This year, Dio fielded an impressive 27 qualifying athletes across various events and age categories at the Central, Eastern, and Western Zones Athletics Day.

The day saw bits of every season – from torrential downpours and high wind levels to snippets of sunshine. Despite the weather conditions, we made the most of the day. All students representing the school were supportive, helpful, and respectful, and there were some incredible performances and results across the board.

In the field events, we saw huge success once again from Sina-Maria Su’a in both the Shot-put and the Discus, breaking more records in these events. We also had Hannah McManus taking out the intermediate Javelin event, and Chloe Luo showing her talent in both Long Jump and Triple Jump, coming 2nd in both events. Unfortunately, an injury to one of our high jumpers resulted in the event having to be postponed.

On the track, we had students in many events and saw some amazing results across the board.

• In the 3000m:
  • Grace Larsen secured 4th place in the junior category.
  • Indie Williams claimed 2nd place in the Intermediate category.
  • Maddie Worrall achieved 4th place.
• In the 800m:
  • Sophia Haines finished 3rd.
  • Hannah McManus secured 4th place in the Intermediate category.
  • Amy Shennan claimed 1st place in the Senior category.
• In the 400m:
  • Hannah secured 4th place in the Intermediate category.
  • Sophia Haines followed in 7th place.
• In the 100m Finals:
  • Chloe achieved an impressive 2nd place overall.
• In the 200m Intermediate event:
  • Emily Cowan made the finals.
• Senior 4x100m relay team:
  • Finished 2nd in an exciting finish.

Emily also competed in the Long Jump to close out the day.

Thank you to every student who qualified and participated in the competition.

Junior category: Miller Ashley, Isabelle Brunton, Ava Carey, Indie Chapman, Grace Dearlove, Chloe Driscoll, Luisa Haines, Olive Hunter, Queenie La, Grace Larsen, Elsie Porter, Sina-Maria Su’a, Charlotte Waite, Anna Yuan.

Intermediate category: Emily Cowan, Scarlett Gwin, Sophia Haines, Emily Keene, Millie King, Zari Lindsay, Hannah McManus, Indie Williams, Maddie Worrall.

Senior category: Chloe Luo, Rita Price, Amy Shennan, Anya Stephan.

The Auckland Championships will take place on Tuesday 26 March for those who qualify, where we will be able to see our Diocesan students competing once again.