BBSSSA Athletics Championships 2018

Wednesday, 5 Sep 2018 3:09 PM

The 2018 Broken Bay Athletics Championships were held at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush on Monday the 27th of August. It was a freezing day with an exceptionally strong headwind on the home straight, but there were some significant highlights and achivements across the day:

7 record breakers across a variety of schools achieving magnificent results in harsh conditions. Congratulations to Joel Neasmith of Mater Maria for 2 records in both the javelin and triple jump!
A pending national record in the 12-15 years ACME shot put for James Gladman of St Leo’s College in the T41 division classification
The wonderful participation of our multiclass athletes and the enthusiasm of the 24 students from St Edmunds College! By all reports they loved the experience and had a terrific day. Thanks to Dan Parkinson for making it all happen.
Our first multiclass age champion - Congratulations to James Gladman from St Leo’s College
The domination of Brigidine and St Edwards College in the divisional age groups.

Thanks in particular to the following staff:

Jane Knapinski for her invaluable experience, sense of calm and ability to massively multitask!
Ron Richter ANSW for his vision and wise counsel
Matt Harris for his great commentary and keeping the carnival moving.
Mark Feledy for stepping in to marshall on the day
Mark Strong and Louise Bergfield for coordinating the track and field so expertly and calmly
Janet, Sue, Jo and Cherie for the results and photo finish operations
Carmel McCudden, Rohan Bright and Dan Parkinson for coordinating our ACME students
All team managers, schools officials and ANSW officials for braving the cold conditions for our student

The find links to the following reports and results:

DIVISIONAL TEAM SCORES