Bendigo Senior Secondary College (BSSC) was well represented at the School Sport Victoria (SSV) Sandhurst Division Athletics event on Tuesday 8th September in Bendigo.
14 students competed throughout the day with 8 event records being broken by the Lions including the 4x100m 18-20 Girls relay. The BSSC Lions took out the shield for the Senior Athletics section of the event.
3 students took out the status of being age group champions. Charli McQueen won the 16yo girls section while Bella Noonan took out the 18-20yo girls category and Kai Norton won the 17yo Boys title.
Kyah Spiteri, Bella Noonan and Kai Norton were in the mood to break records with 7 individual records tumbling between them. Kyah smashing the 17yo girls 200m record which was last set in 2012. Kai competed in three events and broke all three records, the biggest being the 17yo Javelin in which he smashed the previous record by over 14 metres (56.09). Bella set the standard with records in the 100m and 200m for the 18-20yo girls.
The day finished with the relays in which the 18-20yo boys and girls won their way through to the Loddon Mallee Region. The girls broke the record with a time of 53.63.
The next stage is the Loddon Mallee Region which is being held in Bendigo on Thursday 17th September.
Thank you to Brenton Haywood and Duncan Fells for their efforts on the day.
: R Cunningham
