Christ’s College athletes set title pace at SI championships
08 Apr 2025
Year 11 student Jake Boyd has been in outstanding form at the South Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships in Nelson, dominating the U15 grade in hurdles, discus, javelin, and shot put.
Five other College athletes have also won titles, with Otto Church setting a South Island record to claim the U16 pole vault honours and Alex Aitken winning the U19 triple jump event. In the U14 section, Malachi Rattray has recorded personal bests to win the 80m hurdles and the hammer. Fynn Mayers has also set a PB in winning the U19 hammer event while Sam Moore has won the U15 3000m.
Max Hurring, Luke Mostert, Dylan Jackson, Liam Dodds, Taio Ferreira, and Max Hindmarsh have all lined up on the podium in individual events.
You can find the full results here.
Results
1st
Otto Church – U16 pole vault (3.50m) South Island record
Alex Aitken – U19 triple jump (12.58m)
Malachi Rattray – U14 80m hurdles (12.66) PB; U14 hammer (30.78) PB
Jake Boyd – U15 80m hurdles (12.44); U15 discus (44.59m); U15 javelin (43.66m) PB; U15 shot put (13.81m) PB
Sam Moore – U15 3000m (9.15.90)
Fynn Mayers – U19 hammer (34.46m) PB
2nd
Max Hurring – U15 80m hurdles (12.45) PB
Luke Mostert – U16 100m hurdles (15.25) PB
Dylan Jackson – U19 110m hurdles (16.52); U19 300m hurdles (43.74)
Otto Church – U16 800m (2.04.93); U16 1500m (4.21.94)
Sam Moore – U15 1500m (4.13.59) PB
Liam Dodds – U14 hammer (30.06m) PB
Sam Moore – U16 pole vault (3.25m) PB
3rd
Taio Ferreira – U14 800m (2.18.13) PB
Malachi Rattray – U14 discus (40.30m) PB
Max Hindmarsh – U16 pole vault (2.35m) PB
U19 4x100m relay (Benson Geng-Wang, Dylan Jackson, Alex Aitken, Bertie Botha
U16 4x100m relay (Luke Mostert, Otto Church, Paddy Laidlaw, Bertie Botha
U15 4x100m relay (Taio Ferreira, Malachi Rattray, Hugh Davis, Max Hurring
Finalists (top eight)
Luke Mostert – U16 javelin (32.01m) 4th
Dominic Johnston – para shot put (3.24m) 4th PB
Hugh Davis – U15 triple jump (11.86m) 4th PB
Paddy Laidlaw – U16 triple jump (11.28m) 4th
Alex Aitken – U19 long jump (5.97m) 5th PB
Liam Dodds – U14 shot put (9.83m) 5th
Dominic Johnston – para discus (8.11m) 5th PB
Bertie Botha – U16 100m (12.14) 6th
Paddy Laidlaw – U16 long jump (5.38m) 6th
4x400m relay – U19 6th ( Jackson, Mostert, Geng-Wang, Laidlaw)
Taio Ferreira – U14 400m (58.96) 6th PB
Alex Aitken – U19 javelin (34.62m) 7th
Hugh Davis – U15 400m (57.75) 7th PB
Bertie Botha – U16 200m (24.50) 8th
Liam Dodds – U14 discus (23.50m) 8th
