Whangarei Boys' High School's athletics and rugby star Scott Gregory, and Whangarei Girls' High School's top clay target shooter Caitlin Reed, took out top honours at the 25th annual ASB Northland Secondary Schools Sports Awards at the ASB Stadium last night. Gregory, the ASB Northland Secondary Schools Sportsman of the Year has had a successful year in both athletics and rugby, taking the titles to the ASB Code Awards for both sports prior to the overall award.
At this year's National Athletics Championships Gregory won four gold medals in junior hammer , youth hammer, discus and shot put. Adding to his collection, he also won silver in the junior discus and bronze in the junior shot put.
As well as the medals won in the athletics circle, Gregory also featured on the rugby field being named vice-captain of the Northland under-18 team, becoming a member of the Auckland Blues under-18 squad and playing for the New Zealand Secondary Schools and Barbarians teams.
Reed, the ASB Northland Secondary Schools Sportswoman of the Year, featured in the sport of clay target shooting where she competed as a member of the New Zealand Ladies Mackintosh team.
To add to this honour, Reed was New Zealand's highest overall junior triples champion and the North Island ladies highest overall minis champion.