Image above: Mr Thompson presenting Cameron Clan members Riley Wainwright and Ellyse Kruger with the Champion Clan Trophy.

Tom Bradbury | Assistant Director of Co-curricular Activities

After a false start in Week 9 with some very ordinary weather putting us on hold, Week 10 proved to certainly be a better option to stage the 2020 JAM Athletics Carnival. Tuesday afternoon saw the carnival off to a flying start with 3 records from 8 events held across the 9-12yrs age groups.

Wednesday morning broke from heavy fog to a glorious day and we kicked off with the 200m events where again records fell. The day then progressed through the three further rounds of field events, the Sprint events and the dreaded 800m and culminated in the Junior Colour Run which was enjoyed by all.

All up nineteen records were broken across the carnival which was an amazing number for any given year.

The record breakers were as follows:

Ellyse Kruger – 12yrs Discus 30.26m

Colby Miller – 10yrs 200m 31.6s, High Jump 1.18m

Innes Nowlan – 11yrs Shot Put 9.35m, Long Jump 4.19m

Lawrence Tasie – 9yrs Long Jump 3.34m

Ethan McDonald – 12yrs Long Jump 4.75m

Samuel Fairleigh – Hibbert – 9yrs High Jump 1.04m

Bailey Harm – 12yrs Long Jump 4.75m, High Jump 1.46m

Tanner Henley – 12yrs High Jump 1.46m

Naomi Ratcliffe – 9yrs 800m 3.44.7min

Harry Grayson – 10yrs 1500m 6.15.4min

Lachlan Groves – 11yrs 1500m 6.09.3min

Scott Wainwright – 10yrs Discus 21.54m

And last but by no means least with 5 records from her 8 events…

Hayley Wainwright – 11yrs 200m 29.97s, Long Jump 4.00m, High Jump 1.40m, 800m 3.07.6, 1500m 6.05.9min

When it came to the Age Championships many of our record breakers above were also prominent with the following students gaining Age Champion or Runner-Up placings.

9yrs Girls – Sophia Pettiford 1^st, Naomi Ratcliffe 2^nd

10yrs Girls – Natalie Mulcahy 1^st, Tierney Stewart 2^nd

11yrs Girls – Hayley Wainwright 1^st, Bridie Hutchison 2^nd

12yrs Girls – Ellyse Kruger 1^st, Georgia Mulcahy 2^nd

9yrs Boys – Lawrence Tasie 1^st, Timothy Amos 2^nd

10yrs Boys – Colby Miller 1^st, Scott Wainwright 2^nd

11yrs Boys – Innes Nowlan 1^st, Lachlan Groves 2nd

12yrs Boys – Bailey Harm 1^st, Tanner Henley 2^nd

In the race for Clan supremacy, the competition was hot but one Clan pulled clear with some super performances from its Age Champion superstars.

4^th Leslie 406 points

3^rd Mackay 689 points

2^nd Macinness 793 points

And our Champion Clan was…

1^st Cameron 978 points

I take this opportunity to thank all staff, students, parents and other spectators for your attendance and participation in our JAM Carnival for 2020. It has been quite a journey to get to this point and we appreciate your patience and support during this time.

Congratulations to all our Age Champions and Record Breakers on a fantastic effort across all events.

We look forward to returning in 2021 with pathways for all our champions that allows them to enjoy further success and opportunity to grow, learn and improve.