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Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz (Left) – Nineyear-old Ezra Tapuvae wins the gold pennant in the 100m sprint. SPORT 31 SELWYN ATHLETES enjoyed a hugely successful weekend at the South Island Colgate Games athletics meeting in Nelson, returning with a 33-medal haul and a bunch of personal bests. A bumper team of 51 athletes from the <strong>Selwyn</strong> Athletics Club attended the three-day meet at Nelson’s Saxton Field, making it one of the largest club turnouts from the South Island for the 43rd annual Colgate Games. Just 11 fewer athletes made the trek to Nelson compared to the 62-strong team that attended the games on ‘home’ turf at Christchurch’s Nga Puna Wai in 2020, which bodes well for the growth of the club that is based at Brookside Park in Rolleston. There were 33 medals won – 24 individual and seven relay medals – the latter highlighting <strong>Selwyn</strong>’s strong team spirit and well-drilled coaching. The team also recorded more than 80 personal bests across the premier three-day event for seven to 14-year-old athletes, which was attended by more than 900 athletes, including about 200 from the North Island. “It was a fantastic weekend with great conditions apart from a wet Sunday morning, outstanding performances and sportsmanship was shown by the <strong>Selwyn</strong> athletes and we are very proud of them all for representing the club and province so well,” club president Gail Krsinic said. Medals were awarded for Left to right: Sophie Mercer, Jody McCarthy-Dempsey, Molly O’Reilly and Hannah Hoare were silver medallists in the 13-year-old girls 4x100m relay. the 10-14 year age groups, and several <strong>Selwyn</strong> athletes stood out with multiple individual medals. Keira O’Reilly starred in the 11-year-old girls, winning the 200m and getting silver in both the 100m and long jump, while Jody McCarthy-Dempsey was equally as impressive in the 13-year-old girls, winning the high jump and getting bronze medals in the hurdles and long jump. Promising middle distance runner Isabel Prescott returned home with a couple of individual medals – gold in the 10-year-old girls 1500m and silver in the PHOTOS: GREG O’REILLY 800m – to go with a 4x100m relay gold. In the 13-year-old boys, middle distance runner Cooper Wightman (silver in the 1500m and bronze in the 800m) and Neihana Mata’afa (silver in shot put and discus) enjoyed huge success, adding gold in the 13-year-old mixed medley relay and bronze in the 13-year-old boys 4x100m relay for fourmedal hauls. Sprinters Judah Lodoviko and Conner Woodcock also enjoyed multiple successes in the 10-year-old boys, Lodoviko claiming silver in the long jump Eli Craig took silver in the 11-yearold boys long jump. Medal haul for athletes at Colgate Games and 200m, and bronze in the 100m, while Woodcock won silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m. The pair also combined with Carter Bedford and Caleb Price to win the 10-year-old boys 4x100m title for <strong>Selwyn</strong>, and claim silver in the 10-year-old mixed medley relay with Bella Chapman, Freya Macdonald and Jared Harris. Full list of <strong>Selwyn</strong> Athletic Club medalists (10-14 years): 10-year-old girls – Isabel Prescott, 2nd, 800m, 1st 1500m. 11-year-old girls – Keira O’Reilly - 1st 200m, 2nd 100m, 2nd Long Jump; Emma Grenfell - 2nd 1200m Race Walk. 13-year-old girls – Jody McCarthy-Dempsey – 1st High Jump, 3rd 80m Hurdles, 3rd Long Jump; Meg Edwards 1st 80m Hurdles; Molly O’Reilly – 1st 1600m Race Walk. 10-year-old boys – Judah Lodoviko – 3rd 100m, 2nd 200m, 2nd Long Jump; Conner Woodcock – 2nd 100m, 3rd 200m; Jarrod Harris – 2nd 1500m; Carter Bedford – 3rd 1200m Race Walk. 11-year-old boys – Eli Craig – 2nd Long Jump. 12-year-old boys – Ethan Duke-Norris – 2nd High Jump. 13-year-old boys – Cooper Wightman – 3rd 800m, 2nd 1500m; Neihana Mata’afa – 2nd Shot Put, 2nd Discus. 4 x 100m relays – 10-year-old boys 1st – Conner Woodcock, Judah Lodoviko, Carter Bedford, Caleb Price; 10-year-old girls 1st – Isabel Prescott, Bella Chapman, Jessia Potter, Kimberly Kudinha; 12-year-old girls 2nd – Stella Taiaroa, Keira O’Reilly, Caitlin Baxter, Eden Innes; 13-year-old girls 2nd – Hannah Hoare, Jody McCarthy Dempsey, Molly O’Reilly, Sophie Mercer; 13-year-old boys 3rd – Neihana Mata’afa, Jerome Bedford, Cooper Wightman, Sam MCConnell. Mixed medley relays – 10-year-olds 2nd – Judah Lodoviko, Jarrod Harris, Freya Macdonald, Bella Chapman, Conner Woodcock; 13-year-old – Sophie Mercer, Cooper Wightman, Meg Edwards, Neihana Mata’afa, Sam McConnell. Pennant results (7-9 years): Ezra Tapuvae (9) – 1st 60m, 1st 200m, 1st Discus, 3rd 100m, 2nd relay Aydan Brown (9) – 1st 60m, 2nd 200m, 3rd 100m, 3rd Long jump Hayley Hoare (9) – 3rd Shot put, 2nd Long jump, 2nd relay Breanna Beresford (9) – 2nd Long jump, 2nd relay Elodie Wightman (9) – 2nd relay Moevesa Faimalo (8) – 1st Discus, 1st Shot Put, 3rd 200m, 2nd 60m, 2nd 100m Elias Savea (8) – 3rd 60m, 1st Discus, 1st Shot Put Leiema Faimalo (7) – 3rd Shot Put, 3rd Discus, 3rd 60m Keira Potter (7) – 3rd Long Jump, 3rd Discus Jacob De Silva (7) – 1st, 2nd, 3rd