AGSV
Athletics 2013 – Grammarian Report
The 2013 Athletics season was held once
again during Term 3, over a short, intense 6 week season. Led by Captain Daniel
Bancroft, the squad boasted healthy numbers and great level of enthusiasm and
spirit in both junior and senior ranks.
The squad benefitted from expert coaching
thanks to past and present athletes including former Captain Hanson Wong (2012)
and long time ally and 400m specialist Gregor Evans.
The 2013 AGSV Athletics Finals were held at
Albert Park on Wednesday, with Camberwell's squad improving there performance
from 2012, accumulating more overall points and medals in a great day of
competition.
Over 75 events, CGS collected 11 gold, 6
silver and 7 bronze medals, finishing a
close 3rd to Trinity and Peninsula, with only a handful of points
separating 2nd – 5th placed schools.
The CGS U17 and Open age groups were
particularly strong, placing first and second respectively.
There were numerous individual and team highlights
during the day, with many athletes defying windy conditions to post personal
bests and further the cause of the team in style.
To start the meet, the Open 4x400m team of
Steven Clark, Nick Stragalinos, Matthew Woodgate and Daniel Bancroft finished
second, the third time in 4 years that the 4x400m has netted silver in the
opening event.
Gold
medal winning efforts then came from:
•
Rising star Connor McKee in the
U13 400m.
•
Matthew Hobson and Luke Ireland
in the U14 1500m team event.
•
Terry Yan in the U15 Long Jump
•
Joel Assauw in the U16 400m.
Joel then teamed with Edan Runge, Shaveen Kariyawasam and Brandon Lam to win
the U16 4x100m relay.
•
Jayden Chen in the U17 110m
hurdles.
•
Marcus Jones in the U17 100m
and the 200m and the Long Jump.
•
Marcus and Jayden then teamed
with Maxim Wakefield and Miller Medina to win the 4x100m relay in resounding
fashion, giving Marcus 4 gold medals in total on the day.
•
William Huang stunned the large
crowd with a resounding win in the Open 100m, CGS' first victory in that event
since Josh Ross in 2007.
Silver:
•
Open 4x800m: Adam Norris, Nick
Stragalinos, Jonathan Henshaw, Harrison Lagastes.
•
Open 4x400m: Steven Clark, Nick
Stragalinos, Matthew Woodgate, Daniel Bancroft
•
Open 200m: Matthew Woodgate
•
Open Long Jump: Ronald Fong
•
U17 800m: Adam Norris
•
U14 Shot Put: Matthew James
Bronze:
•
U15 Triple Jump: Kevin Ren
•
U15 100m: Nathan Chan
•
Open HJ: Alex Giovannucci
•
Open TJ: Ben Watson
•
U16 Hurdles: Neelan Josan
•
Open 110m Hurdles: William
Huang
•
U15 High Jump: Ben Chaffey
Overall
Finals Points
|
1
|
Trinity
|
507.5
|
|
2
|
Peninsula
|
437
|
|
3
|
Camberwell
|
426
|
|
4
|
PEGS
|
423.5
|
|
5
|
Ivanhoe
|
400.5
|
|
6
|
Yarra Valley
|
335.5
|
|
7
|
Marcellin
|
326
|
|
8
|
Mentone
|
299
|
|
9
|
Assumption
|
255
|
