Once again it’s been another big week for our current students and Alumni in so many different sports. This is how they went in the past week.
Athletics
Celeste Mucci can hold her head up high after an amazing World Championships in Budapest. Celeste qualified from her heat of the 100m Hurdles for the Semi Finals in a time of 12.90. Celeste was 19th fastest of the 24 who qualified but was unable to get a position in the final 8 after a slow start. So, while Celeste and her coach Darren Clark have mixed feelings as they return home, their eyes are now fully focused on the 2024 Paris Olympics and trying to improve her personal best time by .06 of a second (40cm) and reach an Olympic Qualifying time of 12.77. We will keep our eyes on Celeste over the Aussie summer.
Badminton
Gronya Somerville didn’t have the Badminton World Championships she would have been expecting, being knocked out of both the Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles in the round of 64. Gronya and her partner Kenneth Choo won the first set against their English opponents 24-22 then lost the next two sets 21-15, 21-14, while in the Women’s Doubles, Gronya and Kaitlyn EA lost both sets in a tight encounter against their Scottish opponents 25-23, 21-19.
Cycling
MSA Alumni Lucas Plapp has had a mixed Renewi tour which was held through Belgium and the Netherlands. Over the 5 stages Lucas finished 116th/11th/55th/139th and 110th to finish 79th overall some 14 minutes and 18 seconds from the winner.
Taekwondo
We wish the following students all the best as they head over to the World Taekwondo Cadet Championships being held in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Congratulations and Good Luck to Year 9 student Lucas Lai and Year 8 students Lacie Gleeson and Teddy Kaing.
Para Table Tennis
Nathan Pellissier has claimed a gold medal in the Mixed doubles at the Korea Para Open. Nathan and his partner Lei Lina beat the second Australian combination in the class XD17 Mixed Doubles 3 sets to 1 8-11, 14-12, 11-7, 11-8. Nathan also made the quarter finals of the Men’s singles and quarter finals of the Men’s doubles.
NRLW
Najvada George and her club the Wests Tigers continue their losing streak too 5 in a row after winning the first 2 matches of the season. The Tigers went down 48-10 to the Roosters. Najvada played 48 minutes of the game had 27 tackles for the game with 2 tackle breaks and 1 offload.
AFL
Hawthorn v Fremantle
Luke Ryan had a solid day for the Dockers in their 37-point victory over the Hawks at the MCG. Luke had 21 disposals, 9 marks and gained 388 metres.
North Melbourne v Gold Coast Suns
Paul Curtis kicked 2 goals and had 9 possessions in North Melbourne’s 35-point victory over the Gold Coast Suns. His teammate Kayne Turner 12 disposals, 8 marks and 5 tackles . Touk Miller tried to get the Suns over the line with some great numbers including 29 disposals, 4 marks, 3 tackles and a goal.
Brisbane v St Kilda
The Lions had a 12-point win over the Saints and were ably assisted by MSA Alumni Cam Rayner who had 14 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles and kicked 1 goal 1.
Geelong v Western Bulldogs
A big day from Rhylee West helped the Bulldogs get over the line against Geelong at Geelong but it wasn’t enough to grab a finals spot. Rhylee had 24 disposals, 4 marks and 5 tackles in the 25-point win.
Port Adelaide v Richmond
Once again Zak Butters dominated for the Power to help them grab a 31-point win over the Tigers and secure 3rd place on the AFL Ladder. Zak had 30 disposals, 7 marks and 2 tackles to again put his name up for Brownlow votes.
Sydney v Melbourne
Joel Smith helped the Demons take a last round win against Sydney and consolidate 4th place on the AFL Ladder. Joel had 7 disposals, 3 marks and 5 tackles in the 21-point victory.
So, we have 5 Alumni left in the AFL final series, they are Cam Rayner at Brisbane, Zak Butters at Port Adelaide, Joel Smith at Melbourne, also Jordan Boyd and Josh Honey at Carlton.