Awakeri School

Athletic Sports 2012
Scroll down for some pics of the interschools.

Lila Riddall set a new record for the 12 yr girls high jump.	Daniel Perkinson pushed Brady Niven all the way in the 13 year boys. Brady set a new mark of 1.44m. This is Daniel clearing the bar.
The open girls 1500m started the athletic week. The girls are all looking to grab that early lead.	A big field competed in the boys race too.
Cousins Sharnaye and Lauren Hall after the 1500m. Lauren had a good win, with Sharnaye coming in second.	Chasing Kevin Paulsen is a hard task. Kaia Hodson gave it a good shot. Kevin won the open 1500m for boys and Kaia was second.
The field events were fun. This is Moana throwing the discus	Tylar shows good style in his discus throw.
This is the start of the 400m for the 11 year old boys. It was a new event this year.	The 11 year old girls are happy to get their 400m under way.
Hayden Baxter had a close win in the 400 m in his age group.	Katie won her event.
Nakisha Rangiaho took out the 11 year olds	Jana Longney held off Jenae to win the 10 year olds 400m.
Michelle Grindley had a successful day on the track.	Olivia Sheaff got through the ribbon ahead of Corissa.
Now we are at the interschool athletics for 9 and 10 year olds at Otakiri. Emily came third with this throw. It was 15 metres.	This is half way round the 800 metres. Kevin Paulsen has a good lead and he went on to win. Later in the relays, Kevin almost nabbed first place in the 9 year olds for Awakeri. He caught up four people and within a few centimetres of winning it. The 10 year old team: Emily, Linette, Tawari and Callum came first!
This is Korben leading his 400 metre heat. The top three got through to the final. Korben came third in the final, so he got a ribbon.	This is a very close battle in the 100 metre sprint final. It was Awakeri 1st, 2nd and 3rd! Linette got this one, with Emily and Jana close behind. You can see their ribbons. Emily ended up with nine ribbons! I reckon they are just to slow down the fast people!