Wairarapa athletes made a huge impact at the Wellington regional secondary schools track and field championships at Newtown Park last week with no fewer than 18 titles falling to competitors from the region.
Dual successes were achieved in shot put and discus by Wairarapa College duo Alex Fafeita (senior boys) and Katie Smith (intermediate girls) and Chanel College's Lisa Makaohi (junior girls) and also by gun Wairarapa College middle distance runner Alison Andrews-Paul over 800m and 1500m.
Fafeita, who has represented New Zealand at age group levels, was one of a handful who came away from the meeting with a regional record to show for his efforts, setting a new mark of 17.11m in the shot put.
Starring over 100m for Wairarapa were Sian Chapman (Chanel), who won the junior girls' crown, and Alex Howden (Makoura) who did likewise in the senior boys, while Tom Quinn (Rathkeale) scored in the senior boys' 400m and the brother and sister combination of Kurtis and Stevie Paine of Wairarapa College won the intermediate boys' and senior girls' 800m events.
The field event programme was especially profitable for Wairarapa with wins from Finn Yeats (Rathkeale) in the junior boys' high jump, Kuranui's Toyah Churton and Connor Henare in the junior girls' and intermediate boys' triple jump and Evelyn Wilson-Bellshaw (St Matthew's) in the junior girls' javelin.
Wairarapa placings were:
100m.-AWD boys: Keelan Ward (Wairarapa College) 14.66secs 4. Junior girls: C. Balsillie (Wairarapa College) 14.04secs 6. Intermediate girls: Sian Chapman (Chanel) 12.75secs 1. Senior girls: Evie Langlands (Wairarapa College) 14secs 4. Junior boys: Finn Yeats (Rathkeale) 12.38secs 4, Jesse Miller (Tararua) 13.49secs 7.Senior boys: Alex Howden (Makoura) 11.40secs 1.
200m.-AWD boys: Daniel Anstis (Wairarapa College) 28.84secs 2, Keelan Ward (Wairarapa College) 30.46secs 4. Junior girls: Bridget Milne (St Matthews) 28.76secs 2. Senior girls: Nicole Schaef (St Matthews) 29.94secs 3. Junior boys: Raymond Andrews-Paul (Wairarapa College) 24.55secs 3. Senior boys: Alex Howden (Makoura) 23.18secs 2, Xavier McCluskey (Rathkeale) 24.57secs 5.
300m.-Junior girls: Holly Travers (St Matthews) 45.27secs 3. Junior boys: Morgan Taylor (Wairarapa College) 43.80secs 4.
400m.-AWD boys: Daniel Anstis (Wairarapa College) 1min 10.91secs 2. Junior girls: Tessa Laven (St Matthews) 1min 4.51secs 2. Junior boys: Edward Hewitt (Rathkeale) 53.92secs 4. Senior boys: Tom Quinn (Rathkeale) 53.90secs 1, Dylan Lord-Bune (Rathkeale) 56.80secs 5.
800m.-Junior girls: Grace Burmeister (Tararua) 2min 35.84secs 6. Intermediate girls: Alison Andrews-Paul (Wairarapa College) 2mins 16.59secs 1, Tessa Laven (St Matthews) 2mins 30.07secs 4, Samantha Hodgins (Wairarapa College) 2mins 47.50secs 9. Senior girls: Stevie Paine (Wairarapa College) 2mins 18.48secs 1, Molly Creagh (Wairarapa College) 2mins 23.46secs 2. Junior boys: Jessie Miller (Tararua) 2mins 19.02secs 4, Adam Maloney (Wairarapa College) 2mins 22.21secs 5. Intermediate boys: Kurtis Paine (Wairarapa College) 2mins 4.26secs 1. Senior boys: Dylan Lord-Bune (Rathkeale) 2mins 8.84secs 5, Michael Hammond (Rathkeale) 2mins 16.47secs 6.
1500m.-Junior girls: Holly Bird (Wairarapa College) 6mins 9.89secs 11. Intermediate girls: Alison Andrews-Paul (Wairarapa College) 4mins 58.08secs 1. Senior girls: Michael O'Connor (Wairarapa College) 5mins 55.94secs 2. Junior boys: Adam Maloney (Wairarapa College) 4mins 55.68secs 6. Intermediate boys: Callum Hobbs-Turner (Rathkeale) 4mins 57.88secs 8. Senior boys: Peter Gimson (Wairarapa College) 4mins 48.67secs 8.
3000m.-Intermediate boys: Callum Hobbs-Turner (Rathkeale) 10mins 2.20secs 5. Senior boys: Michael Hammond (Tathkeale) 9mins 44.95secs 6, Peter Gimson (Wairarapa College) 10mins 9.09secs 9.
