HIBS and Wellington Girls’ College win Girls Zone Athletics

Caption for photo: Upper Hutt College's Sautia Misa after breaking the Junior Boys High Jump record at the Hutt Zone meet on Friday

Hutt International Boys’ School have successfully defended the Campbell Shield as Hutt Zone Athletics championships defeating Hutt Valley High School and eight other schools at Newtown Park on Friday. HIBS finished on 170 points, 51 points ahead of Hutt Valley High School who cleaned up the girls’ competition.

The star of the meet was HIBS junior Finn Seeds who broke the 37-year old junior 800m record by six seconds and his own 1500m record by ten seconds.

Leyton Tapa was the only other athlete from HIBS to break a record. He ran 38.43sec in winning the junior 300m.

HIBS’ consistency across the board was the difference between the schools. Senior Jack Laird had a top meeting winning the 400m and long jump.

National 100m and 100m champion Nick Smith recovered from a sluggish start to win the 100m from a determined Ben Cusin from Naenae College. Smith’s winning time of 11.80s is well below his best. The same order was repeated in the 200m.

In perfect conditions there were several meet records broken in both genders.

• Girls Junior 300m – Hannah Keating, HVHS, 64s.
• Girls Junior Javelin – Minnie Simpson, Heretaunga College, 24.99m.
• Girls Intermediate 1500/3000m – Phoebe McKnight, HVHS.
• Girls Intermediate Triple Jump – Eleanor Humphrey, HVHS, 9.44m.
• Boys Junior High Jump – Sautia Misa, Upper Hutt College, 1.77m.
• Girls Senior Javelin – Teagan Tautala-Hanita, Taita College, 29.72m.

Full Results: CLICK HERE


 Girls Zone
Wellington Girls’ College were crowned Girls Zone Wellington Athletics Champions at Newtown Park on Wednesday. Wellington Girls’ College scored 89 points finishing 21 points clear of Wellington East Girls’ College on 68 points and St. Mary’s College on 63 points in the nine-school contest.

Significantly there were three records broken that were over 20 years old. Elizabeth Hewitt from Chilton St James threw 33.50m in the junior discus to break the meet record from 1991.

Caitlin Bassett from Wellington East Girls’ College ran 10:34.33 in the intermediate 3000m to break a record that goes back to 1989.  Charlotte Ryan-Floodsmith broke the oldest record of the day when she ran 2:15.98 for Chilton St James to break the 1988 intermediate 800m record.
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Other standouts on the track were the following multiple winners.

• Alyssa Wilson – St. Mary’s College 100m/200m (Junior)
• Maali Kyle-Ford – Wellington East 800/1500m (Junior )
• Eleanor White – Wellington Girls 100/200m (Intermediate)
• Rosi Lomani – Wellington East 100/200m (Senior)

Full Results: CLICK HERE

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