{"id":47163,"date":"2026-09-04T11:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=47163"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:07:48","slug":"sport-achievements-8","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/sport-achievements-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Athletics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been an exciting few weeks for MLC School Athletics, with students proudly representing the school at both the IGSA and IPSHA Athletics Carnivals.<\/p>\n<p>At the IGSA Athletics Championships, MLC School finished 12th out of 27 schools, improving our overall score by an impressive 13 points from last year. A highlight of this being watching <strong>Chloe Pun<\/strong> (Year 7) break the IGSA 13 Years 100m record! This is an outstanding achievement and a fantastic reflection of the talent and dedication within our athletics program. Go Chloe! We also won eight medals, these aren&#8217;t easy to pick up at IGSA, so a huge well done to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Edie White<\/strong> (Year 7): 3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u2013 13Yrs 80m Hurdles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chloe Pun<\/strong> (Year 7): 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 13Yrs 200m, 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 13Yrs 100m, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 13Yrs Long Jump<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jemima Pun<\/strong> (Year 7): 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 13Yrs 800m<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eve Ireland<\/strong> (Year 12): 3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u2013 17Yrs 100m Hurdles, 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 17Yrs Shot Put, 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 17Yrs Javelin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Click on image gallery for full size images.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-47163 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Eadie-White-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Eadie-White-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Eadie-Scott-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Eadie-Scott-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Junior-Relay-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Junior-Relay-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Keira-Thach-Resize.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Keira-Thach-Resize-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Our IPSHA athletes have also enjoyed a fantastic few weeks of competition, with students across the Junior School competing in a range of track and field events. It has been wonderful to see our athletes embrace the challenge, support one another, and represent MLC School with pride. We also had some great results at IPSHA with some podiums, so big shoutouts to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Calais Durie<\/strong> (Year 6): 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 11Yrs High Jump<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amelia Ko<\/strong> (Year 6): 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 8-13Yrs 800m Run Multiclass, 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 8-13Yrs 200m Sprint Multiclass, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 8-13Yrs 100m Sprint Multiclass,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gem McGuire<\/strong> (Year 5): 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 8-13Yrs 100m Run Multiclass, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 8-13Yrs 200m Sprint Multiclass, 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 8-13Yrs Shot Put Multiclass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to all our students on their efforts and achievements, and a huge thank you to our coaches, staff and families for their continued support throughout the athletics season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on image gallery for full size images.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-47163 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gem-Emi-Amelia-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gem-Emi-Amelia-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IGSA-Athletics-Team-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IGSA-Athletics-Team-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IPSHA-Athletics-Team-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:2:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/IPSHA-Athletics-Team-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>We also would love to say a huge congratulations to our athletes who qualified for the IGSA\/IPSHA Squads, they will compete at CIS meets in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gem McGuire<\/strong> (Year 5): 100m Sprint, 200m Sprint, Shot Put<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amelia Ko<\/strong> (Year 5): 100m Sprint, 200m Sprint, 800m Run<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calais Durie<\/strong> (Year 6): High Jump<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edie White<\/strong> (Year 7): Hurdles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chloe Pun<\/strong> (Year 7): 100m, 200m, Long Jump<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jemima Pun<\/strong> (Year 7): 800m, 1500m<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harlow Elsibai<\/strong> (Year 10): High Jump<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cate Campbell<\/strong> (Year 11): 100m, 200m<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eadie Scott<\/strong> (Year 11): 1500m<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eve Ireland<\/strong> (Year 12): 100m Hurdles, Shot Put, Javelin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Gymnastics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It has been a busy term for our L5-7 Artistic Gymnasts with Intermediate State Championships held last weekend for those that qualified with some outstanding placings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Level 5\n<ul>\n<li>Division 2a: <strong>Eva Belobrajdic<\/strong> (Year 5) 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Beam, 6<sup>th<\/sup> Bars<\/li>\n<li>Division 3a: <strong>Charlotte Lim<\/strong> (Year 6) =6<sup>th<\/sup> Bars, =6<sup>th<\/sup> Floor<\/li>\n<li>Division 4a: <strong>Victoria Wai <\/strong>(Year 7) 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Beam, 4<sup>th<\/sup> Vault, =5<sup>th<\/sup> Bars and 4<sup>th<\/sup> Overall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Level 6\n<ul>\n<li>Division 3b: <strong>Eloise Dastyari<\/strong> (Year 7) 5<sup>th<\/sup> Beam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>Isabella Ritchie<\/strong> (Year 9) who qualified in Level 7 after demonstrating resilience and patience whilst working through multiple injuries and was able to compete this year and <strong>Grace Smith<\/strong> (Year 6) who competed in Level 6.