Jonathan Harris wins bronze at Australian National Cross Country Championships
Jonathan Harris (Year 7) recently competed as part of the School Sport SA’s team at the Australian National Cross Country Championships in Maleny, Queensland. Jonathan finished the challenging 3km course in 3rd place, amongst a very competitive and tight field. His time of 10.35 was behind 1st place (10.30) and 2nd place (10.32).
Jonathan also took home bronze in the U14 boys 5 x1500m relay. Jonathan completed his 1500m leg in 4.34, equal fastest to Dylan Devine of Queensland.
In the lead up to this event, Jonathan also competed in the Athletics Australia Sunshine Coast Marathon festival on the Gold Coast. Not expecting to place, Jonathan came 3rd overall out of a field of 852 runners with a time of 17.10. Congratulations Jonathan, you should be extremely proud of your achievements.
Angus Miller selected to represent SA at the 2018 Cycling Australia Junior Road National Championships
Congratulations to Angus Miller (Year 10) who has been selected in the Junior State Team to represent South Australia at the 2018 Cycling Australia Junior Road National Championships. We wish Angus all the best for the championships which will be held in Bunbury, Western Australia in September 2018.
Squash Update
Mr Chris Romanos recently chaperoned 17 Saints boys from Years 7-11 to compete at the annual Squash SA State High Schools Squash Championship. St Peter’s College came second overall out of nine competing schools. Of particular note was Chathula Kiripitige (Year 9) who won the Under 15 Boys State Championship. Congratulations to Chatula and to all boys who represented the school well.
The Year 9 Blue Squash Team also finished the High School Squash season as minor premiers and will play off against Saint Ignatius’ College in the Grand Final on Friday 7 September.