Little Athletics Regional Championships 2013

On February 16 and 17 eight of Cowra’s Little Athletics members travelled to Dubbo to compete at Barden Park in the Region 3 Championships. Competing in very warm conditions, our local athletes can be very proud of themselves with some excellent results. This year four athletes, Natalie Banks, Zane Craig, Tayla Garratt and John Terry will representing Cowra at the State Championships which will be held in Homebush on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24^th March after coming in the top two in their events. Tayla Garratt won three gold medals coming 1st in the Discus, Shot Put and Javelin. John Terry won a gold and bronze medal coming 1^st in the High jump and 3^rd in the Javelin. Zane Craig won two silver medals coming 2^nd in the Shot put and Discus. Natalie Banks won a silver medal coming 2^nd in the 1100m walk. Mikelli Garratt won a bronze medal coming 3^rd in the Discus and will have to wait for results from the other regions to see if she has qualified for the State Championships, as they take the next best eight results from the other seven regions. Fingers crossed Mikelli. Special mention must go to Zane Craig after only having knee surgery a couple of months ago to gain two silver medals with very limited movement was a very courageous effort.

Results

U’9s

Luke Banks

5^th 800m 3:09.96, 6^th 400m 1:23.25, 6^th Shot put 5.03m, 11^th Discus 14.02m

Mikelli Garratt

3^rd Discus 14.64m, 8^th 200m 41.45, 11^th Long jump 2.84m, 12^th 400m 1:40.50

U’11s

Natalie Banks

2nd 1100m walk 9:27.98, 7^th 800m 3:45.61, 9^th Discus 11.82m, 10^th Shot put 4.30m

Chloe Wolfenden

11^th Discus 11.12m, 13^th Long jump 3.37m

U’13s

Zane Craig

2^nd Discus 24.86m, 2^nd Shot put 8.99m

Tayla Garratt

1^st Discus 30.10m, 1^st Shot put 10.24m, 1^st Javelin 28.58m

John Terry

1^st High jump 1.55m, 3^rd Javelin 24.15m, 6^th Triple jump 8.95m

U’15s

Shania Craig

4^th Discus 17.05m, 6^th Shot put 6.91m, 7^th 100m 15.29, 7^th Javelin 16.86m, 9^th 200m 33.22