RONCALLI COLLEGE
TIMARU, NEW ZEALAND
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Roncalli College was represented with 18 students at the South Island Secondary Schools Athletics Championships held on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd April at the All Weather Track, Aorangi Park Timaru. The athletes were selected after good performances at the Aoraki Secondary Schools Athletic champs held recently. This was a great opportunity and experience to compete against the best athletes from secondary schools throughout the South Island. Ten of the eighteen athletes representing Roncalli College were competing at this level for the first time, many gained personal bests and a number of top 8 placing’s. Roncalli athletes excelled over and above expectations and produced some of the best results to date at a South Island meet, winning SEVEN South Island TITLES and FIVE Silver. James Sandilands competing in the U15 boys high jump broke a SISS record leaping 1.85m beating the record by 1cm. These results will qualify a number of athletes to compete at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Track & Field champs in Wellington early December. Thank you to Mrs Cannell for all her work leading up to the event and managing the team during the weekend, also thank you to Miss Hansen for assisting throughout the weekend, the athletes really do appreciate all their hard work. Mr Bunckenburg and a number of parents assisted as officials throughout the weekend, without the help of these volunteers an event like this could not run as successfully. The support from family, friends and staff was amazing, Roncalli was fortunate to have a huge turnout of spectators watching at all times - THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! SOUTH ISLAND TITLES (7):- Jacob Matson U14 Boys - 1st 100m 12.16s and 1st 200m 24.27s Brittany Cannell U15 Girls - 1st 200m 26.81s James Sandilands U15 Boys - 1st high jump 1.85m (RECORD) and 1st 80m Hurdles 11.62s Leanna Ryan U16 Girls - 1st 80m hurdles 12.68s and 1st long jump 5.04m  Left to right: James Sandilands, Jacob Matson, Brittany Cannell and Leanna Ryan SILVER (5) Brittany Cannell U15 Girls - 2nd 100m 13.6s Leanna Ryan U16 Girls - 2nd 100m 13.08s Lavani Faha U16 Girls - 2nd hammer throw 22.94m Lucinda Shaw Open Girls - 2nd 2000m race walk 10.49.53 U15 Boys 4 x 100m relay team - 2nd 47.07s (Matt Priest, Jacob Matson, Liam Cosgrove, James Sandilands)  U15 Boys 4 x 100m Relay Team - Liam Cosgrove, James Sandilands, Jacob Matson & Matt Priest .jpg) James Sandilands - U15 Boys High Jump Winner 'Record' OTHER RESULTS: Christina Ryan – U14 Girls: 4th long jump – 4.48m, 80m hurdles – 14.71s, 200m – 29.30s Laura Dorgan – U14 Girls: 12th 400m – 1.06.04 Emma Goddard – U14 Girls: 14th long jump – 4.14m Brittany Cannell – U15 Girls: 9th Discus – 20.57m Lavani Faha – U15 Girls: 7th Discus – 23.77m Lucinda Shaw – Senior Girls: 6th Discus – 25.95m Jonathon Rush – U14 Boys: 11th 80m hurdles – 15.8s Tom Anderson – U15 Boys: 11th 800m – 2.19.06 Liam Cosgrove – U15 Boys:6th 400m – 57.04s James Faulkner – U15 Boys: 10th 3000m – 10.48.89 Tom Prayoonyuang – U15 Boys: 8th long jump – 5.11m Tim Brien – U16 Boys: discus Harlem Cole – Senior Boys: 100m – 11.9s, 200m – 24.17s, 5th discuss – 38.02m Tim Bunckenburg – Senior Boys: 5th high jump – 1.70m  RONCALLI COLLEGE SOUTH ISLAND ATHLETICS TEAM 2011 Back Row: Jacob Matson, Lucinda Shaw, Laura Dorgan, Brittany Cannell. Middle Row: Harlem Cole, Tom Prayoonyuang, Tim Bunckenburg, Liam Cosgrove, Tim Brien, James Sandilands. Front Row: Matt Priest, Johnny Rush, Christina Ryan, Tom Anderson, Lavani Faha, Leanna Ryan, Emma Goddard. Absent: James Faulkner |