4 by 100m relay.-Junior girls: St Matthew's Collegiate 55.69secs 2. Intermediate boys: Rathkeale 47.91secs 3. AWD boys: Wairarapa College 1min 1.55secs 2.
4 by 400m relay.- Open girls: St Matthew's Collegiate 4mins 41.65secs 4.Open boys: Rathkeale 3mins 39.60secs 1.
High jump.-Junior girls: Isobel Smythe (Solway) 1.30m 6, Kura McKee (Solway) 1.25m 10. Intermediate girls: Brigette Mossman (Wairarapa College) 1.45m 3, Tessa Laven (St Matthews) 1.40m 7. Senior girls: Evie Langlands (Wairarapa College) 1.50m 2, T.Harvey (Wairarapa College) 1.45m 3.Junior boys: Finn Yeats (Rathkeale) 1.73m 1, Morgan Taylor (Wairarapa College) 1.50m 6. Intermediate boys: Jermaine Maru (Wairarapa College) 1.60m 5, Connor Henare (Kuranui) 1.60m 7, J.Pepperell (Wairarapa College) 1.60m 9. Senior boys: Sean Robinson (Wairarapa College) 1.80m 4.
Long jump.-Junior girls: Toyah Churton (Kuranui) 4.31m 6. Intermediate girls: Alison Andrews-Paul (Wairarapa College) 4.08m 5.Senior girls: Molly Creagh (Wairarapa College) 4.70m 2, Rennie Hemara (Makoura) 4.55m 4. Junior boys: Gus Wakeling (Wairarapa College) 3.98m 3. Intermediate boys: Jinwoo Nam (Rathkeale) 5.40m 5.Senior boys: Sean Robinson (Wairarapa College) 5.77m 4, Jamie McMasters (Wairarapa College) 4.78m 9.AWD: Daniel Anstis (Wairarapa College) 3.95m 3, Dallas Boyd (Wairarapa College) 3.23m 6.
Triple jump.-Junior girls: Toyah Churton (Kuranui) 9.09m 1, Maddy Green (St Matthews) 8.70m 4. Intermediate girls: Brigette Mossman (Wairarapa College) 9.27m 3, Megan Hull (Wairarapa College) 8.95m 4. Senior girls: Brooke Sim (St Matthews) 9.38m 4, Maddie Baker (Wairarapa College) 9.31m 5. Junior boys: Joshua Saxton (Chanel) 10.05m 3, Ariki Metekingi (Tararua) 9.65m 5. Intermediate boys: Connor Henare (Kuranui) 12.04m 1, Jinwoo Nam (Rathkeale) 11.40m 7. Senior boys: Xavier McCluskey (Rathkeale) 11.58m 7, Braden Woodmass (Tararua) 10.92m 9.
Shot put.-Junior girls: Lisa Makaohi (Chanel) 10.75m 1, Madison Tufuga (Makoura) 9.17m 3. Intermediate girls: Katie Smith (Wairarapa College) 12.07m 1, Sandra Makaohi (Chanel) 9.12m 9. Senior girls: Kaitlyn Stallard (Solway) 8.36m 8, Amy Hale (Solway) 6.82m 9.Junior boys: Finn Yeats (Rathkeale) 11.21m 4, Chester Rothery (Kuranui) 10.96m 5. Intermediate boys: Alex Fafeita (Wairarapa College) 17.11m (record) 1, Tim Girling-McLean (Rathkeale) 14.31m 5, Utah Walker (Wairarapa College) 10.35m 9.
Discus.-Junior girls: Lisa Makaohi (Chanel) 26.29m 1, Madison Tufuga (Makoura) 18.75m 9. Intermediate girls: Katie Smith (Wairarapa College) 30.58m 1. Senior girls: Kaitlyn Stallard (Solway) 23.78m 7, Amy Hale (Solway) 20.97m 8. Junior boys: Jackson Hunter (Rathkeale) 24.69m 9. Intermediate boys: B.Taylor (Rathkeale) 34.76m 7, John Kururangi (Tararua) 28.41m 10. Senior boys: Alex Fafeita (Wairarapa College) 48.88m 1.
Javelin.-Junior girls: Evelyn Wilson-Bellshaw (St Matthews) 22.69m 1, Abby Wakefield (St Matthews) 21.46m 3, Claudia Wildman (Solway) 17.62m 6. Intermediate girls: Emma Kruszona (Wairarapa College) 21.67m 6. Senior girls: Samantha Tenquist (Solway) 15.84m 9. Junior boys: Gus Wakeling (Wairarapa College) 26.30m 6, Vincent Capes (Rathkeale) 23.48m 8. Intermediate boys: Michael McDermott (Wairarapa College) 28.88m 7.Senior boys: Braden Woodmass (Tararua) 38.84m 5.AWD boys: Matthew Blathwayt (Wairarapa College) 16.83m 2.