Otto Church vaults to national record
10 Dec 2024
Christ’s College athletes have achieved a national record, titles, and multiple places and personal bests (PB) at the New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association Track & Field Championships in Timaru.
Otto Church has won the junior pole vault title – and set a national record – with a 3.56m vault. Harrison Laing has had an outstanding 400m competition, running an impressive 49.84sec PB in the semi-final for a 5th place ranking. He has stepped up for the Sunday final, achieving a 48.62s PB to take 3rd place.
Sam Moore has displayed his versatility, achieving a 3m PB in the junior pole vault to finish 2nd. He has also finished 3rd in the Year 9 3000m road race, quickly followed by a 6th in the junior steeplechase on the track. Dylan Jackson has lined up in the 110m hurdles final, finishing 6th.
Results
Bertie Botha
Junior 100m semi-final – 11.79 PB
200m semi-final – 24.11 PB
Felix Bowden
11th – Senior shot put – 12.79m PB
Otto Church
1st – Junior pole vault – 3.56m PB (national record)
Dylan Jackson
6th – Junior 110m hurdles – 16.47
300m hurdles semi-final – 44.82
Dominic Johnston
7th – para shot put – 3.67m PB
Harrison Laing
3rd – Senior 400m – 48.62 PB
Marcus Luke
12th – Junior long jump – 5.47m
Sam Moore
2nd – Junior pole vault – 3.00m PB
3rd – Year 9 3km road race – 9.39
6th – Junior steeplechase – 6.47
Aston Nijjar
9th – Senior long jump – 6.12
Lui Tupuola
6th – Senior hammer – 36.55m
