MSA Athletes do well at State Champs
MSA Athletes have performed extremely well at the 2022 Athletics Victoria State Championships
Athletics Victoria have run their 2022 State Championship over the past 2 weekends at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park and MSA students Past and Present have done a great job in their events.
Former Students to claim gold were Jessie Andrew in the Open Women’s 200m event and Abby Thomas winning the Under 20 Women’s 3000m
Our current students also did extremely well over the 2 weekends claiming 13 Gold, 5 Silver and 10 Bronze medals.
MSA MEDALLISTS VIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
GOLD
Josh Djatschenko 100m 11.57
Zulq Haider 100m 11.82
Zulq Haider 400m 53.22
Sebastian Weickhardt Triple Jump 12.96m
Devesh Sri Deenathayalan Triple Jump 14.15m
Grayson Lafaialii 100mh 14.47
Arden Stevens Triple Jump 13.36m
Thomas Sims H.J 1.96m
Josh Djatschenko 200M 23.75
Zulqarnain Haider 200M 24.66
Sukhnoor Rangi Pole Vault 3.20m
Mackenzie Leith DISCUS 49.62m
Mischa Atkinson Pole Vault 1.60m
SILVER
Finn Kane 1500m 4.39.57
Josh Djatschenko 400m 52.41
Andreas Weickhardt 110mh 14.89
Brandon Cvetanoski JAVELIN 31.07m
Ella Leith JAVELIN 27.51m
BRONZE
Annabelle Thomas Shot Put 9.27m
Max Busuttil 100m 11.40
Lily Bella Hili 400m 57.94
Thomas Sims Shot 11.56m
Max Busuttil 200M 23.62
Brandon Cvetanoski LONG JUMP 5.20m
Kushnoor Rangi POLE VAULT 3.10m
Thomas Sims JAVELIN 42.50m
Emily Mifsud 3000M 10.44.28
Devesh Sri Deenathayalan LONG JUMP 6.76m
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