Yeats dashes to top honour

Rathkeale College pupil Finn Yeats was named one of two junior Harvey World Travel Athletes of the Meeting after the New Zealand secondary schools track and field championships in Hamilton this month.

Yeats was accorded that honour after blitzing his rivals in both the junior boys 100m and 200m events, winning his heat, quarter-final, semifinal and final in each of them.

His time in the 100m final of 11.06s gave him a winning advantage of 0.15s. In the 200m event, he had all of 0.41s to spare after he clocked 22.36s.

The other junior award went to Daniel Hoy, of Westlake Boys High, who won the 1500m in a record 3m 58.50s and the 3000m in 8:56.96.

A New Zealand secondary schools "paper team" was named at the end of the meet and it included Wairarapa College duo Katie Smith and Alison Andrews-Paul, and Alex Howden of Makoura College.

Smith won the senior girls shot put with 14.42m.

Andrews-Paul was second in the senior girls 400m final in 57.60s and Howden was third in the senior boys 100m final in a time of 11.14s.

The full list of Wairarapa placings at the national championships:

Girls

Junior girls 100m: Heats: Toyah Churton (Kuranui College) 13.22 21, Charlotte Whyte (St Matthew's Collegiate) 13.86 45. Quarter-finals: Churton 13.44s 24.

Junior girls 200m: Heats: Charlotte Whyte 29.26s 40.

Junior girls 3000m: Final: Grace Burmeister (Tararua College) 10m 58.11s 7.

Junior girls long jump: Final: Toyah Churton 5.26m 4.

Junior girls triple jump: Final: Toyah Churton 9.81m 10.

Senior girls 100m: Heats: Sian Chapman (Chanel College) 12.85s 18. Semifinals: Sian Chapman 12.96s 15.

Senior girls 200m: Heats: Sian Chapman 26.26s 6. Semifinals: Sian Chapman 26.72s 13.

Senior girls 400m: Heats: Alison Andrews-Paul (Wairarapa College) 58.37s 7. Final: Alison Andrews-Paul 57.60s 2.

Senior girls 100m hurdles: Final: Kate Plimmer (St Matthew's Collegiate) 15.09s 6.

Senior girls long jump: Final: Kate Plimmer 5.44m 4.

Senior girls shot put: Final: Katie Smith (Wairarapa College) 14.42m 1.

Senior girls discus throw: Final: Emma Kruszona (Wairarapa College) 29.97m 12, Katie Smith (Wairarapa College) 28.75m 13.

Senior girls hammer throw: Final: Emma Kruszona 46.19m 4.

Boys

Junior boys 100m: Heats: Finn Yeats (Rathkeale College) 11.18s 1. Quarter-finals: Finn Yeats 11s 1. Semifinals: Finn Yeats 11.18s 1. Final: Finn Yeats 11.06s 1.

Junior boys 200m: Heats: Finn Yeats 22.70s 1, Liam Montgomery (Chanel College) 24.75s 27. Quarter-finals: Finn Yeats 22.84s. Semifinals: Finn Yeats 22.78s 1. Finals: Finn Yeats 22.36s.

Junior boys 400m: Heats: Liam Montgomery 54.69s 16. Semifinals: Liam Montgomery 56.51s 19.

Junior boys 800m: Heats: Vanya Arnopp (Rathkeale College) 2m 31.88s 30.

Junior boys long jump: Final: Liam Montgomery 5.45m 13.

Junior boys shot put: Final: Jackson Hunter (Rathkeale College) 10.48m 18.

Junior boys discus: Final: Jackson Hunter 37.31m 16.

Senior boys 100m: Heats: Alex Howden (Makoura College) 11.06s 9. Quarter-finals: Alex Howden 10.98s 8. Semifinals: Alex Howden 11.20s 5. Final: Alex Howden 11.14s 3.

Senior boys 200m: Heats: Alex Howden 22.92s 5. Semifinals:Alex Howden 23.77s 16.

Senior boys 400m: Heats: Dhruv Raman (Rathkeale College) 51.83s 8, Dylan Lord-Bune (Rathkeale College) 55.14s 29, Edward Hewitt (Rathkeale College) disqualified. Semifinals: Dhruv Raman 51.55s 8. Final: Dhruv Raman 52.87s 8.

Senior boys 800m: Heats: Dylan Lord-Bune 2.06.64 28.

Senior boys shot put: Final: Tom Quinn (Rathkeale College) 12.59m 16.

Senior boys discus: Final: Tom Quinn 37.41m 12.

Senior boys hammer throw: Final: Tom Quinn 58.93m 2.

Junior boys PA 11 100m: Final: Jamie Davidson (Tararua College) 19.31s 3.

Junior Boys PA 11 200m: Final: Jamie Davidson 45.05s 3.

Senior boys PA 11 100m: Final: Keelan Ward (Wairarapa College) 13.80s 6.

Senior Boys PA 11 200m: Final: Keelan Ward 28.49s 4.

Senior boys PA 11 400m: Final: Keelan Ward 66.21s 5.