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click on image gallery for full size images.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-47163 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gymn-Isabella-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gymn-Isabella-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gym-Victoria-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gym-Victoria-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gym-Eva-B-Medals-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gym-Eva-B-Medals-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gym-Charlotte-Elise-Resized.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:3:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Gym-Charlotte-Elise-Resized-400x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Golf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ivy Zhang<\/strong> (Year 10) has been busy on the golf course with another strong result at a tournament last weekend. At the Catalina Tournament she placed 2<sup>nd<\/sup> overall and won her age division by 8 shots!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47181\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Ivy-Zhang-Resized-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Ivy-Zhang-Resized-640x400.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Ivy-Zhang-Resized-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Ivy-Zhang-Resized-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Ivy-Zhang-Resized-240x150.jpg 240w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Ivy-Zhang-Resized.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snowsports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Snowsports Championships are being currently held in Perisher.<\/p>\n<p>Day 1 and 2 has seen our Junior School superstar <strong>Elise Shen<\/strong> (Year 4) competing will some fantastic results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpine Division 5 \u2013 7<sup>th<\/sup> place<\/li>\n<li>Ski Cross Division 5 \u2013 4<sup>th<\/sup> place<\/li>\n<li>Moguls Division 5 \u2013 2<sup style=\"letter-spacing: 0px\">nd<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;letter-spacing: 0px\"> Place<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The last two days of competition will see our Senior Students led by our Snowsports Captain <strong>Niamh Johnson<\/strong> competing in Moguls, Snowboard Cross, Slopestyle and Cross Country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47172\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Elise-Chen-Resized-1-640x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Elise-Chen-Resized-1-640x400.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Elise-Chen-Resized-1-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Elise-Chen-Resized-1-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Elise-Chen-Resized-1-240x150.jpg 240w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Elise-Chen-Resized-1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Netball <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all our Netball teams across ERNA and IGSA Competitions. Our MLC School Girls have shown amazing improvements and developments across the board and our Sports Staff couldn&#8217;t be prouder! Looking ahead to this week&#8217;s final rounds for our teams, we wish our netballers best of luck.<\/p>\n<p>Special mention to our ERNA MLC01 players who have finished their season and had a fantastic ride playing in Division 1! Each week, without fail, the girls would never give up and placed a strong 6<sup>th<\/sup> in their Division. Congratulations!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Netball Umpires at MLC School Finding their Stride<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our MLC School Netball Students who have taken part and finished our MLC School Netball Umpire Program this week. We are amazed to see the development in confidence and growth in learning a new skill. The Sports Department looks forward to continuing their development and becoming umpires at IGSA in the coming seasons. Congratulations to the following students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alice Boddam-Whetham<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elisha Brown<\/strong> (Year 11)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mikayla Brown<\/strong> (Year 7)<\/li>\n<li><strong>April Cookson<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlotte Sweeney<\/strong> (Year 9)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amelia Winnall<\/strong> (Year 9)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Isla Young<\/strong> (Year 8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-47184 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/09\/Netball-Umpire-Program-Resize-640x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletics It has been an exciting few weeks for MLC School Athletics, with students proudly representing the school at both the IGSA and IPSHA Athletics Carnivals. At the IGSA Athletics Championships, MLC School finished 12th out of 27 schools, improving our overall score by an impressive 13 points from last year. A highlight of this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-47163","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/47163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=47163"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=47163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}