Issue

04
TERM 1 2012

S P O R T 2012
ATHLETICS PROFILE

WHS Softball

Welcome to the 4th edition of the WHS e-newsletter. Term one has come to an end and last week was the 2012 Summer Tournament week. We had teams all round New Zealand competing:

GEORGIA BLACK
It is evident you have vastly improved over the 2011/2012 track season. What has your improvement come down to? -I believe my improvement has come down to controlling my health. Especially iron levels and mentally pushing myself to exceed. Last year I had breathing difficulties and little energy but thanks to medical specialists I have sorted these out and it seems to be helping me and my running. What are your goals going into the North Island Secondary School Champs? - Having the triathlon national Champs a few days before the championships obviously I want to insure I am recovered and ready to run as best I can. I would like to achieve Personal Bests in both the 3000m and the 1500m, placing would be great but it comes down to the day. What are your goals in relation to being Cross Country captain? Being cross country captain is a great privilege, this year I hope to get the team back to former glory. I would like to encourage younger runners to ensure when I leave cross country is a successful sport. Another thing I would like to achieve is getting numbers up in runners in both boys and girls to ensure we have good/strong teams at various events. What are your career aspirations beyond school, or perhaps university? Will you continue running? -At the moment if my running continues to improve I would like to possibly go to America on a scholarship to run and study. At the moment I am in contact with Villanova based in Philadelphia so we will just see what happens there. Otherwise I would like to go to Wellington to study law at Vic, I would in Wellington continue to run for a club. What is your favourite athletics event, for what reasons? -Thats a hard question, the shorter are always over much faster, where as the longer you dont have to heavily rely on your start. 3000m at the moment seems to be my speciality and getting the record was a surprise. So 3000m is definitely a contender to be a favourite. Its all about pacing yourself and self belief. The top two inches as Im always told. Do you have a special training diet? Or any special routines? -I dont bother about what I eat, as I believe younger people shouldnt become over indulged in the sport until a higher elite level is reached. This is to ensure you dont get bored/ unenthusiastic about sporting field. My diet however does include lots of fruit and vegetables A special routine I usually have is having marmite and toast for breakfast, pre race, and I always ensure I do a good warm up and warm down. Do you have any tips to share with younger athletes or those considering doing athletics in the school? -Although you may not be the best at the start, with hard work, self belief and determination you can reach your goals at the end.

A big rowing squad headed to Twizel in the South Island The Waka Ama paddlers were in Rotorua along with the Motor X riders. The Tennis team was in Auckland. Triathletes and swimmers at Lake Karapiro for the 1st NZSS Open water swimming champs along with the Triathlon Champs. We had two Softball teams down in Palmerston playing Track and Field athletes at the NISS Champs in Tauranga.

This Issue
Softball Photos P1 Endurance Class Cricket P2 NZSS Triathlon Nationals & NZSS Open Swimming Champs P3 Rowing P4 Athletics report Volleyball Coach Profile P5 2012 Athletics Photos P6

Netball trials have been held this week, which is always a busy few days at Springvale Stadium. The Basketball teams have all been named and are training hard. The 1st VX rugby team have had two preseason games and head to Christchurch for a tournament. The Football & Hockey teams have also been training hard, so bring on the cold, wet muddy practices. Term two kicks off with the school Cross Country Champs on Friday 27th of April. This year we are trialling a new course out at Scoutlands. Five days later sees the first big Sports Exchange that the school has participated in for many years. We head to New Plymouth to take on both the Boys and Girls High Schools. The winter sports fields, grounds and courts will again be busy, so if are keen to help with managing teams and coaching give me a call at school. Good luck for the season! Mark Cornaga

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WHS Cricket
Wanganui High School Students Dana Garrett, Sam Roebuck and Caleb Greene have been active Junior Coaches for Cricket Wanganui coaching 7-10 year old age groups on a Friday Night. They have started formalising their coaching by completing the first stage of the New Zealand Cricket Coaching Qualification. Cricket Wanganui Operations Manager, Dilan Raj, said he is impressed by the Wanganui High School students work ethic, commitment to coaching the juniors and contribution to the community. There are a number of WHS students that give of their time, but it is this commitment to better themselves as coaches that will truly make a difference not only in the playing of their junior cricketers but also in their own lives towards becoming responsible and contributing adults. They are a credit to Wanganui High School.

