Athletics
St Matthew's Collegiate year 12 student Kate Plimmer was one of the big success stories for Wairarapa at the North Island secondary schools track and field championships held at the Pugh Sports Bowl in Masterton last weekend.
Plimmer, 16, showed her versatility by placing second in the senior girls long jump with a best leap of 5.46m and she was third in the senior girls 100m hurdles in 15.48s.
Plimmer, in her first year at St Matthew's after previously attending Chilton St James in Lower Hutt, was justifiably delighted with her results against quality opposition.
"There's never a lot between the top placegetters in long jump and hurdles so you just have to trust everything goes according to plan," she said. "I was hoping to place well but, no, I wasn't too confident, not at all."