Selwyn Times: November 21, 2018
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22 Wednesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>21</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Darfield High athlete<br />
breaks 33-year-old record<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
A DARFIELD High School<br />
student has broken a 33-year-old<br />
Canterbury high jump record.<br />
Jody McCarthy-Dempsey, 11,<br />
jumped 1.48m – 1cm higher than<br />
the previous grade 11 girls record<br />
set by Kay Nelson in 1985.<br />
It is the third Canterbury<br />
record held by<br />
Jody. She also<br />
holds the year<br />
7 girls discus<br />
record with a<br />
throw of 16.74m<br />
and year 7 girls<br />
shot put with a<br />
throw of 7.7m.<br />
Jody<br />
McCarthy-<br />
Dempsey<br />
Jody said<br />
she enjoys all<br />
athletic events,<br />
except long<br />
distance and was interested in<br />
possibly becoming a decathlete in<br />
the future.<br />
Jody’s high jump coach Brian<br />
Cowan said her application and<br />
attitude is what sets her apart<br />
from others.<br />
“A lot of kids put limits on<br />
themselves, and I think Jody, she<br />
wasn’t at all awed by what she<br />
was doing. She knew exactly what<br />
she was doing, she knew she was<br />
going for a record and she made<br />
the call to put it above the record<br />
herself.”<br />
TRIPLE: Jody McCarthy-Dempsey breaking the Canterbury high<br />
jump grade 11 girls record set by Kay Nelson in 1985.<br />
Cowan has been coaching<br />
high jump since 1981, and<br />
coached Glenn Howard who<br />
competed in the 2000 Olympics<br />
in Sydney.<br />
Howard still holds the New<br />
Zealand men’s high jump record<br />
of 2.3m, as well as records at the<br />
under-20, under-19, under-18 and<br />
under-17 levels.<br />
Cowan sees similarities<br />
between Jody and Howard.<br />
“I guess they both had that<br />
application and willingness to<br />
listen.”<br />
Cowan said the sky is the limit<br />
for Jody and there is no reason<br />
she could not achieve the same<br />
feats as Howard.<br />
“Everybody in my eyes has<br />
that potential. However, people<br />
like Jody and Glenn have the<br />
application and ability to listen to<br />
actually get there.”<br />
PREBBLETON School’s Lucia<br />
Gale has defended her singles<br />
title at the Canterbury primary<br />
and intermediate schools<br />
championships in commanding<br />
fashion.<br />
Lucia dropped just one game<br />
on her way to winning the year<br />
six and under girls singles title at<br />
Wilding Park on Saturday.<br />
The No 1 seed received a first<br />
round bye before winning her<br />
quarter-final against Alex Wylie<br />
4-0, 4-0 and semi-final against<br />
Lily McHarg 4-0, 4-0. In the<br />
final, she defeated No 3 seed<br />
Ruby McPhail 4-1, 4-0.<br />
Lucia and Ruby also teamed<br />
up to win the doubles title. They<br />
defeated Dasha Sanina and Lila<br />
Waghorn 4-1, 4-0 in their first<br />
match to set up a final with No 2<br />
seeds Nishitha Maarka and Alex<br />
Wylie. Lucia and Ruby won the<br />
match 4-2, 5-3.<br />
Lucia will now look to win<br />
the South Island primary and<br />
intermediate singles title next<br />
week.<br />
Last year she made it to the<br />
final before being defeated 1-4,<br />
1-4 by Cherry Zhou. She will<br />
also look to defend the South<br />
SPORTS<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Lucia defends tennis<br />
title in dominant style<br />
at Canterbury champs<br />
ACE: Lucia Gale won the year<br />
six and under girls singles title<br />
at the Canterbury primary<br />
and intermediate schools<br />
championships at Wilding<br />
Park on Saturday.<br />
Island doubles title she won last<br />
year.<br />
The tournament will take<br />
place in Timaru from <strong>November</strong><br />
26-27.<br />
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