Student Sporting Achievements

Zone Athletics 

Zone Athletics took place on Wednesday June 19th. We had a strong team with over 70 students competing on behalf of Fort street. Our students  exceeded expectations, achieving outstanding results in both track and field. We had several age champions including Sophie Kelly 15 years girls, Sofiah D’Haeveloose 14 years girls and Reuben Winkler 13 years boys.  

In track events Alfred Zhou took out first place in both the 100m and 200m as did Sofiah D’Haeveloose and Jun Min Yap. Our success continued on the field with a number of students placing first in their field events, including Venus Li and Darwin Chan who came first in the Long Jump. Our strength was on show with Pranaya Prasath (Javelin), Loic Chiang (Discus), Benjamin Doumit, Ethan Luu and Roger Luo (Shot Put) all topping their throwing events. Finally, our 4x100m relay teams looked as fast as ever, with the Boys 12s, 13s, 14s, 15s and Girls 14s, 15s coming Top 2, qualifying themselves for the Regional Athletics Carnival. 

A big shoutout to Sofiah D’Haeveloose who broke the Girls 13 years 100M Sydney North record in a time of 14.02, and the Boys 13 years 4x100M Relay Team (Jun Min Yap, Kayvis Lan, Victor Feng & Benjamin Doumit) who did the same in a time of 52.66. Overall we placed a very close second, out of seven schools. All students who participated are to be congratulated on an outstanding effort.  

Zone Cross Country 

On the 17th of May, the annual Zone Cross Country was held at the Macquarie University Sports Oval. We had over 100 Fort Street students participate in this carnival, competing against the best from other schools in our Zone. Fortians produced excellent results across all the age groups, putting us through as the best performing school at 434 points, over 100 points clear of 2nd place.  

Individually, we had 30 students place in the Top 10 in their race, qualifying them for the Sydney North Regional Cross Country Carnival. A big congratulations to the following who came 1st and were awarded Zone Age Champion. 

Miles Elliott (13 Years Boys) 

Ashleigh Pitzing (13 Years Girls) 

Harrison Ma (14 Years Boys) 

Akira Howard (15 Years Boys) 

Calan O’ Dwyer (18 Years Boys)  

Thank You to Mr Gaal and Jasmine Loh (2023 Graduate) for helping out on the day and making the carnival run smoothly! Congratulations to all our students, and a big good luck to those going to the Regional Cross Country Carnival later in this term! 

Regional Cross Country 

The 2024 Sydney North Regional Cross Country Carnival took place on the 21st of June at Wyong Race Club. As a result of their outstanding efforts in the Zone Cross Country, we had the following 23 Fortians participating. 

A big congratulations to Reuben Winkler (3rd, 13 Years Boys) and Miles Elliott (6th, 13 Years Boys) who placed in the Top 10, qualifying for the NSWCHSSA Cross Country Championships in Term 3.