Lyall Bay leaps into action on Athletics Day

By Eleanor Murphy

Lyall Bay students pitted themselves against each other on October 24, to find out just who can run the fastest, throw the farthest, and jump the highest. 

Students from year 3 to 6 competed in the school’s annual Athletics Day, however only year 4-6 students could qualify for Eastern Zones. There were four qualifiers for each event - two girls and two boys – for each age level. 

There were five events in total: Long Jump, high jump, vortex, quoits and sprints. In between events, students also got to enjoy fun games and activities.

This year's event was held in the school grounds as it was not possible to book at Newtown Park. Each event took 20 minutes.  

Those who qualified went to Eastern Zones on November 5. 

See below for the results from the Lyall Bay School Athletics Day. 

Results

Sprints

Year 3 Girls
1. Peyton Carter
2. Lottie Buddle
3. Georgie Castle

Year 3 Boys
1. Eli Cooper
2. Sammy Moore
3. Manny Shujai-Soli

Year 4 Girls
1. India Geard
2. Revlon-Jayne Te Kiri
3. Honor-Grace Gray
4. Kaia Purdie

Year 4 Boys
1. Leo Oates
2. Nathan Pantinople
3. Elliot Fort
4. Archie Webster

Year 5 Girls
1.  Leila Randell
2. Milly Lo Iacono
3. Mela Tawhai-Lawson
4. Aurian Delgado

Year 5 Boys
1. Tusi Pati
2. Ari Kwan
3. Baraa Jaber
4. Billy Andrews

Year 6 Girls
1. Darcia Maihi
2. Poppy Whitney
3. Addie Tremblay
4. Holly Benham

Year 6 Boys
1. Coen Busby
2. Koa Tupu
3. James  Blackburn
4. Isaac Gumbley

200m Sprints

Year 5 Girls
1. Leila Randell
2. Milly Lo Iacono

Year 5 Boys
1. Xavier de Bes-Holmes
2. Franklin Molloy

Year 6 Girls
1. Darcia Maihi
2. Poppy Whitney

Year 6 Boys
1. Paddy Castle
2. Tristen

Vortex

Year 3 Girls
1. Georgie Castle

Year 3 Boys
1. Riley  Farrell
2. Theo Faafoi
3. Tinsae Ayeligne

Year 4 Girls
1. Mayada Najmadin
2. India Geard

Year 4 Boys
1. Jacob Gumley
2. Michael Sulaj-Soli
3. Denim Maihi

Year 5 Girls
1.  Aurian Delgado
2. Mela Tawhai-Lawson

Year 5 Boys
1. Billy Andrews
2. Xavier de Bes-Holmes
3. Franklin Molloy

Year 6 Girls
1. Darcia Maihi
2. Sylvia Lawrey

Year 6 Boys
1. Paddy Castle
2. Koa Tupu
3. Joel Clarke

Quoits

Year 4 Girls
1. India Geard
2. Kaia Purdie
3. Mayada Najmadin

Year 4 Boys
1. Denim Maihi
2. Zion Woods
3.  Elio Wells-Schipper

Year 5 Girls
1. Eleanor Murphy
2. Iyre Neuri
3. Leila Randall

Year 5 Boys
1. Billy Andrews
2. Maihi Gray
3. Willem/Xavier

Year 6 Girls
1.  Darcia Maihi
2. Holly Benham
3. Clara Emson

Year 6 Boys
1.  James Blackburn
2. Paddy Castle
3. Trystan Broadbent

Long Jump

Year 4 Girls
1. Revlon-Jayne Te Kiri
2. India Geard

Year 4 Boys
1. Otto Lawrey
2. Jacob Gumbley
3. Elio Wells-Schipper

Year 5 Girls
1. Leila Randall
2. Aurian Delgado-Hickman
3. Mily Lo Iacono

Year 5 Boys
1. Xavier de Bes-Holmes
2. Franklin Molloy
3. Willem de Bes-Holmes

Year 6 Girls
1. Darcia Maihi
2. Poppy Whitney
3. Isla Williams

Year 6 Boys
1. Paddy Castle
2. Koa Tupu
3. Elisaia Carter

High Jump

Year 4 Girls
1. Evie Meads
2. Kaia Purdie
3. India Geard

Year 4 Boys
1. Denim Maihi
2. Milo Hewat
3. Ari Huynh Pearson

Year 5 Girls
1.  Milly Lo Iacono
2. Leila Randall
3. Mela Tawhai-Lawson

Year 5 Boys
1. Xavier de Bes-Holmes
2. Franklin Molloy
3. Willem de Bes-Holmes

Year 6 Girls
1. Addie Tremblay
2. Darcia Maihi

Year 6 Boys
1. Paddy Castle
2. Jacob Mahon
3. Coen Busby