NSW All Schools Day One: Records galore

26 Sept 2019

NSW All Schools Day One: Records galore

There were records galore on day one of the NSW All Schools Championships as the 2019/20 season got down to business with the first meet of the summer. Gentle legal tail winds benefited the 200m hurdlers who took advantage of them.

In the 200m hurdles, Trinity Grammar continued their dominance of one event – the 14-years 200m hurdles. Athletes from the outstanding school sports program at Trinity Grammar, guided by Andrew Murphy and specialist hurdles coach Jilska Van der Wall, broke the record for the third occasion. In 2014 Byron Hollingsworth ran 26.42, then in 2017 Theo Kidd brought the record down to 26.39, then in the heats today Sebastian Ghisso clocked 26.32, going on to win the final in 26.45w.

Ghisso explained why he ran a little slower in the final?

“I hit a hurdle towards the end. I haven’t done much training in the 200m hurdles. I spend more time competing and training for the 100m hurdles.”

In a high quality girls 14 years 200m hurdles, 13-year-old Delta Amidzovski moved up the age and took the win in 28.12, just ahead of Ellen Murphy (28.41) and Chantelle Barnard (28.79).

There was lots of record action and impressive jumping in the triple jump events. The longest leap of the day in the girls was from Meriden School’s Nakeisha Brimble who won the 15-years event on her last attempt, improving from 11.70m to 12.04. She passed Ella Young who had jumps of 11.90m and 11.95m.

PLC’s Sienna Bond fell just 4cm short of the 14-years triple jump record bounding out to 11.92m. But in the 12 years and 13 years girls events both records were broken. On her last attempt in the 13-years Raphaila Idris nailed 11.54m, to added 7cm to the old mark. In the 12 years Kirrawee High’s Izobelle Louison-roe broke the old record of 10.53m, with three of her attempts, 10.85m, 10.82m, and 10.88m. In the boys, Ryan Marshall claimed a comfortable one metre win with his first round jump of 14.59m in the 17 years event.

The first event on the program saw a very close battle in the 3000m walk across a few age groups. 13-year-old Milly Broughton won with 14:55.23, just held off 14-year-old Tara Laytham (14:55.36) and Emma Thomas (14:56.28). In the 5000m walk, the best on day was Allanah Pitcher with 25:45.33 in the 16 years and Jack McGinniskin clocking 24:03.61 in the 17 years 24:03.61.

Andrew Goschnik was the quickest in the 400m hurdles on the day, taking the 17 years event in 55.18, outside his 54.4 PB. He defeated Lachlan Dalton 55.91.

Goschnik had to do it the hard way.

“As I was in lane nine I had to run from the front so I had to start fast and my stride pattern was good.”

In the new year he graduates to the under-20 hurdle height and then the IAAF World U20/Junior Championships will be on the radar.

We have a strong group emerging in the 16 years girls 400m hurdles. The Australian and Oceania champion, Tiahna Skelton won in 63.02, from Isabella Guthrie (64.30) and Annika Lynch (64.83).

In the distance events, Santa Sabina’s Alexia Kalamvoksi was outstanding winning the 14 years 2000m steeplechase in a 14-seconds meet record time of 7:05.62. She smashed her own PB by 15 seconds. She also took second place, Mia Toohey, under the record with a time of 7:14.47. Best in the boys was 17-yearold winner Bailey Crabtree with 6:12.62.

The Princena-White brothers were excellent in the pole vault. Aiden won the 15-years with a vault of 3.80m, while Ethan attempted a meet record and the highest vault in the history of the meet. After clearing 4.60m, he attempted 4.76m, 1cm above the meet record. The Kings School’s Nickolai Simmons cleared 4.30m in the 19 years.

There were two meet records in the hammer throws. Isabella Gatmaitan threw the 3kg implement out to 31.25m, adding over one metre to the old standard. Airds High’s Unitty Ta’uo smashed the old record with 51.82m in round two to add nearly four metres to the record.

David Tarbotton for Athletics NSW

Image: Triple jumper Nakeisha Brimble (courtesy of David Tarbotton)