Athletics

In the first week of the holidays, 27 girls competed over five days at the NSW All Schools Championships at Sydney Olympic Park. The event was filled with impressive performances and personal bests, but what stood out was the Pymble pride displayed by all our athletes.

A special congratulations goes to Amalia Bond (Year 8), Eliza Lawton (Year 8), and Georgia Phillips (Year 12) who all took home two gold medals, a remarkable achievement.

This year, for the first time, the championships introduced an overall point score. Competing against the sport schools where both boys and girls contribute to the tally was always going to be a challenge. With 395 schools participating from across NSW, our girls came incredibly close to being crowned champion school, finishing a remarkable second place, a result we can be proud of.

In addition, teams had the opportunity to qualify for the National Schools Challenge based on age division point scores. This event will be held in Brisbane in early December. I am pleased to announce that Pymble qualified in all three divisions: Junior, Intermediate and Senior. Girls have the opportunity to be part of these teams which will be selected on Monday 4 November, so I encourage all the girls in our igsa squad to continue to train, compete, and to review the expression of interest details and reach out to Jack or myself for more information. A thank you to the following girls who competed in events different to their normal events to help the teams qualify for nationals: Sarah Lovell (Year 11), Grace Townsend (Year 11), Jocelyn Blair (Year 11), Mia Croker (Year 11), and Georgia Phillips (Year 12).

A big thank you to all our coaches, including Katie Edwards and Jack Pennington.

Results

Gold

Eliza Lawton – 14 years 1500m and 3000m

Amalia Bond – 14 years long jump and triple jump

Georgia Phillips – 18 years 400m hurdles and long jump

Mia Croker – 17 years 2000m steeple (and a personal best)

Samara Bond – 17 years 400m (and a personal best)

Sarah Lovell – 18 years shot put

Grace Beck – 16 years 5000m walk

Grace Peters – 16 years shot put

Silver

Grace Townsend – 16 years 400m hurdles

Georgia Phillips – 18 years 3000m steeple

Matilda Harrison – 15 years 100m and 200m

Samara Bond – 17 years 200m (and a personal best)

Phoebe Berglund – 18 years 100m (and a personal best)

Nicole McCrostie – 18 years 100m hurdles

Sybella Warton – Para 100m

Bronze

Sarah Baker – 17 years 1500m and 3000m

Sophia Slater – 17 years 2000m steeple

Beth Carruthers – 14 years hammer throw

Sybella Warton – Para 200m

Jocelyn Blair – 16 years 100m

Phoebe Berglund – 18 years 200m

Top 8 performances

Sarah Lovell – 4th 17 years javelin, 5th 100m hurdles

Beth Carruthers – 4th 14 years shot put (and a personal best)

Grace Peters – 4th 16 years discus

Marley Titley – 4th 12 years 800m, 7th 200m

Claudia Wyatt – 4th 14 years 2000m steeple

Jocelyn Blair – 4th 16 years 100m hurdles (and a personal best), 5th high jump, 7th 200m

Isabelle Younger – 6th 15 years 200m hurdles

Lana Pike – 6th 17 years 800m (and a personal best)

Mia Croker – 8th 17 years 1500m

Amalia Bond – 6th 14 years 100m (and a personal best)

Gemma Dixon – 8th 13 years 1500m

Deb Walsham

Head Coach – Athletics