This was the culmination of an 8 week preparation phase that saw students commit to training sessions on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. The effort and dedication from the team of just under 100 students was fantastic and with the guidance of the equally committed coaches the team made some great progress before final spots were selected.
The team, led by Athletics Captains Caitlyn McKenzie and Matt Hatch (for the second year in a row) arrived at the WA Athletics Stadium in fresh conditions, ready for a big day. We were quietly optimistic but knew some great challenges awaited us.
The students represented the College brilliantly as we experienced a fantastic range of excellent performances, resilience, team work, sacrifice and genuine joy for the success of all members within the team.
Throughout the day we spent some time at the top of the leaderboard and as we entered the all-important relays (worth double points) we found ourselves 61 points behind first place. We crossed the line first in 5 of the 8 relays races in what was a fantastic effort from our relay teams.
Unfortunately we fell 30 points shy of first place but for the second successive year, we leave the ACC Athletics Carnival proud of our team and having taken another step towards sustainable improvement and performance.
Special mention to Senior Boys who won the Shield for their category, a brilliant effort with a high number of Year 10 students supporting our Year 11 and 12's in this category.
I would like to extend my thanks to Marnie Barrett, Simon Falcone, Jarrad Pisano, Brendan Buckley, Ian Wilson and Ryan Shelton for their expertise and time during the training phase and the Carnival itself. The students are extremely lucky to have your skills available to them and their performance on the day was testament to this.
Another thank you to Kristina Croxford for coordinating our catering responsbilities at the Carnival also.
We look forward to 2018 and continuing our journey towards sustainable success.
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