Friday, April 18, 2008

Last ever house athletics

Today was the last ever house athletics for us year 12's and my first ever time actually doing events.

I did 800m
I was in senior (yr 11 and 12) and there were 12 of us in the race.
I came first by quite a margin in a time of 2.51 (it's on grass though)
My teammate Mandy came 2nd. I started off behind her, came level with her thinking we could just run together but I felt strong so I passed her at about halfway.

400m
I was in yr 12 division 1 (2nd division after championship)
There were 6 in the race and I came first
I was running in the outside lane and expected everyone to overtake me but they were quite far behind.
I should have run Championship division because my time was better than the winning time (another teammate - Mel).
I ran 1.20.63 (it's on grass!)

1500m
I was in open (so all year levels) and there were 12 girls in the race
Penny, Grace and I led the whole way and lapped most of the other competitors. It was really a race of 3. I came 3rd (almost caught up to Grace) and my teammate Penny won (of course).
My time was 5.46 which isn't too bad considering it's on grass.

The grass is really annoyed because it's really spongy and uneven. The oval is 270m so 400m is 1 and a bit laps, 800m is almost 3 laps and 1500m is 5 and a bit laps.

I also did the wheel relay (3rd) and tunnel ball (4th). I missed out on crossball because of the 400m!

We came 4th as a house (out of 6) which is a bit disappointing. Hardly any year 10's turned up for us. We came 2nd in senior and junior but last in intermediate.

It was a great last sports day.