MSA pride at the National Track and Field Championships

18 current and 6 former Maribyrnong Sports Academy Athlete’s made the trek up to Sydney for the Australian Track and Field National Championships for 2022, and once again our current and past students have had some amazing results at the meet held at Sydney’s Olympic Park.

Here is a summary of their performances:

Gold Medals

Year 8 Student Athlete Zulq Haider won 4 Gold medals during the Nationals, claiming the 100m in 11.71, 200m in 23.76, 400m in 53.76 and was also part of the 4 x 100m winning team.  Congratulations Zulq on this amazing medal haul.  Lilly Bella Hilli won gold in the 200m Hurdles in a personal best time of 28.99 while Sukhnoor Rangi also set a personal best in the U16 Pole Vault with a height of 3.40 meters.

Silver Medals

7 silver medals were awarded to MSA Students including Mackenzie Leith in the Discuss throwing 49.54m.  Arden Stevens claimed silver in the Triple Jump with a PB of 13.73.  Brandon Cvetanovski  was second in his Triple Jump event with a jump of 11.77m while Kushnoor Rangi jumped a Personal Best in the U16 Pole Vault taking the silver with a 3.20m jump.  On the track Josh Djatschenko ran a 23.15pb in the 200m for 2nd while Max Busuttil was 2nd in the 100m and 4 x 100m relay.

Bronze Medals

Josh Djatchenko claimed a bronze medal in the 4x100m relay while Devesh Sri Deenathayalan was also 3rd in the Triple Jump with a 14.46m jump

Plenty of other MSA Student Athletes finished in the top 8 performances in Australia, including:

·      Andreas Weickhardt, 5th in the 100m Hurdles with a PB of 14.39

·      Brandon Cvetanovski was 8th in the Long Jump with a 4.96m jump and 8th in the Javelin with a throw of 32.74

·      Josh Djatschenko was 4th in the 100m running a time of 11.63

·      Emily Mifsud ran a PB of 10.21.34 to finish 8th in the 3000m

·      Sukhnoor Rangi finished 4th in the U18 Pole Vault with a jump of 3.30m and 6th in the Javelin with a throw of 36.18m.

·      Kushnoor Rangi was 5th in th U16 Pole Vault jumping 3.15m

·      Max Busuttil was 6th in the 200m running 22.79

MSA Alumni

There were also some great results for our alumni including a silver to Celeste Mucci in the 100m hurdles and a world u20 qualifier for Abigail Thomas 

Summary of Alumni results 

Jessie Andrew made the semi final of the 100m and finished 7th in the final of the 200m
Celeste Mucci ran a Personal best time in the final of the 100m Hurdles finishing with a time of 12.96.  This time is the 6th fastest Australian time in history.
Cameron Searle unfortunately withdrew from the 400m semi finals due to injury.
Aliyah Canepa finished 6th in the hammer throw and 17th in the

Abigail Thomas ran a World U20 Qualifier time to finish 3rd in the 3000m steeple While Janae Mackrell competed in the 1500m heats

MSA Performances WE 03/04/22

Once again MSA had a whole heap of former students performing here at home and around the world.  Let’s have a look at the results.

SSV Premier League Football

Congratulations to our Girls Football team here at Maribyrnong College for winning the SSV Premier League Title last Thursday with a 3-0 victory over SEDA.

A-League

Dylan Murnane started for the Newcastle Jets in their loss to Brisbane.  He received a yellow card during the game and was substituted off at the 35th minute.

Matt Bozinovski came on for Wellington Phoenix in their loss to the Melbourne City who had Connor Metcalfe who also came off the bench for City.

AFLW – Preliminary Finals

Libby Birch will play in the AFLW Grand Final in Adelaide next week after her Melbourne Demons defeated Brisbane in the Preliminary final played at the MCG.  Melbourne won the game by 4 points.

Athletics  - Australian Track and Field Nationals at Sydney’s Olympic Park

Celeste Mucci came 2nd in the 100m hurdles with a personal best time of 12.96.  This time is the 6th fastest Australian time ever in the event.

Abigail Thomas finished 3rd in the 3000m steeple and ran a world u20 championships qualifying time.

Jessie Andrews finished 7th in the final of the 100m and was a semi-finalist in the 200m

Aliyah Canepa finished 6th in the hammerthrow

Cameron Searle made the Semi-finals of the 400m while Janae Mackrell ran in the heats of the 1500m. 

