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