By Lucy Stewart & Kelsi McAsey

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onals & NZSS Triathlon Nati ming S Open Water Swim NZS Championships 2012
Sam Hopper (Head of Sport)

Our 2012 Multisport team was accompanied to Lake Karapiro by a strong group of elite Wanganui High School swimmers eager to compete in New Zealands very first secondary schools Open Water Swim Championships. All of our dedicated swimmers competed in both championships within the two days of competition to help our triathlon teams. We travelled up to Lake Karapiro on Wednesday 28th March ready for an afternoon of Open Water Swim Races, Thursday morning was the individual triathlon races and team races were in the afternoon. So it is evident our athletes had a busy schedule and eating right was a major part in our efforts at both national events. Our enthusiastic squad this year consisted of: two U19 boys teams, one U19 girls team, two U16 boys teams, one U16 girls team, one U16 individual and six individual swimmers. Congratulations to Jack Unsworth, Vladimir Stewart and Sam Hopper for claiming Wanganui High Schools second triathlon nationals medal, in placing 3rd in the U19 teams race. Thank you very much to Mr Wright, Mrs Martin and Mr Wright (Jamess Dad) for the time you dedicated to the team in organising our travel, delicious cuisine and accommodation. It truly was a great atmosphere to be in surrounding these two national events. e are lucky to have such devoted teachers at Wanganui High School, who make these trips possible, in sacrificing their own time. It was great to see students taking advantage of the opportunities High School provides.

2012 Secondary Schools Open Swim National Championships: -U14 Males 1km- Stefan Hannan 8th (14:18) -U16 Males 1km- Caleb Martin 12th (13:10) -U16 Females 1km- Madison Ross 15th (14:56), Shealea Philips 25th (17:52) -U19 Males 1.5km-Jack Unsworth 9th (20:19), Daniel Aplin 13th (21:59)

2012 Secondary Schools Triathlon National Championships: -James Wright placed 6th in the U16 individual event in a time of 51:00 (500m Swim-7:46, 14km Cycle-26:48, 4km Run-16:26) -U16 Male team 1 placed 11th with a total time of 54:37. Caleb Martin swam (500m-8:02), James Wright cycled (14km-28:37) and James Dorgan ran (4km-17:58). -U16 Male team 2 placed 14th with a total time of 1:04.08. Stefan Hannan swam (500m-8:24), Dylan Page cycled (14km-36:49) and Riley Culver ran (4km-18:55). -U16 Female team place 14th with a total time of 1:16.35. Shealea Philips swam (500m-12:05), Michaela Sullenburger cycled (14km-41:33) and Rosie Smith ran (4km-22:57).

WHS ROWING

The Weekend gone saw thirty Rowers and two Coxwains from Wanganui High School travel to Lake Karapiro for the 2012 North Island Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta, supported by Pub Charity. Over forty schools from throughout the North Island arrived in Karapiro for the last major hit out before Maadi Cup in Twizel. Over the three day regatta, Wanganui High School crews made it through to eleven A finals and twelve B finals, resulting in and . Fridays rough weather and 3 hour delay in racing did not dampen the enthusiasm of 1655 athletes registered for this regatta. Saturday and Sunday conditions were perfect for rowing. Once again Sara-Jane Back was the star of the show on finals day winning two Silver medals and one Bronze medal in three of her five A finals. Well done, Hugh Pawson, who was very busy with five finals, placing 1st in the under 16 Single Sculls B final; the last race of the day for the club. The Novice Girls (voted the most supportive crew by their piers) Kate Hoskin, Ashley ONeil, Kayla Spencer, Kadee Gedye and Riley Wyeth cox, who, with some steering problems requiring some course corrections, placed 2nd in the Under 18 Novice coxed four B final.

A fantastic effort from the under 16 coxed Quadruple Sculls crew of Hugh Pawson, Tyler Manville, Joshua Pewhairangi, Stave Hill and Reuben Gedye (cox) to battle through white cap water to qualify for the A final, then to place 6th in the North Island. The successes of the weekend are encouraging for the future of rowing at Wanganui High School. A team of 19 Rowers and 2 coxwains from Wanganui High School will travel to the National Secondary Schools Maadi Cup Regatta in Twizel on 25th March with support from the Lion Foundation and Wanganui Cosmopolitan Club and NZCT.

