Pictures: Emma Hillier
Seasons change and after a summer of swimming carnivals, St Mary MacKillop Colleges ushered in the next chapter, school athletics carnivals, on Tuesday.
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It was a family affair with the Burton and Morton names figuring prominently among age champions and runners-up on a beautiful day at Wagga's Jubilee Park.
"Overall the standard was quite strong, there was overall improvement in the competition," van Styn said.
"It's our biggest year of enrolments and we had 159 students there so a good turnout with strong support from parents."
Aquinas was the winning house.
The placegetters in events progress to the Riverina association of schools carnival for combined independent schools.
AGE CHAMPIONS
- Under 6: Sebastian Shaw, Monica Morton
- U7: Dane Varghese, Eliza Jane Gordon
- U8: Daron Mather, Emily Ochieng
- U9: Adrian Joby and Hope van de Paar
- U10: Patrick Burton, Esther Boi Hyng
- U11: Joseph von Marburg, Bernadette Morton
- U12: Xavier Drum, Sharon Thomas
- U13: Rohan Masson, Isabella Burton
- U14: Augustine von Marburg, Francesca Morton
- U15 Samuel Bell, Naomi Burton
- U16 Reginald Burton, Mary Morton
- Open: Julian Vieria, Kayla Heffernan.
