MSA Performances WE 27/2/2022
It was another big weekend for MSA’s Alumni right around this big country of ours, in fact right around the world.
It was another big weekend for MSA’s Alumni right around this big country of ours, in fact right around the world.
In Abu Dubai, Lucas Plapp had his debut race for professional cycling team Ineos Grenadiers. He finished in 12th place overall and also claimed 5th in the Queen stage at the 7 day World Tour event.
The Victorian State Athletics Championships saw MSA well represented by past and current students. Two of our Alumni won gold in their events including Jessie Andrew who is now the State Champion in the Women’s 200m final in a time of 24.38. Abigail Thomas won the U20 Women’s 3000m
In Golf, Stephine Bunque lost her semi-final match at the Athena Classic to the lady who went on to win the tournament.
AFLW
Libby Birch collected 10 disposals in another solid defensive effort to help the Bulldogs take a 10 point win over North Melbourne who had former MSA athlete Amy Smith on the team. A solid game for Alicia Newman for the Pies in their victory over the Bulldogs by 25 points. For the Bulldogs Jess Fitzgerald kicked a goal and laid 5 tackles. Geelong beat the Tigers by 23 points and Monique Conti had another solid day for Richmond collecting 23 disposals and 7 tackles, while Elle McKenzie had a quiet day by her standards with 6 disposals.….Georgie Prespakis had 6 disposals for the cats
A-League Women
Polly Doran and Melindaj Barbieri played in the Melbourne Victory loss to Adelaide 3-0
A-League Men
Dillan Murnane played for Newcastle Jets in their 2 all draw against Macarthur FC
Connor Metcalfe played well in Melbourne City’s 2-1 win over Sydney FC
And in Basketball Zac Triplet played for Melbourne United in their 89-73 win over Cairns
Celeste Mucci on track for 2022
Former MSA Student Athlete and 2018 Commonwealth Games Hurdler Celeste Mucci has broken the 13 second barrier in the 100m hurdles event for the second time in her career, to win the NSW championships at Sydney’s Olympic Park over the weekend.
Former MSA Student Athlete and 2018 Commonwealth Games Hurdler Celeste Mucci has broken the 13 second barrier in the 100m hurdles event for the second time in her career, to win the NSW championships at Sydney’s Olympic Park over the weekend.
The run re-ignited a fantastic rivalry with NSW defending champion Abby Taddeo, who ran second in the final, with a margin of .02 of a second the final gap between the two. The win took Celeste’s record over Abby to a 10-9 advantage from the 19 times they have raced against each other.
Celeste spoke to the Athletics NSW live stream after the race and was emphatic about her goal over the weekend “ A sub 13 run is what I came up here to do. Super happy with that”
Taddeo started off the stronger of the two with Celeste catching and passing her by the 4th hurdle. Taddeo though just would give in. “ Yeah I could feel Abby next to me. She’s a great starter and stuck with me. (It) Definitely helped though”.
When quizzed on the camaraderie between the nations hurdlers at the moment Celeste praised the group. “ Yeah we have a great group of girls now, we are definitely going to see some fast times which helps. They are all so lovely, I love running against them.”
Celeste will next run be either the Queensland State Championships or the Sydney Track Classic in two weeks’ time.
Celeste is aiming to qualify for the Australian Track team to run at Birmingham for the 2022 Commonwealth Games starting on July the 28th.
To watch the race click here:
https://www.facebook.com/AthleticsNSW/videos/530070398322915
MSA Performances WE 20/2/22
There were plenty of former and current MSA students playing at the top level of their sport over the weekend. Let’s have a look at how some of them went.
There were plenty of former and current MSA students playing at the top level of their sport over the weekend. Let’s have a look at how some of them went.
A-League Women
Polly Doran and Melindaj Barbieri played for the Melbourne Victory in their 2-0 loss to the Perth Glory
A-League Men
Connor Metcalfe came on in the 67th minute and helped Melbourne City defeat Dylan Murnane’s Newcastle Jets 3-0. Former MSA head Coach Arthur Papas is the coach of the Newcastle Jets.
Birkan Kirdar came onto the park just before the half time whistle to help the Melbourne Victory to a 1-0 win over the Central Coast Mariners
AFLW
Jess Fitzgerald had 12 disposals and 7 tackles in the Bulldogs win over Georgie Prespakis’ Cats. The Western Bulldogs winning 3-10-28 to 2-4-16 at the Whitten Oval.
Monique Conti stared in Richmond 2nd win of the season along with teammate Elle McKenzie. Monique had 24 disposals and 9 tackles to help the Tigers to a 23 point win over the West Coast Eagles.
Meanwhile Amy Smith had 13 touches and 7 tackles in North Melbourne’s win over Collingwood by 23 points. Alisha Newman played for the Pies.
Libby Birch plays for Melbourne tonight against Brisbane at the Gabba.
Golf
Stephine Banque missed the cut at the TPS Murray River Tournament. She finished 1 over after her first 2 rounds.
Cycling
Lucas Plapp in appearing in his UAE World tour event in Dubai. Plappy was 19 seconds off the leader after the first round riding for professional team Ineos Grenadiers
Tennis
Current Student Bridget Mihulkais playing in an open Tournament in Singapore
Athletics
Celeste Mucci is back on the track winning the NSW State Championships over the weekend in the 100m Hurdles. Celeste’s time of 12.99 is the fastest in the world at the moment..