Term one has been full of sporting events at Dunstan High School (DHS). 

Students have participated in swimming and athletics sports days within the first three weeks of the term. Cross country is set to wrap up the trifecta on the last day of term 1. 

Students donned their house colours and brought out their house spirit for both swimming sports and athletics. 

On Friday February 10, competitive swimmers kicked off the morning to participate in a spread of events including individual medleys and 50-metre races.

Star swimmers included Heidi Winter, Sophie Winter, Caleb Ludlow and Liam Rees who all managed to break records held by previous Dunstan Students.

In the afternoon, the whole school came out to participate in house-orientated fun games. 

The afternoon’s events included a lilo race, the biggest splash competition, and a beach ball challenge. 

Runners eagerly await their turn on the track 

On February 17, students once again brought house spirit to DHS grounds for athletics. 

The morning started off with the house shuttle relays where years 9-13 all raced for house points. 

Houses competed against each other in the relays

Kohan-Bryant Saunders broke the discus record, which has stood since 2003, by one metre. 

His record-breaking streak continued in the afternoon’s shot put event. 

Shot put was one of the many sports on offer

Students got to compete in a range of sports including javelin, 1500 metres, hurdles, discus and triple jump. 

Competitors in the long jump

Students lined the track dressed in their house colours to cheer on competitors. 

The 100-metre races created the most excitement as students watched who was the fastest in the school. 

Some of these runners were selected to compete in the inter-house 800-metre relay at the end of the day. 

Both swimming sports and athletics results contribute to the House Cup awarded at the end of the term.