Some of the Port Augusta Little Athletics members have had a very busy week, with the SAPSASA Athletics Championships at SANTOS Stadium in Adelaide on Friday, a coaching clinic on Saturday and regular weekly meet on Sunday.
Congratulations to Carly Whitaker on winning a silver medal in the 13 year old girls Long Jump at SANTOS Stadium on Friday. She is one of two medal winners from the Northern team that competed at the SAPSASA Athletics Championships.
Congratulations also to Mikayla Hudson from Port Augusta West Primary School on winning a gold medal in the 13 year old girls Shot Put.
Well done to Carly and Mikayla and to all the other members of the Northern team. Everyone participated well and many came home with some good achievements.
Parents and one big brother undertook a C grade officials and coaching course on Saturday, facilitated by state coach Bruce Smith. This involved passing a written test on the rules of track and field events and learning various techniques to help children competing in events.
Congratulations to Pauline Robinson, Sharon White, Mandy Dwyer, Joylene Noll, Scott Whitaker, Maureen Semei, Robert Ashton, Helen Cox, Steven Graetz, Bianca Ford and Jesse Pratt.
A few of our kids also took the opportunity to get some professional coaching tips from the Little Athletics state coaches which paid off on Sunday when many achieved some PBs.
Some of the biggest PB’s from Sunday included Taine Murray taking 37 seconds off his 800m time running a PB of 6:04.2; Connor Dwyer taking 5 seconds off his 200m time running a PB of 34.9; Paul Glass taking 19 seconds off his 1500m time running a PB of 6:15.8; and Billy Pratt-Hedger taking 21 seconds off his 1500m time running a PB of 6:34.4.
Personal Bests for the day:
Tiny Tots: PBs in 40m event: Zoe Kuhn, Emily Murphy, Kallan Blinman, Hudson Brazell, Hamish Hunter and Dominic Mayhew.
U6: Ebony Butler – 40m, High Jump; Sophie Finch – High Jump; Lauren Howell – Shot Put; Louise Hunter – 200m, Shot Put; Georgia Nash – 40m, Shot Put; Emily Reed – 200m; Maia Scharenberg – 40m, 200m; Kelsey Spencer – Shot Put; Connor Butler – 40m, Shot Put; Joe Dodd – 40m, 200m, Shot Put; Arman Morelli – 200m; Joel Wilton – 40m.
U 7: Kalina Saunders – 40m, High Jump; Caelan Graetz – 40m, 200m, Shot Put; Patrick Kennedy – 40m, High Jump, Shot Put; Jaylen Mayhew – 40m; Seth Moroney – 200m, High Jump; William Newbery – 40m; Ethan Reid – 200m, High Jump; Hamish Stewart – 40m, 200m, High Jump; Cameron Tansell – 40m, High Jump.
U8: Ella Dixon – 40m, Liana Dwyer – 40m, Discus; Emma Finch – 200m; Rylee Howell – 40m; Sivani Sivasuthan – 40m, 200m, Long Jump, Discus; Swai Todonai – Discus; Shani Wilton – 200m, Discus; Dharnay Gibson – Discus; Blaze Semei – 40m, 200m, Long Jump, Discus; Jake Strangways – 40m, 200m, Discus.
U 9: Amelia Etchells – 800m, Long Jump; Lara Etchells – 800m, Long Jump, Discus; Bree Leahy – 800m, Long Jump; Annie Packard – 800m; Tyler Winton – 800m; Taine Murray – 800m; Denham Press – 800m, Long Jump; Matthew Reed – 800m, Discus; Chris Robinson – Long Jump; Clay Willcock – 200m, 800m, Long Jump, Discus.
U10: Amanda O’Reilly – 200m, 800m, Discus; Connor Dwyer – 200m, Discus
Under 11 – Jumeka Saunders – 200m, High Jump; Hamish Boully – 1500m, Long Jump, High Jump; Paul Glass – 1500m, Shot Put.
U12: Georgia Mansell – 200m, High Jump; Sanchia White – Shot Put; Billy Pratt-Hedger – 1500m, Long Jump, High Jump; Keenan Saunders – 1500m; Jac Wright – 200m, 1500m, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put
U13: Ella Mansell – 200m, High Jump, Shot Put; Cassie Morgan – 1500m, High Jump; Carly Whitaker – 200m, Long Jump, Shot Put; Brenton Saunders – Shot Put.
U14: Lani Pratt-Hedger – 200m, Long Jump, High Jump; Daniel Glass – 200m, 1500m, Long Jump, Shot Put.
U15: Dylan Morgan – 200m, 1500m, Long Jump.
U17: Ellie Packard – 200m, Shot Put.
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