Penquite Inter-House Athletics
Thursday 20 February saw the 2025 Senior and Middle House Athletics Carnival held at the Northern Athletics Centre. In what was the largest number of entries we have had, the program was in full swing from 8:35 am to 3.25pm. There were many brilliant individual efforts on the day, however, the strong participation and effort from all Houses in the novelty events made for the closest Carnival in many years.
This year we had eight records broken in the program:
On the track:
U/21 200m Izzy Wing (Nance) 25.07, old record: 26.00 C Smith (Briggs 2008)
U/21 100m Izzy Wing (Nance) 12.44, old record: 13.00 C. Smith (Briggs 2008)
U/21 800m Sophie Marshall (Briggs) 2:16.14, old record: 2:19.10 J. Campbell-Smith (Briggs 1989)
U/21 400m Izy Wing (Nance) 1:00.57, old record: 1:01.00 B. King (Nance 1993)
U/17 4x100m Male Relay (Fox) 50.31, old record: 50.57 Dean (2018)
In the field:
U/21 Shot Put (3kg) Izzy Wing (Nance) 11.89, old record: 11.81 D. Wagner (Dean 2018)
U/21 Long Jump Izzy Wing (Nance) 5.89, old record: 5.06 J. Allen (Briggs 1985)
U/21 Triple Jump Izzy Wingy (Nance) 10.95, old record: 10.48 G. Carins (Briggs 1993)
A carnival of this size, with 700 students and over 300 events packed into 6.5 hours, does not happen without our staff and volunteers that assist on the day. I would like to thank our Grounds, HPE and Maintenance teams for setting up, our House Heads for organising their teams, Amanda Hardwicke for organising the transportation of many students, Michelle Stevenson, Andrew Nichols, Kendal Selby and Michelle Robins for the electronic programming and the hours that go into structuring the carnival, Paul McKendrick, Cale O’Keefe and Oliver Cook for coordinating the track and field, and Wim Vassen and Andy Prideaux for their work on the photo finish software at the track.
Lastly, all students are congratulated for their efforts. I hope everyone enjoyed the day and the challenge. It was a privilege to see your sportsmanship, courage, inclusivity, collaboration and compassion on display throughout the day.
Our Age Champions have been announced and a full list can be found on the athletics page of The Dash via this link.
Congratulations to Fox House for winning a very closely contested day.
Ali Foot
Head of Sport
Rowing
A very big congratulations to our College rowers. Our combined team finished first overall at the Tasmanian All Schools Championships over the weekend at Lake Barrington, with 10 Gold, 3 Silver and 9 Bronze. A fantastic team effort!
