All staff and students headed out to WA Athletics Stadium in Mount Claremont last Friday 24 June for our much anticipated Interhouse Athletics Carnival. Being the first whole college event for the year, students and staff were eager to come together for a day of fun and competition. The glorious weather set the tone for what was a fantastic day. The HPE team implemented some changes to the structure of the carnival this year, with the goal of increasing student participation and building House spirit. The carnival opened with a new team event – House Chants. Well done to prefects and House Teacher Leaders for working on these and teaching them to your house. The enthusiasm, synchronicity and volume of the chants was outstanding! Congratulations to Mr Fleay and the Serisier team for winning the first ever chant competition.
The day continued with all students putting their best efforts into track and field events. The new format meant that all students could participate in 100m, 200m and Long Jump and they certainly took up this opportunity. We were so impressed to see a total of 110 Year 7s and 81 Year 12s participating in the 100m races this year, doing their best to earn house points.
New School Athletics Records 2022
We had such amazing talent shine throughout the day. Well done to the following students for setting new records:
- Year 8 – Ayvah Rioli – Shot Put 9.90m
- Year 12 – Grace Beaglehole – 100m Hurdles – 15.72s
- Year 12 – Charlize James – Discus – 25.20m
- Year 12 – Charlize James – Shot Put – 10.30m
- Year 12 – Imogen Herrington – 100m – 12.60s
- Year 12 – Imogen Herrington – 200m – *official time will be taken from ACC Carnival due to timing error
- Year 11 – Hannah Doyle – Long Jump – 4.98m
- Year 11 – Hannah Doyle – Javelin – 32.05m
- Year 11 – Hannah Doyle – 400m – 1:02.06
- Year 11 – Hannah Doyle – 800m – 2:37.92
- Year 11 – Hannah Doyle – 1500m – 5:28.03
- Year 12 – 4 x 100m Relay – McAuley
Age Level Champions & Runners Up
Congratulations to the following students for being awarded Individual Age Level Champion & Runner Up.
| Year | Runner Up | Champion |
| 7 | Sophie De Masi | Giaan Versace |
| 8 | Elsie James | Claudia Coates |
| 9 | Ella Nelligan | Alexandra Pike & Lucy Ward-Dickson |
| 10 | Mia De Masi | Selemana Amato |
| 11 | Neve McAlister | Hannah Doyle |
| 12 | Imogen Herrington | Grace Beaglehole |
Novelty Shield Results 2022
Novelty and team events this year consisted of Tunnel Ball, Sack Relay and House Chants. The carnival paused for lunch while students competed in team events on the main track. Well done to McDonald for taking home the Novelty shield!
| Placings | House |
| 1st | McDonald |
| 2nd | Serisier & Cooper |
| 4th | McAuley |
| 5th | Frayne |
| 6th | Wright |
Athletics Shield Results 2022
High participation levels this year made it a close competition for the overall shield. Well done to Mrs Patterson and the McAuley team for taking home the shield for the 6th year in a row!
| Placings | House | Points |
| 1st | McAuley | 1872 |
| 2nd | Cooper | 1825 |
| 3rd | Wright | 1723 |
| 4th | Serisier | 1576 |
| 5th | Frayne | 1467 |
| 6th | McDonald | 1342 |
Whole College events are not possible without the amazing staff at this College. Thank you to everyone who assisted in making the carnival such a success. In particular to House Teacher Leaders and the amazing HPE Team who are always enthusiastic and worked tirelessly to make the day run as smoothly as possible.
Hailey Wyatt, Head of Health and Physical Education
