Otto Church vaults to national record

10 Dec 2024

秀色直播鈥檚 College athletes have achieved a national record, titles, and multiple places and personal bests (PB) at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association Track & Field Championships in Timaru.

Otto Church has won the junior pole vault title 鈥 and set a national record 鈥 with a 3.56m vault. Harrison Laing has had an outstanding 400m competition, running an impressive 49.84sec PB in the semi-final for a 5th place ranking. He has stepped up for the Sunday final, achieving a 48.62s PB to take 3rd place.

Sam Moore has displayed his versatility, achieving a 3m PB in the junior pole vault to finish 2nd. He has also finished 3rd in the Year 9 3000m road race, quickly followed by a 6th in the junior steeplechase on the track. Dylan Jackson has lined up in the 110m hurdles final, finishing 6th.

Results

Bertie Botha
Junior 100m semi-final 鈥 11.79 PB
200m semi-final 鈥 24.11 PB

Felix Bowden
11th 鈥 Senior shot put 鈥 12.79m PB

Otto Church
1st 鈥 Junior pole vault 鈥 3.56m PB (national record)

Dylan Jackson
6th 鈥 Junior 110m hurdles 鈥 16.47
300m hurdles semi-final 鈥 44.82

Dominic Johnston
7th 鈥 para shot put 鈥 3.67m PB

Harrison Laing
3rd 鈥 Senior 400m 鈥 48.62 PB

Marcus Luke
12th 鈥 Junior long jump 鈥 5.47m

Sam Moore
2nd 鈥 Junior pole vault 鈥 3.00m PB
3rd 鈥 Year 9 3km road race 鈥 9.39
6th 鈥 Junior steeplechase 鈥 6.47

Aston Nijjar
9th 鈥 Senior long jump 鈥 6.12

Lui Tupuola
6th 鈥 Senior hammer 鈥 36.55m