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Issue04TERM 12012
This IssueSoball Photos
P 1Endurance ClassCricket
P 2NZSS Triathlon
Naonals &NZSS Open
Swimming Champs
P 3Rowing
P 4Athlecs reportVolleyballCoach Profle
P 52012 Athlecs
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S P O R T 2012ATHLETICS PROFILEGEORGIA 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 toexceed. Last year I had breathing difficulties and little energy butthanks 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 thechampionships obviously I want to insure I am recovered and
ready to run as best I can. I would like to achieve Personal Bestsin both the 3000m and the 1500m, placing would be great but itcomes down to the day.
What are your goals in relation to being Cross Country cap-
tain?Being cross country captain is a great privilege, this year I hopeto get the team back to former glory. I would like to encourage
younger runners to ensure when I leave cross country is a suc-cessful sport. Another thing I would like to achieve is gettingnumbers up in runners in both boys and girls to ensure we havegood/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. Atthe moment I am in contact with Villanova based in Philadelphiaso we will just see what happens there. Otherwise I would like togo to Wellington to study law at Vic, I would in Wellingtoncontinue 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 therecord was a surprise. So 3000m is definitely a contender to be afavourite. 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 peopleshouldnt become over indulged in the sport until a higher elite
level is reached. This is to ensure you dont get bored/ unenthu-siastic about sporting field. My di et however does include lots offruit and vegetables A special routine I usually have is havingmarmite 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.
WHSSoftball
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:
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 Karapirofor the 1st NZSS Open water swimming
champs along with the Triathlon Champs.
We had two Softball teams down in Palm-
erston playing
Track and Field athletes at the NISS
Champs in Tauranga.
Netball trials have been held this week, which
is always a busy few days at Springvale
Stadium. The Basketball teams have all beennamed and are training hard. The 1 st 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 Coun-
try 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 totake on both the Boys and Girls High Schools.
The winter sports fields, grounds and courtswill 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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By Lucy Stewart & Kelsi McAsey
Volume 1 , Is s ue 1EnduranceClass
DONT FORGET TO LIKE US ONFACEBOOKWanganui High SchoolSport
WHSCricket
Wanganui High School Students Dana
Garrett, Sam Roebuck and CalebGreene have been active JuniorCoaches for Cricket Wanganui coach-ing 7-10 year old age groups on aFriday Night.
They have started formalising their
coaching by completing the first stageof the New Zealand Cricket CoachingQualification.
Cricket Wanganui Operations Manag-er, Dilan Raj, said he is impressed bythe Wanganui High School studentswork ethic, commitment to coachingthe juniors and contribution to the
community.
There are a number of WHS stu-dents that give of their time, but it isthis commitment to better themselvesas coaches that will truly make a dif-ference not only in the playing oftheir junior cricketers but also in theirown lives towards becoming responsi-ble and contributing adults. They area credit to Wanganui High School.
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NZSSTriathlonNationals&
NZSSOpenWaterSwimming
Championships2012
Sam Hopper (Head of Sport)
Our 2012 Multisport team was ac-companied to Lake Karapiro by a stronggroup of elite Wanganui High School swim-mers eager to compete in New Zealands
very first secondary schools Open WaterSwim Championships. All of our dedicatedswimmers competed in both championshipswithin the two days of competition to helpour triathlon teams.
We travelled up to Lake Karapiro onWednesday 28th March ready for an after-noon of Open Water Swim Races, Thurs-day morning was the individual triathlon rac-es and team races were in the afternoon. Soit is evident our athletes had a busy scheduleand eating right was a major part in our ef-forts at both national events.
Our enthusiastic squad this year con-sisted of: two U19 boys teams, one U19
girls team, two U16 boys teams, one U16girls team, one U16 individual and six indi-vidual swimmers.
Congratulations to Jack Unsworth,Vladimir Stewart and Sam Hopper for claim-ing Wanganui High Schools second triath-lon nationals medal, in placing 3rd in theU19 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 or-ganising our travel, delicious cuisine andaccommodation. It truly was a great atmos-phere to be in surrounding these two nationalevents.
e are lucky to have such devoted
teachers at Wanganui High School, whomake these trips possible, in sacrificing theirown time. It was great to see students takingadvantage of the opportunities High Schoolprovides.
2012 Secondary Schools Open SwimNational Championships:
-U14 Males 1km- Stefan Hannan 8th (14:18)-U16 Males 1km- Caleb Martin 12
th(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 6
thin 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 of54:37. Caleb Martin swam (500m-8:02), JamesWright cycled (14km-28:37) and James Dorgan
ran (4km-17:58).
-U16 Male team 2 placed 14 th with a total time of
1:04.08. Stefan Hannan swam (500m-8:24), DylanPage cycled (14km-36:49) and Riley Culverran (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).
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WHSROWING
The Weekend gone saw thirty Rowers andtwo Coxwains from Wanganui High Schooltravel to Lake Karapiro for the 2012 North
Island Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta,supported by Pub Charity. Over fortyschools from throughout the North Islandarrived in Karapiro for the last major hitout before Maadi Cup in Twizel.
Over the three day regatta, Wanganui HighSchool crews made it through to eleven Afinals and twelve B finals, resulting in
and.
Fridays rough weather and 3 hour delayin racing did not dampen the enthusiasmof 1655 athletes registered for this regatta.
Saturday and Sunday conditions were per-fect for rowing. Once again Sara-Jane Backwas the star of the show on finals day win-ning two Silver medals and one Bronzemedal in three of her five A finals.
