National Youth Jazz Competition
The student’s first major event was the National Jazz Festival held on Monday 30 March in Tauranga. Here is our Big Band’s performance:
Here are the jazz combos performing, beginning with Big Kahuna Burger followed by Mama’s Ramen (6:25:35m) and lastly Royale with Cheese (7:27:35):
Congratulations, Max Tay-Morrison, who performed in the National Youth Jazz Competition’s Big Band on Wednesday evening, prior to the Prizegiving. Results from the competition will be released later this week.
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Congratulations to the following Athletics Day record breakers:
- Cylah Belandres: equalled the U14 Girls Long Jump record
- Sarah Lecias: broke the U14 Girls 300 metre record
- Paris Kawiti: broke the Year 7 Girls Long Jump record
- Chloe Park: broke the Year 7 Girls 100 metre record
- Cesar Garcia Soto: broke the U16 Boys High Jump record
Click this link for full details of all age-group and house winners.
Congratulations to the following students for their achievements at Counties Manukau Secondary Schools Athletics Championships
- Evie Pinch – 4th Junior Girls 100 metre, 7th Junior Girls 200 metre
- Katarsheena Velasco – 5th Junior Girls 100 metre
- Sarah Lecias – 8th Junior Girls 300 metre
- Cylah Belandres – 5th Junior Girls Long Jump
- Iker Garcia Soto – 3rd Junior Boys Shot Put, 6th Junior Boys Discus
- Caylix Isaia – 3rd Intermediate Girls 100 metre
- Naomi Latu – 6th Intermediate Girls Discus
- Sammie Bongiovanni – 6th Intermediate Girls 100 metre, 8th Intermediate Girls 200 metre
- Emjay Romero – 4th Intermediate Boys 100 metre, 8th Intermediate Boys Long Jump
- Stefan Kozina – 1st Senior Boys 200 metre, 3rd Senior Boys 100 metre
- Nathan Mlinde – 3rd Senior Boys 200 metre, 7th Senior Boys 100 metre
- Mateo Duque – 7th Senior Boys 200 metre
In the relays, Sancta Maria College teams achieved the following results:
- Intermediate Girls – 2nd 4x100m Relay
- Junior Boys – 3rd 4x100m Relay
- Junior Girls – 3rd 4x100m Relay
Auckland Secondary Schools Athletics Championships
- Stefan Kozina – placed 6th in the Senior Boys 200 metre.
- Cesar Garcia Soto – placed 5th in the Intermediate Boys 400 metre.
North Island Secondary Schools Athletics Championships
- Stefan Kozina – placed 6th in the Senior Boys 200 metre.
SWIMMING
Junior Swimming Sports
Age-group champions:
- Year 7 Boys: Niko Evdokimov-Reti
- Year 7 Girls: Kyra-Lee Collins
- Year 8 Boys: Edward Pritchard
- Year 8 Girls: Tiffany Chen
- Year 9 Boys: Guang He
- Year 9 Girls: Ariana Neems
- Year 10 Boys: Hayden Ling
- Year 10 Girls: Elaina Scorringe
Overall House results:
- Akaroa
- Waitematā
- Kororāreka
- Hokianga
Year 7/8 South-Eastern Zone Swimming Championships
Tiffany Chen:
- 1st place Y7/8 Girls 50m butterfly
- 1st place Y8 Girls 50m freestyle
- 2nd place Y8 Girls 100m freestyle
- 3rd place Y8 Girls 50m breaststroke
Year 7/8 Auckland Interzone Swimming Championships
Tiffany Chen:
- 6th place Y7/8 Girls 100m freestyle
- 9th place Y7/8 Girls 50m butterfly
VOLLEYBALL
Senior Volleyball Auckland Championships
- Senior Boys: 9th Place Division 2
- Senior Girls: 1st Place Division 4
North Island Secondary Schools Satellite Tournament
During Summer Tournament week our Senior Boys and Senior Girls volleyball teams competed at the North Island National Satellite Tournament at the Trusts Arena in Henderson.
BASKETBALL
Senior Girls Promoted to Senior A Grade
This term, our Premier Girls Basketball team played a promotion/relegation game against One Tree Hill College. They won 79-47 and have earned promotion into the Auckland Senior A Grade. This places them in the Top 16 girls’ teams Auckland-wide. Congratulations!
ORIENTEERING
Orienteering Sprint Series Finals
Congratulations to the following students who qualified across the Term One series for the finals:
- Nicole Jakimiuk
- Joanna Ma
- Laura Jackson-Potter
- Amelia Pinch
- Cove Swaris
- Anthony Xu