ACC Athletics Carnival

The St Mary MacKillop College Athletics squad travelled to Perth to compete in the ACC ‘D’ Division Athletics Carnival held at the State Athletics Centre, Challenge Stadium on Friday 11 September.

The boys had some excellent results throughout the day, spreading the workload with some stellar performances in the Junior Boys and consistency in the Senior Boys to combine for a second place overall.

Gabriel Doolan took out U/14 Male Champion, with Division 1 wins in the 100m, 200m and Javelin and second place in Shot Put and Hurdles. The U/13 boys earned Division 1 wins in under 13 Long Jump, Discus, Javelin, 1500m and 200m, with Lajon MacDonald earning Runner Up U/13 Male Champion. Marc Luis Aquino also performed well, winning First Division in the U/15 Boys 200m and 100m and then running a leg in the boys’ winning Relay team.

While the girls struggled to gain ground on the scoreboard, there were some outstanding individual performances, including Brooke Gibson taking out the first division Open Girls 100m sprint, Lucy Hill winning the U/16 Girls 1500m, and Allyson Armstrong winning the U/15 Girls 200m. Celerina Reyes also won the U/14 Girls Discus.

Head of Sport, Mr Andrew Culnane, said he was proud of the efforts from all the students, both on the day and in preparation for the event. “I would sincerely like to thank all the students who made the effort to attend training each afternoon in a busy time of the year,” he said, “particularly those who juggled other sporting as well as school, work and family commitments.”
Mr Culnane also thanked staff who gave their time and efforts to make sure that the students were well prepared, including Mr Paul Culnane, Mr Miles Armstrong, Mr Mark Taylor, Mr Paul Northover, Miss Morgan Stark, Miss Lauren Mirco and Mr Ben Horrocks. “Thank you also to Ms Sandy Smith for all her hard work and organisation for the carnival, and to Teacher Prac students, Liana Perrella and Natalie Ferrier.”

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