Athletics
Wairarapa could be represented by more than 50 athletes at the North Island secondary schools track and field championships on the new all-weather track at the Colin Pugh Sports Bowl in Masterton on April 5 and 6.
Masterton-based coach Mark Harris said some 70 youngsters from the region had been identified as having the ability to compete at that level. It was likely most of them would participate at the meet where there could as many as 600 entrants.
"We'd like to think the drop-out rate will be quite small and we'd have over 50 there," said Harris. "It's a huge opportunity for our youngsters to contest a major competition at home and you'd expect most of them to take advantage of it."
Several Wairarapa competitors took part in the Wellington secondary schools championships a Newtown Park with many of them featuring among the medal winners.
Wairarapa results were:
100m.- Intermediate girls: Tyler Griffiths (Solway) 13.29s 3. Senior girls: Sian Chapman (Chanel) 12.86s 3. Junior boys: Liam Montgomery (Chanel) 12.60s 5. Intermediate boys: Finn Yeats (Rathkeale) 11.47s 1. Senior boys: Raymond Andrews-Paul (Wairarapa) 12.14s 8. AWD boys: Keelan Ward (Wairarapa) 13.75s 1.
200m.- Intermediate girls: Alison Andrews-Paul (Wairarapa) 27.50s 2. Senior girls: Sian Chapman 26.48s 3. Junior boys: Liam Montgomery 25.71s 6. Intermediate boys: Jonty Morison (Rathkeale) 24.81s 5. Senior boys: Elliot Mason (Rathkeale) 23.52s 2. AWD boys: Keelan Ward 28.84s 1.
300m.- Junior girls: Stephanie Andrews-Paul (Wairarapa) 48.89s 7.
400m.- Intermediate boys: Jadyn Fabling-Stone (Kuranui) 57.08s 4. Senior boys: Dhruv Raman (Rathkeale) 53.63s 6.
800m.- Junior girls: Stephanie Andrews-Paul 2m 42.90s 6. Intermediate girls: Alison Andrews-Paul 2m 16.97s 1. Senior girls: Tessa Laven (St Matthew's) 2.20.52 2. Junior boys: Tom Renton (Rathkeale) 2.20.31 6. Intermediate boys: John McKeefry (Rathkeale) 2.17.48 7.
1500m.- Junior boys: Tom Renton 4.57.50 8. Intermediate boys: John McKeefry 4.44.29 8.
3000m.- Michael Hammond (Rathkeale) 10.10.62 6.
High jump.- Junior girls: Ava Bradley-Less (St Matthew's) 1.30m 10. Intermediate girls: Brigette Mossman (Wairarapa) 1.45m 5. Senior girls: Tess Laven 1.50m 3.
Long jump.- Junior girls: Maia Ratahi (Wairarapa) 4.12m 5. Intermediate girls: Toyah Churton 4.73m 3. Junior boys: Brock Loader (Kuranui) 5.02m 7. Senior boys: Raymond Andrews-Paul 5.74m 5.
Triple jump.- Intermediate girls: Toyah Churton 9.98m 2, Alison Andrews-Paul 9.54m 4. Junior boys: Brock Loader 10.95m 1. Senior boys: Connor Henare (Kuranui) 12.69m 1.
Shot put.- Senior girls: Katie Smith (Wairarapa) 11.51m 1. Junior boys: Raeha Langdon (Makoura) 9.52m 9. Intermediate boys: Ben Taylor (Rathkeale) 11.79m 5.
Discus.- Intermediate girls: Emma Kruszona (Wairarapa) 32.32m 1. Senior girls: Katie Smith 28.66m 2. Junior boys: Nathan Whiteman (Rathkeale) 28.78m 7. Intermediate boys: Ben Taylor 35.15m 9.
Hammer throw.- Intermediate girls: Emma Kruszona 48.86m 1. Senior girls: Josephine Surridge (Solway) 21.60m 3. Senior boys: Tom Quinn (Rathkeale) 50.65m 1.
Javelin.- Intermediate girls: Abby Wakefield (St Matthew's) 18.27m 9. Senior girls: Lalina Smythe (Solway) 22.14m 8. Junior boys: Quincy Stevens (Rathkeale) 25.80m 12. Intermediate boys: Max Carrington (Rathkeale) 34.50m 7.