Dan Hoy Senior Boys 3000m Champion leading the race.
Winning an Auckland title is an outstanding achievement, winning seven titles in one day is quite a remarkable achievement. That’s what Westlake Boys athletes achieved at the Auckland Secondary Schools Track and Field event at Mt Smart on Wednesday 23 March 2016. Six of the gold medals came in the distance events and one in the hammer throw.
The team had sixteen distance athletes qualify for the Auckland Champs and in very tough conditions they managed to take out the title in the six of the eight distance events they entered.
Junior runner Jude Darby won double gold, taking out the 800m and 1500m with teammate Matthew Gould in third place in the 1500m.
In the Intermediate grade the team produced two Auckland Champions. Stuart Hofmeyr won the 1500m in a time of 4:34.40 with teammate Murdoch McIntyre being crowned as the 3000m Champion. Murdoch’s winning time – 9:33.69.
Joseph Clark Open Boys 2000m Steeplechase Champion clearing the water jump.
In the senior 3000m Dan Hoy secured the Auckland title leading from start to finish. Dan’s winning time of 8:44.36 is 9 seconds faster than the second place finisher and more than respectable in very windy conditions.
New Zealand Cross Country Representative, Joseph Clark, won the Open Boys steeplechase event in a time of 6:27.81. Joseph will represent New Zealand at the World Schools Cross Country Championships in Budapest in April this year.
Anthony Nobilo once again showed his class winning the Senior Hammer Throw with a distance of 62.44m with Anthony Barmes in third (52.01m). Anthony Nobilo also finished 2nd in the senior discus.
Other performances of note:
Isaac Letoa Senior High Jump 4th
David Moore Intermediate 1500m 5th
Matt Conroy Intermediate 800m 5th
Kiardyn Hatch Junior 100m 5th
JJ Weston Junior 3000m 6th
Nicolo Oporto Open Steeplechase 6th
Jesper Bengtsson Intermediate 3000m 6th
Zach Keenan Intermediate 3000m 7th
Bradley Hall Senior 1500m 8th
Leo Cho Junior 3000m 8th
The Westlake Boys team now look forward to represent North Harbour at the North Island Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships which is held at Mt Smart from 2-3 April.