It was a record breaking heats day at Lakeside stadium for the boys in green, gold and blue. With 21 A-grade qualifications out of 23 races, the most in our college history. This year’s captain, Jack Anderson, lead from the front with win in the opening heat of the first event. Jack clocked 49.3 for the 400m in blustery conditions, the fastest of the meet. He would return later in the day to team up with T. Jok, R. Losty and clubman C. Fry, to again run under 50secs for his leg in the Open 400m relay, qualifying them for A grade and setting a new school record in the process.
The SKC junior sprinters had a big heats schedule but clubman and defending champion Phillip Borg was up to the challenge qualifying for A grade in the 100, 200 and 100 relay; he has also added the long jump to his busy Saturday this year! M. Acquaro “the Williamstown WIZ” was brilliant on Wednesday gaining A grade qualifiers in all sprint events (100,200, 100 and 400 Relay), the most for the team.
The hurdles proved a real strength for the team with all students holding their nerve over the sticks. Including clubmen M. Hope, D. Workman and C. Fry. This proved a point of difference over our closest rivals.
It was good to see the continued rival of our 400m relay teams, with the school searching for their first win in an APS Championship 400m relay since 1989. Strong results from the under 16, 17 and Open teams keeps our hopes alive of breaking that drought.
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