Thursday, December 7, 2017

Triathlon & Athletics Achievements

We congratulate our athletes for their efforts in the Canterbury Triathlon & Athletics. Some students excelled earning themselves hard fought placings.

Kirsty Watts won the 10 Girls' Triathlon race by nearly 4 minutes which is a stellar result.

2017 Canterbury Athletics Results

15 students from Fernside made the journey to Ashburton to compete in the 2017 Canterbury Primary Schools’ Athletic Championships on Wednesday 6th.
They competed in 22 different events, which illustrates the depth of their abilities and training.

On top of this achievement, several of our students were placed in the top 20 of field events and several made the sprints finals (top 10). Zoe jumped well in the long jump to place 6th.
Top 3 placings were gained by:

Amelia Fungavaka won the Shot Put for the 2nd year in a row, breaking her own School record (9.509m).
Mya Phillips:  11 girls’ Shot Put 1st 9.82m, Discus 1st 26.98 (beating her own School record)
Mya, Xanthe Jane, Rosa Wheeler, Sienna Watson won the 4 x 100m Relay by at least 20m! 
Xanthe placed 2nd in the 1200m as well.
Lane Foster broke Felix’s 10 boys’ High Jump record clearing 1.24m finishing 3rd.
Zack Lappin won the AWD Discus with an improved 18.97m and was 2nd in Shot 5.72m.