Girls under-17 coxed four Sara-Jane Back, Sharnay Wilson, Amie Back, KaelaJaniten and Aleisha Elliot cox. Girls under 16 Single Sculls Sara-Jane Back. Lightweight Girls under 18 coxed four Briar Stevenson, Chelsea Smith, Danjelle Wilson, Sarah Somerville and Aleisha Elliot cox. Girls under 18 coxed four Sara-Jane Back, Kaela Janiten, Ella Cvitanovich, Briar Stevenson and Aleisha Elliot cox.

CONGRATULATIONS Sara-Jane Back from Wanganui High School, who just picked up a Silver Medal in the Girls U16 Single at the AON Maadi Cup Rowing Regatta down in Twizel, with a time of 8.23 minutes!

WHS Athletics
Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you travelled from where you started." Steve Prefontaine

WHS Volleyball
For the past six weeks WHS hosted a WSS Volleyball Competition. We had five teams competing Senior Girls A and B, Junior Girls Green and Gold as well as a Junior Boys team. Teams from WGC and Turakina Maori Girls college also participated. The competition concluded in week 8 with WHS Girls A the overall winner after the six rounds of competition. All teams played well and had an enjoyable season. A huge thanks to Mrs Bennetts, Miss Wilcock and Mr Owen who coached teams and have been crucial to the development of Volleyball within the school. We are hoping to host a Junior Volleyball Tournament again in Term Four.

The 2012 Wanganui High School Athletics Championship was a very successful day this year, producing a strong team which went onto haul in a pleasing collection of Wanganui Secondary School placings. Throughout the season we have had a good field of WHS athletes competing in Tuesday night club nights, NZSS Athletics championships in Wellington, Capital Classic, Cooks Classic, Porritt Classic and most recently both the Athletics New Zealand National championships in Auckland and the North Island Athletics Championships in Tauranga. Our Impressive record of 17- 1st places, 22- 2nd Places rd Places is a great indication of the talent our athletics and 14- 3 disciplines hold for the future. Our track results portray a solid effort by all who competed! In the junior girls 100m Millie Manning came 3rd in 14.22; Kayla Spencer 8th in 14.97. Intermediate girls Caroline Gruber 2nd in 13.41 and Romata Blackburn 3rd in 13.57. In the junior boys 100m Vili Koroi 1st in 12.24 and Kalib Houltham 2nd in 12.85. Intermediate boy Jayden Lane 2nd in 12.17 and Tyler McElwain claimed 5th with 12.38 in the senior boys final. Moving onto the 200m; Millie Manning 1st in the junior girls with 29.75, Caroline Gruber 1st in the Intermediate grade in 27.74, Courtney Forlong 6th with 29.87. In the boys 200m races; Kalib Houltham ran 26.41 to place 1st, Poutama Hamahona Tararoa 5th in the intermediate boys final in 26.19 and Tyler McElwain claimed 4th with 24.91 in the senior boys. In the male 300m final, Cullen Cornaga 8th in 47.02 and Trey Willis-Croft picked up 5th in 45.29. Our only 400m runner: Sarah McDonald ran a quality 1:02.07 to pick up 2nd place in the senior girls final. We move into the middle distance events starting with the 800m races. Junior boy Max Davidson 3rd in 2:30.63, Intermediate boy Kenneth Padberg ran 2:11.02 to claim 1st and in the senior boys final Nick La Roche came 2nd in 2:10.48. In the 1500m, Hollie Brasting 4th in 5:53.75 in the junior girls, Georgia Black ran 5:17.95 to claim 2nd. Junior boy Louis Hogan ran 4:59.25 to place 3rd, our Intermediate boy ran 4:46.64 to place 2nd and in the Senior boys final, Sam Hopper claimed 3rd in 4:29.61, Nick La Roche placed 4th in 4:31.74.In the specialty events Sam Hopper picked up 2nd place in the 2000m Steeplechase in 6:47.17, Nick La Roche placed 3rd in 7:03.02, in the 300m Hurdles; Kenneth Padberg 3rd in 45.25, Poutama Hamahona Tararoa 5th in 50.85, Caroline Gruber also placed 2nd in 49.92 in the girls final. In the 80m hurdles 3rd place Caroline Gruber ran 13.62, Cullen Cornaga ran 15.33 to place 2nd. In the 3000m distance events; Sam Hopper ran 9:40.82 to place 3rd in the open boys, Georgia Black ran 10:45.55 to place 2nd and Naomi Craig ran 11:36.63 to place 4th in the open girls race. Our 4x100m relay teams claimed two 1st places, three 2nds and one 3rd. Junior girls-2nd 58.17, intermediate girls- 3rd 57.33, senior girls- 2nd 55.19. Junior Boys-1st-51.53, Intermediate Boys- 1st-48.20, Senior Boys-2nd-48.02. Our two 4x400m teams both came 2nd in their races. The Female team ran 4:29.55, and males ran 3:56.80.

