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PR E PA R ATORY S C HO OL Quarter Athletics Carnival By Grace Willing (Year 6) On August 28-29 and September 5, we had our amazing Quarter Athletics Carnival. We all did an incredible job, with South Quarter finishing in first place overall. The final points on the day were: • 4th Place - North with 2,748 points • 3rd Place - West with 2,928 points • 2nd Place - East with 2,947 points • 1st Place - South with 3,430 points Well done everyone for having a go! Record Breakers Armani Watson, Year 6 South, is at the top of the chain! She broke five records in total including: • 100m record set by Lemarna Valentine (8Wb) in 2017. Armani’s new record is 14.60 seconds • Long jump record set by Lemarna Valentine (8Wb) in 2017. Armani raised it up to 8.14 metres • Triple jump record set by Lemarna Valentine (8Wb) in 2017. Armani raised it to 4.07 metres. • 200m record set by Lemarna Valentine (8Wb) in 2017. The new time is 30.99 seconds • 60m hurdles record set by Hannah Sivic (Prep 09-14) in 2014. Armani cut the record to 10.05 seconds! Great job Armani! But we also had some other record breakers on our track, including Scott Armstrong (Year 2) who broke the 100m record set by Jack Greenwood (Year 4) in 2017 at 18:25 seconds and Austin Barrett, Year 1, who broke Xavier Silvestri’s (Year 3) 2018 record at 13.53. I hope you are all proud of your accomplishments. A big thank you to Mr Griffiths, Mrs Hewett, GGPS Staff, FOPS, and finally to all the parents who came out to cheer everyone on! Grace Willing 2019 Sport Captain eat + greet ... and play! Our Senior and Preparatory School students enjoyed an ‘Eat and Greet’ session at the Preparatory School in September, where our youngest and oldest students shared some stories, laughs, jokes and most importantly the playground equipment! This event was a great success and will certainly be included in the calendar for 2020! 35