Representative Sport

A large number of students continue to be selected in representative teams, both through the College sporting pathway and through external pathways.

We congratulate those who represented CGSSSA at the NSWCCC Athletics Championships this week: Amariah Kakala, Amelie McKee, Verena Gerges, Gabriella Morkos, Mira Nguyen, Charlotte Rudd, Lily Stewart, Janice Leelapatra, Emma Wheadon and Rosanna Cartwright. Lily Stewart came away with gold medals in the Hurdles and Long Jump and Rosanna Cartwright won a Bronze medal in the Javelin. Lily was also awarded the 15 years age champion.

Claudia Cicco was selected in the U18 girls NSW All Schools team, one of just three students selected from the NSWCCC team. Claudia will play in the School Sport Australia Football Championships this month.

Lucia Pappalardo was also selected in the NSW All Schools team for diving and will continue training for the School Sport Australia Diving Championships held in November.

A number of our Junior Volleyballers have been selected in the NSW U14 girls Volleyball team. Emily Morgan, Mackenzie Bedford and Violet Addabbo will represent NSW at the Australian National Junior Championships in Bendigo in the holidays. Senior player Jennifer Yang has been selected in the Senior NSW Phoenix side, representing NSW in the Australian Volleyball League (AVL). The AVL is the highest level of indoor Volleyball in Australia.

The Santa 3, 4 and 5 Volleyball teams recently competed at the NSW Schools Volleyball Championships at Sydney Olympic Park, with all 3 teams receiving a silver medal in their divisions.

Santa’s resident Primary Rugby star Faith Ata, was selected for the NSW Rugby Sevens Merit Team last week whilst she was representing the MacKillop team in Maitland. Faith and her MacKillop team made it through to the Grand Final, where they narrowly went down to Hunter by one try.

We also wish the best of luck to our Primary athletics representatives Stefania Lazanja, Scarlett Chidiac and Mikayla Tadros, who will represent Sydney Catholic Schools at the MacKillop Athletics Championships on Wednesday 21 September.

Congratulations to all of our students who have been selected in the representative pathway for their chosen sports and to all students, please keep notifying the sports office of your selection.

Rachael Simmons
Representative Sports Coordinator