2024 Athletics Nationals
7 medals including 2 Gold and 5 Silver were won by MSA Students and Alumni at the recent Australian National Athletics Championships in Adelaide.
The 2024 Athletics Australia National Championships have been held in Adelaide and it was fantastic to see so many current and past MSA Student Athletes compete for National honours.
Congratulations to our medal winners and to all our Athletes for competing at such a high level.
Here are their results for our current Student/Athletes:
Sukhnoor Rangi Women’s U20 Pole Vault 3.70m 2nd Place
Women’s U18 Pole Vault 3.75m(PB) 1st Place
Khushnoor Rangi Women’s U18 Pole Vault 3.65m(PB) 2nd Place
Amelia Ashton Women’s U20 Hammer 44.66m(PB) 11th Place
Alejandra Ortega Women’s Open Hammer 38.11m(PB) 23rd Place
Women’s U20 Hammer 40.93m(PB) 13th Place
Women’s U20 Discuss 27.80m 19th Place
Emma White Girls U15 90m Hurdles 14.84 11th Place
Armani Mauriohooho Girls U16 90m Hurdles 13.66 10th Place
Girls U16 High Jump 1.54m 11th Place
Girls U16 Heptathlon 4,283 Points(PB) 5th Place
Girls 90m Hurdles 13.53(PB)
Javelin 39.45(PB)
800m 2.33.03(PB)
Ella Leith GU16 Javelin 38.15m 6th Place
Girls U16 Heptathlon. 4,942 Points (PB) 2nd Place
90m Hurdles 13.87(PB)
Javelin 39.45m(PB)
800m 2.26.43(PB)
Thushana Sri Deenathayalan Girls U18 Discuss 37.50m 9th Place
Raveen Alwis Boys U18 Long Jump 6.98m(PB) 2nd Place
Lucas Harris Boys U16 2000m Steeple 6.29.46 12th Place
Sam Meehan Boys U16 800m 2.04.89 14th Place
Grayson Lafaiali’i Boys U18 200m 22.9 23rd Place
Sebastian Weickhardt Men’s U20 Triple Jump 13.35m 12th Place
Here is how our MSA Alumni went at the Championships:
Kevin Healy Men’s U20 Hammer Throw 56.41m 1st Place
Men’s Open Hammer Throw 56.90m(PB)(MSA Rec) 6th Place
Aliyah Canepa Women’s Hammer Throw 55.04m(PB)(MSA Rec) 2nd Place
Devesh Sri Deenathayalan Men’s U20 Triple Jump 14.12m 7th Place
Angus Wood Open Triple Jump 14.31m 14th Place
Bianca Puglisi Open 5000m 16.30.60 17th Place
Cameron Searle Open 400m 47.59 – Semi Final 5th Place
Celeste Mucci Open 100m Hurdles 13.45 DNS Final
Congratulations to all our competitors.
The Score 180424
Once again, some great results in the past couple of weeks from our current and past MSA students. Here is how they went.
Once again, some great results in the past couple of weeks from our current and past MSA students. Here is how they went.
AFL
Melbourne v Brisbane: Brisbane won the game by 22 points at the MCG with Cam Rayner having 25 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles, 9 clearances and 412 metres gained.
Western Bulldogs v Essendon: The Bombers won the game by 29 points at Marvel Stadium. For the Bulldogs Buku Khamis was solid in defence with 13 disposals and 5 marks, while teammate Rhylee West had 12 disposals, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Carlton v Adelaide: The Crows just held onto win by 2 points in a thriller at Marvel Stadium. Jordan Boyd had 17 disposals, 8 marks and 2 tackles for the Blues.
Gold Coast v Hawthorn: The Suns were too good for the Hawks winning by 53 points. For the Suns Touk Miller had 28 disposals, 8 marks and 5 clearances. While for Hawthorn Massimo D’Ambrosio had 18 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Port Adelaide v Fremantle: The Power held on to win by 3 points at Adelaide Oval, with both MSA Alumni having strong games. Zak Butters had 24 disposals, 4 marks, 9 tackles and 512 metres gained for the Power. Luke Ryan had 24 disposals, 11 marks and 645 metres gained for the Dockers.
Geelong v North Melbourne: The Cats had a strong 75-point victory over the Kangaroos. Paul Curtis had 10 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles and a goal.
Football
A-League
Western United v Adelaide: United had a 3-3 draw with Adelaide at AAMI Park. Seb Pasquali and Matthew Grimaldi both started for Western United with Grimaldi scoring a goal in the 19th minute.
https://aleagues.com.au/videos/id/goal-matthew-grimaldi-19/6351022422112/
A-League Women Finals
Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners: The Elimination Final went into penalties after a scoreless draw from the first 120 minutes. Central Coast won the match 4-2 on penilties. Annabel Martin started for the Melbourne Victory.
Western United v Newcastle Jets: The Jets claimed victory 4-2 in this Elimination Final with MelindaJ Barbieri starting for Newcastle.
Overseas, Crystal Palace had a 1-0 win over Birmingham City in the FA Women’s League div 2 with Polly Doran starting on the bench on her return from injury. FC St Pauli lost to SV Elversberg 4-3 in the Bundesliga 2 on the weekend. Connor Metcalfe started for FC St Pauli.
Volleyball
One current and two former MSA students have received the great news that they have been included in the squad for the 22nd Asian Women’s U20 Champs held in Jiangmen, China.
At just 17 years of age, the selection of current MSA student Sakura Nakadai is a significant achievement. Alumni Gemma McNamara and Cat Smith - both currently attending the Australian Volleyball Academy in Canberra – were also selected.
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In news over the holidays
Basketballers Sonny Maxwell, Sa Pilimai & Sam Haslett won bronze at the National Champs in the U/18 Vic Country Team coached by MSA Head Coach Brenton O’Brien.
Dylan Brasher & Farzan Chowna both made the Premier Cricket Team of the Year.
Judo athlete Mia Sazdov competed in her first tournament post ACL injury, The Melbourne International, and won the junior women’s section!
Gab Pezzimenti received best on ground awards at the Hockey National Champs in 2 of her 6 games with the Vics finishing 5th. Gab is a bottom age player.
Nye Roberts and Sam Lowndes were selected in the U21 Australian Hockey squad.
George Eaves received his first start in a Premier League game for Essendon Hockey Club last weekend.
2023 Vic Sports School Awards
The 2023 Victorian Sports Schools Awards (Sporting Blues) were announced at the Melbourne Cricket Club members dining room just before the end of term 1 and once again Maribyrnong Sports Academy students have done extremely well.
The 2023 Victorian Sports Schools Awards (Sporting Blues) were announced at the Melbourne Cricket Club members dining room just before the end of term 1 and once again Maribyrnong Sports Academy students have done extremely well.
Congratulations to the following students for their achievements in 2023.
Jamie Cefai competed in the 2023 Taekwondo World Cup Team Championships in Korea. He was presented with an Outstanding Sporting Achievement Award for his exceptional commitment to his sporting pursuits in 2023.
Other winners included:
AFL – Jordan Croft and Piper Dixon
Volleyball – Lucas Maticevski and Sakura Nakadai
Golf – Charlie Roylance and Georgia Schwartz
Badminton – Sai Tanvi Mushini
Baseball – Declan Speirs
Cricket – Bailey Toseland
Swimming – Rosie Bilszta
Tennis – Gabrielle Villegas
Tennis with a Multi Class – Jin Woodman
We congratulate all winners on the day and look forward to our Student Athletes having a succesful 2024.