At Dunstan High School we enjoy celebrating the success of our students. If you have some sporting news to share with our community please email Sally Mullally sports@dunstan.school.nz.
Olivia Delport and mac denniston star at athletic Championships
Congratulations to two of our rising athletic stars
Olivia completed in the Club Athletic Championships in Dundein and was 1st in the high jump and 3rd in the discus, sprints and hurldes for her age group
Mac recently competed at the NZ National Athletics competition in Wellington in the U20 para discus, shotput and javelin. He threw a personal best of 7.09m for the shotput, which is also an NZ U18 record.
Podium finishes at the SISS Rowing Championships
Dunstan High School excelled yet again at the SISS rowing championships over the weekend at Lake Ruataniwha. The squad of 22 qualified for 12 A finals and 8 B finals, bringing home 3 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Congratulations to the following medal winners:
Max Smith and Christopher McIntosh - Gold Boys U15 double sculls
Bella Breen and Charli Crosbie - Gold Girls U15 double sculls
Bella Breen and Ruby Smith - Gold U16 double sculls
Niamh O'Docherty - Silver Girls U17 single sculls
Tahlia Nelson, Niamh O'Docherty, Ellie King, Emer Bryant and Lily Kain - Bronze Girls U17 coxed quad sculls
Bella Breen, Ruby Smith, Poppy Tuffin, Phoebe Harrex and Lily Kain - Bronze Girls U16 coxed quad sculls
Max Smith and Christopher McIntosh - Bronze Boys U16 double sculls
Our NZ U19 Champ - Eddie Adams
Congratulations Eddie Adams on being crowned NZ19 Cross Country Mountain Biking champion at Coronet Peak in the weekend.
This follows success in Australia and at the recent National Road Championships. Read all about Eddie's achievement in the next school newsletter.
Well done Eddie - we look forward to hearing more success stories from your cycling career.
cONGRATULATIONS hayvin O'neill
Hayvin has been selected as a part of a National U15 Developing Sox squad. Hayvin will travel to Pukekohe over Easter to participate in a training camp which will also end with an Easter Classic tournament. We wish Hayvin all the best with this amazing opportunity and we look forward to following his progress at the tournament.