ON the track and in the field, athletes from The Armidale School broke six records at the North Coast Independent Schools’ athletics championships at the Coffs International Stadium at Coffs Harbour on August 17.
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Thomas Goodfellow broke two records, for the 17 year boys 200 metre and 100 metre races.
Lachlan Knowles set a new benchmark in the 16 year boys 100 metre, the senior 4x100 metre boys relay team cracked the previous record in 47.37; Eliza Ward leaped 1.51 metres inthe 13 year girls high jump, while in the 15 year boys, Nicholas Ward threw the discus 46.6 metres- not only setting a new NCIS record, but also bettering the previous TAS record set in 2003 by almost six metres.
Fifty nine boys and girls made up the TAS team.
Between them they secured 17 first placings, six seconds and six thirds.
Fifteen of these students have qualified for the Combined Independent Schools championships on Wednesday, September 21.
The NCIS championships were competed by 13 schools from the Tweed Valley in the north, south to Coffs Harbour and inland to Armidale.
