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8<br />
Thursday <strong>April</strong> 6 <strong>2023</strong><br />
Students cap off a stellar summer<br />
High school students<br />
from the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>News</strong> area have<br />
ended the summer<br />
with exceptional<br />
results at the national<br />
tournament week.<br />
Jaime Cunningham<br />
reports<br />
Triathlon<br />
Rangi Ruru’s Charlotte Chiles<br />
has capped off a successful few<br />
months with two national titles<br />
at the New Zealand secondary<br />
schools’ triathlon championships<br />
at Glendhu Bay, near Wānaka,<br />
over the weekend.<br />
The year 11 student continued<br />
her stellar form by winning<br />
the under-16 girls’ race in<br />
43m 50secs. Chiles was over a<br />
minute clear of the next fastest<br />
competitor in the event, which<br />
included a 500m swim, a 12km<br />
bike and a 3.75km run.<br />
She also won the under-16<br />
aquathon event, finishing in 15m<br />
42secs.<br />
Rangi’s mixed team of Chiles<br />
and Finella Guttmann secured<br />
silver in the girls’ under-19 super<br />
sprint event.<br />
Last month, Chiles came<br />
second in the intermediate<br />
girls’ race at the South Island<br />
secondary schools triathlon<br />
held in Oamaru, and won the<br />
under-16 girls’ secondary schools<br />
DOUBLE: Rangi Ruru’s Charlotte Chiles (centre) claimed two gold medals at the national<br />
secondary schools triathlon championships in Wānaka over the weekend.<br />
Challenge Wānaka in February.<br />
St Andrew’s College’s Sophie<br />
Lampe finished with gold in the<br />
under-14 girls’ triathlon at the<br />
secondary school champs over<br />
the weekend, racing home in<br />
36m 57secs. The under-14 event<br />
consisted of a 350m swim, a<br />
10km bike and a 2.5km run.<br />
Christ’s College under-14<br />
mixed team were second in the<br />
super sprint event.<br />
Volleyball<br />
Christchurch Girls’ High<br />
finished third at the volleyball<br />
nationals after beating St<br />
Andrew’s College in the bronze<br />
medal playoff.<br />
CGHS won the Canterbury<br />
and Mainland tournaments<br />
earlier this month, and went<br />
into the nationals as top seeds<br />
for Canterbury, up against 88<br />
teams.<br />
They lost one match in pool<br />
play against Bethlehem College<br />
(Tauranga), but qualified top of<br />
their pool due to a high set ratio.<br />
After a strong 3-0 win against<br />
Otumoetai College (Tauranga),<br />
in the quarter finals, CGHS faced<br />
Rangitoto College (Auckland) in<br />
their semi-final.<br />
CGHS started strong with a<br />
25-20 first set win but lost the<br />
next three sets to Rangitoto, who<br />
went on to win the tournament.<br />
In the other girls’ semi-final, St<br />
Andrew’s narrowly lost against<br />
Orewa College 3-1, meaning the<br />
two Christchurch schools would<br />
meet in the bronze medal<br />
match.<br />
St Andrew’s won the first set<br />
25-20 but CGHS proved too<br />
strong, winning the last three<br />
sets to finish third.<br />
Rangitoto was the first school<br />
to win both the girls’ and boys’<br />
division 1 grade at the nationals.<br />
Lily Spark (CGHS), Angela<br />
Reupena (CGHS), Eliana Collins<br />
(Burnside) and Molly Morrow<br />
(St Andrew’s) were named in the<br />
girls’ tournament team while<br />
Isaac Weir (Riccarton) and Jova<br />
Waqa (Burnside) made the<br />
boys’ team.<br />
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