Three Santa Maria teams competed at the Nitro Athletics Competition on Tuesday night. This exciting competition, run by Athletics WA, follows the model of the National Nitro Competition and is a modified athletics carnival featuring shorter and faster races, relays, and a powerplay system to make the competition more exciting for both competitors and spectators.

The carnival includes events unique to this occasion, a 2 x 2 x 400m event, where two runners have to run 400m twice each, a 60m sprint, long jump for accuracy and javelin for accuracy. It also includes a Swedish relay, which involves a 100m, 200m, 300m and 400m leg.

Our girls showed true professionalism and enthusiasm, as well as great sportsmanship with each other and those from other schools they were competing against.

The weather was challenging but the girls took this in their stride and ended up with some fantastic results. Our Senior and Junior Teams finished 2^nd overall, qualifying for the National Competition and receiving the silver medal.

The teams were:

Junior Team
Maya Kenny
Maeve Lehane
Sienna Timmermans
Billie Mincham
Lily Richardson
Chloe O’Leary
Lara Guerin

Intermediate Team
Grace McCormack
Mia Ford
Cleo Kenny
Lauren De Smet
Liliana Cottino
Hayley Tidy
Mikayla Wohlsein
Sophie McPartland
Evie McCormack
Grace Byrne
Alice Wessels

Senior Team
Sophie Eastaugh
Adele Smith
Tia Kenny
Sarah Stacey
Hannah Currell
Kaycee Yates
Meg Hebiton
Isadora La Bianca-Jorgensen
Piper Sumich
Jenna Bain