Pentathlon day a success for Whitsunday Athletics Club
JUMP FOR GOLD: Whitsunday Athletics Club’s Zachary Teakle, 7, takes flight in the long jump. Photo Charlotte Lam / Whitsunday Times
NORTH Queensland's budding track stars hit Proserpine State High School on Saturday morning to contest the Whitsunday Athletics Club's pentathlon.
More than 170 athletes took to Proserpine at the weekend, defying blustery conditions to compete against the region's best.
Competitors ranged from four to 50 years of age, with each division hotly contested in the five event format.
Whitsunday Athletics Club president was thrilled with the turnout and praised all volunteers and parents for their assistance, with the weather making proceedings difficult at times.
Tristan Sainsbury and Daley Moore excelled in the eight and nine year boys fields, while Sahra Donnelly and Cooper Lane triumphed against the 11 year girls and boys.
Lachlan Jensen (12 year boys), Amy Hungerford (13 year girls), Heidi Moore (14 year girls), Kris Walker (14 year boys) and Dean Searle (16 year boys) also won their divisions, as the club finished the day with nine age titles from a possible 28 events.
RESULTS
3-5 boys - Joe Reid - Bowen
3-5 girls - Maya Barron - North Mackay
6 year girls - Ava Baron - North Mackay
6 year boys - Conner Jackson - Townsville
7 year girls - Elizabeth Horne - Townsville
7 year boys - Byron Sherlock - Moranbah
8 year girls - Jennifer Kimber - Moranbah
8 year boys - Tristan Sainsbury - Whitsunday
9 year girls - Paityne Johns - North Mackay
9 year boys - Daley Moore - Whitsunday
10 year girls - Jorja Oliver - Mackay
10 year boys - Jared Goldsmith - Bowen
11 year girls - Sahra Donnelly - Whitsunday
11 year boys - Cooper Lane - Whitsunday
12 year girls - Ella Evans - Townsville
12 year boys - Lachlan Jensen - Whitsunday
13 year girls - Amy Hungerford - Whitsunday
13 year boys - Lequinn Morris - Bowen
14 year girls - Heidi Moore - Whitsunday
14 year boys - Kris Walker - Whitsunday
15 year girls - Hayley Heel - Slade Point
15 year boys - Hiteshin Lopata - Townsville
16 year boys - Dean Searle - Whitsunday
17 year women - Rita Fontaine - Townsville
18-20 men - Gareth Hill - Townsville
20-30 women - Chrissey Kimber - Moranbah
31-70 women - Peita Pearce - Moranbah
31-70 men - Leigh Bancroft - Moranbah