Well done, Hugh Pawson, who was verybusy with five finals, placing 1st in the un-der 16 Single Sculls B final; the last race ofthe day for the club. The Novice Girls(voted the most supportive crew by theirpiers) Kate Hoskin, Ashley ONeil, KaylaSpencer, Kadee Gedye and Riley Wyeth cox,who, with some steering problems requir-ing some course corrections, placed 2nd in
the Under 18 Novice coxed four B final.
A fantastic effort from the under 16coxed Quadruple Sculls crew of HughPawson, Tyler Manville, Joshua
Pewhairangi, Stave Hill and ReubenGedye (cox) to battle through white capwater to qualify for the A final, then toplace 6th in the North Island. The suc-cesses of the weekend are encouragingfor the future of rowing at WanganuiHigh School.
A team of 19 Rowers and 2 coxwainsfrom Wanganui High School will travelto the National Secondary Schools Maa-di Cup Regatta in Twizel on 25 th Marchwith support from the Lion Foundationand Wanganui Cosmopolitan Club and
NZCT.
Girls under-17 coxed fourSara-Jane Back, Sharnay Wilson, AmieBack, KaelaJaniten and Aleisha Elliot cox.
Girls under 16 Single ScullsSara-Jane Back.
Lightweight Girls under 18coxed four Briar Stevenson, Chelsea Smith,
Danjelle Wilson, Sarah Somerville andAleisha Elliot cox.
Girls under 18 coxed fourSara-Jane Back, Kaela Janiten, EllaCvitanovich, Briar Stevenson and AleishaElliot 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!
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WHSAthletics
The 2012 Wanganui High School Athletics Champion-
ship was a very successful day this year, producing a strong team
which went onto haul in a pleasing collection of Wanganui Sec-
ondary 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
and 14- 3rd Places is a great indication of the talent our athletics
disciplines hold for the future.
Our track results portray a solid effort by all who com-
peted! In the junior girls 100m Millie Manning came 3 rd in 14.22;
Kayla Spencer 8th in 14.97. Intermediate girls Caroline Gruber 2 nd
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 1 st in the Intermediate grade in
27.74, Courtney Forlong 6 th with 29.87. In the boys 200m races;
Kalib Houltham ran 26.41 to place 1 st, Poutama Hamahona Tara-
roa 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 8 th in 47.02 and
Trey Willis-Croft picked up 5th in 45.29.
Our only 400m runner: Sarah McDonald ran a quality1:02.07 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 3 rd in 2:30.63, Interme-
diate boy Kenneth Padberg ran 2:11.02 to claim 1st and in the
senior boys final Nick La Roche came 2 nd in 2:10.48. In the
1500m, Hollie Brasting 4 th 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 3 rd, our Intermediate boy ran 4:46.64 to place 2 nd
and in the Senior boys final, Sam Hopper claimed 3 rd 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; Ken-
neth Padberg 3rd in 45.25, Poutama Hamahona Tararoa 5 th 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 3 rd
in the open boys, Georgia Black ran 10:45.55 to place 2nd
andNaomi Craig ran 11:36.63 to place 4 th 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 2 nd 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 1 st with
18.66m, also 1stin the senior girls javelin with 32.07m and 1 st
in the senior girls discus with 31.05m. Jess Watkin 2nd with
19.04 in the junior girls javelin, 2 nd in the junior girls discus
with 20.52m.
In long jump; Caroline Gruber 3rd with 4.78m inter-
mediate 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 6 th with 31.52m. Male discus
thrower Tipene Sheppard placed 2nd in junior boys with
29.32m.
Triple jump results follow: junior girl Leila Black-
burn 1st 8.85m, intermediate girls Roimata Blackburn 3 rd 9.27m,
Emma Thomas 4th with 9.23m, senior girl Jamie Van Ash-
Rangihaata 5th with 8.76m. Junior boy Mitchell Millar 2 nd 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 4 th,
intermediate boy Ihi Patea 8 th with 9.25m and senior boy Josefa
Veioga 9th with 9.94m.
Lastly with high jump. Junior boys Wati Rangi-
nui1st 1.55m, Cullen Cornaga 7 th with 1.40m, intermediate boy
Adam Wadey 1st 1.60m, senior boys Akira Marsters 1 st with
1.75m and Kameli Kuruyabki 5th with 1.55m. In the junior girls
Kayla Spencer placed 1 st with 1.35m, Riana Te Ngahue 3rd with
125m, intermediate girl Taniko Tanehana 6 th with 1.35m and
senior girl Sarah McDonald placed 1 st 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.
Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you travelled from where you started."
Steve Prefontaine
See Page 5 for WHS Athletics 2012 photos!
WHSVolleyballFor the past six weeks WHS
hosted a WSS Volleyball
Compeon. We had ve
teams compeng
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 parcipated.
The compeon concluded in
week 8 with WHS Girls A the
overall winner aer the six
rounds of compeon.
All teams played well and had an enjoyable season.
A huge thanks to Mrs Bennes, 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.
Coach Profile: Cross Country
Mark CornagaMr Cornaga has been involved with the sport of Athletics, Cross country and Triathlon for over 25 ye
competitive athlete and coach. Over the years Mr Cg has competed in the NCAA system in California, a
three World Triathlon Championships and recently finished his competitive racing by finishing the 2010
Ironman.
Last year he was named as the NZ Secondary School Cross Country Coach/Manager and took the NZ
team to Canberra for the Australian Cross Country Champs. Mark coaches athletes of all abilities from the
to New Zealand Champions. Mark is currently employed as Director of Sport at Wanganui High Sch
when not coaching or spending time with his three kids, he is out surfing.
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