Our team of 42 competitors were greeted with a glorious sunny day of competition against Broken Bay schools. This included Riley Schroder in Year 9 and Aiden Knevett in Year 7 who were competing in the Under 12-15 Shot Put Parra Athlete Competitions (Multiclass Division).

Our team continued the success of previous teams, with many boys excelling in their events and doing St Edward’s proud.

Highlights for the day included:

• St Edward’s winning both the Junior (12-13) and Senior (16+) Team Point Scores.
• Ewan McHale (Under 13), Zach Sammut (Under 16) and Cooper Jones (17+) being crowned Age Champions.
• Liam van Eck (Under 12), Ambrose Plunkett (Under 13), Lincoln Markulin (17+) placing second.
• Cooper Jones setting a new record in the Boys 17+ 400m, in a time of 49.88 seconds.
• Aiden Knevett (Tf37) setting new records in the Boys 12-15 Shot Put Parra Athlete (Multiclass), with a throw of 8.10m and Discus, with a throw of 19.23m.
• Our 4 x 100m Relay Junior Team winning first place (Ethan Rowell, Austin Willis, Jerwin Conta and Ambrose Plunkett)
• Our 4 x 100m Relay Senior Team winning first place (Jay Clark, Giuseppe Merillo, Zach Sammut and Cooper Jones)
• 14 students qualifying for the NSWCCC Athletics Carnival on Monday 16 September at SOPAC, Homebush
  • Under 12 (Henry Swinbourne [880m], Liam van Eck [Long Jump and High Jump], Zac Donnelly [100m])
  • Under 13 (Ewan McHale [800m and Triple Jump], Ambrose Plunkett [100, 200 and 400m])
  • Under 14 (Billy McCarthy [1500m])
  • Under 16 (Asher Armstrong [800 and 1500m], Eden Pearson [400m], Zach Sammut [High Jump and Triple Jump)
  • U17+ (Cooper Jones [100, 200 and 400m], Lincoln Markulin [Javelin], Christopher Rae [Long Jump])
  • Under 12-15 Multiclass (Aiden Knevett [Shot Put], Riley Schroder [100m])
• On top of this, 19 students placed second or third in an event: Julian McPherson (Under 13 Discus), Aiden Knevett (Under 12-15 Multiclass 200m and Discus), Zac Donnelly (Under 12 200m), Lincoln Craig (Under 13 Shot Put), James Blow (Under 13 800m), Giuseppe Merillo (Under 16 100m), Riley Schroder (Under 12-15 Multiclass Shot Put), Ethan Rowell (Under 13 100m), Ben Geddes-Brown (Under 16 Shot Put), Riley Herring (Under 13 High Jump), Owen Clark (Under 15 Shot Put), Lincoln Markulin (Under 17+ Shot Put and Discus), Zach Sammut (Under 16 Long Jump), Eli Pepper (Under 14 400m), Ewan McHale (Under 13 Long Jump), Daniel Drury (Under 13 Javelin), Liam van Eck (Under 12 Discus), Kaiden Regattieri (Under 14 Javelin) and Jackson Roberts (Under 15 Long Jump).

A big thank you to Mrs Evans (and her son James) who assisted with the Multiclass Athletes and Mr Kane who had a great time as the Starter’s Assistant.