AFL – Round 3

 Jordan Boyd made his debut for the Carlton Football Club and played a solid game in their 1 point victory over the Hawks. Jordan collected 11 touches and a tackle while just missing a goal on debut.

Peter Wright kicked 4.1 in Essendon’s loss to Joel Smith’s Melbourne.  Joel had 11 touches and 2 tackles for the Demons.

Zak Butters had 13 touches in Port Adelaide’s loss after the siren to the Adelaide Crows.

Touk Miller collected 17 possessions while Rory Atkins had 11 possessions for the Suns in Gold Coast’s disappointing loss to the GWS Giants.

Kaye Turner had 10 Possessions in North Melbourne’s loss to Cam Rainier’s Brisbane.  Cam had 16 touches kicking 3 behinds.

Luke Ryan had 20 possessions in Fremantle’s mauling of a covid depleted West Coast Eagles.

Taekwondo – National Championships in Brisbane

Leon Sejrenovic won gold winning his first fight by TKO and his second fight winning 24 - 21 against another National Team athlete. Meanewhile Fred Pace won a Silver Medal at the National Championships, winning two fights and losing his final to a strong player.

Super W

Kiara Ratu came on for the Melbourne Rebels in the 68th min in their loss to Queensland.

Badminton

Gronya Somerville and her partner Kaitlyn EA were knocked out in the first round of the Orleans Masters in Paris last Week.

We also wish Jacob Schuller and Gronya all the best at this week’s Australian Badminton Nationals in Bendigo.

MSA Performances WE 27/3/2022

Once again our MSA Alumni had some spectacular performances here at home and around the world.  The highlights were:

·      Polly Doran winning the A League Women’s Grand Final for the Melbourne Victory

·      Touk Miller having 38 disposals for the Gold Coast Suns against Melbourne

·      Lucas Plapp winning the first mountain ride on day 6 of the Volta a Catalyna

A-League Women

Polly Doran played for the Melbourne Victory team that won the A-League Women’s Grand Final on the weekend.  The Victory defeated Sydney FC 2-1 in front of just over five thousand fans at Kogarah Oval in Sydney. One of the 2 goals scored by the Melbourne Victory was by Amy Jackson a former coach at MSA.

A-League Men and International Football

Connor Metcalfe was a part of the Socceroos team who lost to Japan 2-0 in Sydney on Thursday night.  The Socceroos will now need to qualify for the World Cup by having to beat the 5th place South American team.

Birkan Kirdar came into the Melbourne Victory midfield at the 81st minute of their drawn game with Western Sydney.  The Wanderers leveling the score at the 96th minute of the game.

Dylan Murnane came onto the park at the 67th minute for the Newcastle Jets to help them secure a 2-0 win over Sydney FC.

AFLW Finals

Aliesha Newman’s 10 touches for Collingwood were not enough to stop Brisbane taking victory in their Preliminary Final match played at the Gabba. 

AFL Round 2

Peter Wright kicked 3 goals in Essendon’s loss to the Brisbane Lions by 22 points while Cam Rayner was strong for the Lions with 12 disposals, 3 marks and a goal.

Touk Miller had a massive game on Saturday night helping the Gold Coast Suns push the reigning premiers right to the end, eventually going down to the Demons by 13 Points.  Miller had 38 touches to be best on ground for the Suns.  Joel Smith with 12 touches and 4 tackles for Melbourne.

Kayne Turner had a solid game for the Kangaroos racking up 13 possessions and kicking 2 goals 2 in North Melbourne’s 15 point win over a depleted West Coast Eagles.

Zak Butters 29 disposals, 11 tackles and 5 clearances couldn’t  help Port Adelaide stop the rampaging Hawks at Adelaide Oval.  The Power losing by 64 points.

VFL

Massimo D’Ambrossio played his debut game for the Richmond VFL team and gathered 14 disposals in the Tigers 31 point round 1 victory over the Southport Sharks.

Cycling

Lucas Plapp won the first mountain stage on day 6 of the Volta a Catalyna to set up a stage win for his Ineos Grenadier teammate Richard Carapaz. 

We wish all our current students competing in this week’s Athletics Australian Championship in Sydney all the best in their efforts.