Onto our field events, we have long jump, high jump, triple jump, javelin, shot put, discus and hammer throw. Hammer throw athlete Georgia Flower came 1st with 18.66m, also 1st in the senior girls javelin with 32.07m and 1st in the senior girls discus with 31.05m. Jess Watkin 2nd with 19.04 in the junior girls javelin, 2nd in the junior girls discus with 20.52m. In long jump; Caroline Gruber 3rd with 4.78m intermediate girls, Cullen Cornaga 5th with 4.57m junior boys. Our intermediate boys were; Kenneth Padberg 3 rd 4.57m, Poutama Hamahona Tararoa 6th 5.35m, Jesse Lewis 8th with 4.88m, Tyler McElwain came 2nd in the senior boys with 5.76m. In the male javelin, junior boy Lachie Mackenzie threw 17.96 for 4th, and senior boys Erimana Kereopa threw 3.71 4th and Tyson Vaughan 6th with 31.52m. Male discus thrower Tipene Sheppard placed 2nd in junior boys with 29.32m. Triple jump results follow: junior girl Leila Blackburn 1st 8.85m, intermediate girls Roimata Blackburn 3rd 9.27m, Emma Thomas 4th with 9.23m, senior girl Jamie Van AshRangihaata 5th with 8.76m. Junior boy Mitchell Millar 2nd with 9.25m, intermediate boy Joel Cooper 2ND with 11.93M, senior boy Jaben Forbes 4th with 10.79m. Shotput junior boy Harry Lillington threw 9.31m 4th, intermediate boy Ihi Patea 8th with 9.25m and senior boy Josefa Veioga 9th with 9.94m. Lastly with high jump. Junior boys Wati Ranginui1st 1.55m, Cullen Cornaga 7th with 1.40m, intermediate boy Adam Wadey 1st 1.60m, senior boys Akira Marsters 1st with 1.75m and Kameli Kuruyabki 5th with 1.55m. In the junior girls Kayla Spencer placed 1st with 1.35m, Riana Te Ngahue 3rd with 125m, intermediate girl Taniko Tanehana 6th with 1.35m and senior girl Sarah McDonald placed 1st with 1.65m. I would like to thank the following students who sacrificed their school day and evening, to help High School host the Wanganui Secondary School Championships, I truly appreciate your help and service to the school.

Tevita Taumoeanga, Georgia Flower, Chris Campbell, Daniel Aplin, Emma Dowman, Felicity Stanley, Kelsi McAsey, Jamie Van Ash-Rangihaata, Lara Hawker, Ellenor Morgan, Abbey Hopper, Hannah Clow, Ben Ker, Adrianna Hannan, Emily Morris, Jordan McDonald, Kahn Brewer, Sophie McAsey and Tom Dixon.
I look forward to seeing you Week 2, Term 2 at Scoutlands for the WHS X-country Championships.

Coach Profile: Cross Country Mark Cornaga

Mr Cornaga has been involved with the sport of Athletics, Cross country and Triathlon for over 25 years as a competitive athlete and coach. Over the years Mr Cg has competed in the NCAA system in California, attended three World Triathlon Championships and recently finished his competitive racing by finishing the 2010 Taupo Ironman. Last year he was named as the NZ Secondary School Cross Country Coach/Manager and took the NZSS XC team to Canberra for the Australian Cross Country Champs. Mark coaches athletes of all abilities from the novice to New Zealand Champions. Mark is currently employed as Director of Sport at Wanganui High School, and when not coaching or spending time with his three kids, he is out surfing.

See Page 5 for WHS Athletics 2012 photos!

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