, Braydon Henare-Time, also won gold as a member of the school’s relay team.

Braydon added a gold medal in the 100 metres, was second in the long jump and finished third in the 200 metres.

Ashton Pinnell was a member of the winning year 11 relay team after finish-