Saturday, August 15, 2009

2009 CGS Athletics Championships

Last year, you competed for individual medals. This year, the CGS Olympics was back with a new twist. 70+ athletes competed in great conditions at Box Hill, led by our Yr 12 leaders - Phil Ha, Adam Heath, Julian Lim and Hans Leung.

  • Once again, the Junior athletes led the way, with some outstanding individual performances. Jayden Chen looks set to break a long standing U13 100m record as his blistering form continues. Other strong runs came from Marcel McClernon, Chris Waller, Shawn Li and Jesse Zhao.
  • The Under 14 points competition was won by Corey Bruinstroop, although individual efforts from David Presser, Jay Yang and a big day out from William Huang also impressed the selectors.
  • The Under 15s were led by sprinter Daniel Park and distance guru Daniel Bancroft. Brandon Tiong is recapturing some of his 2008 form and Aqshai Patel stormed home to easily win his 100m and 200m events.
  • In the Under 16s, Kenneth Wu looks to be capitalizing on his solid winter training, with a strong showing in the discus. Amongst the sprinters, Tobyn Temple-Smith is growing stronger and faster with every race and Hanson Wong ran a ridiculously fast first lap but hung on to post another solid 800m time. Tony Pasalidis’ shot put was excellent, as was his determination as he finished with one shoe in his 200m event.
  • In the Under 17, Lachlan McMillan and Marcus Tee again led the way with some powerful sprinting and jumping. Nick Adamson, Tom Stayner and Daniel Tran all ran under 12 seconds for their 100m, building what is looking like a formidable relay team. Jan Uwland cleared 1.70m for the first time in the High Jump and Kevin Wu’s discus flew an impressive 36.8m. Ming Tee charged home in his 200m and Doug Brown’s 2:13 was the best of the 800m runs.
  • In the Open division, Phil Ha, Chris Duong and Jason Louey looked great over their 100m dash whilst Vice Captain Adam Heath ran well in both his 400m and 800m.

Competition was close all day, but there could only be one winning team...


Top Team
Place
Captain
Colour
Points
1
Phil Ha
Green
283
2
Julian Lim
Purple
256
3
Hans Leung
Red
240
4
Adam Heath
Yellow
236

Top Individuals

Place
Name
Age
Colour
Points
1
Jayden Chen
U13
Yellow
36
2
Corey Bruinstroop
U14
Red
29
3
Marcus Tee
U17
Yellow
26
=4
Lachlan McMillan
U17
Purple
25
=4
Daniel Tran
U17
Green
25
5
Steven Clark
U14
Red
24