13 December, 2025

Karmen throws double gold

Westlake Girls High School student Karmen Maritz (pictured) has claimed national secondary school discus and shotput gold medals.
The Year 13 thrower was also seventh in javelin at the New Zealand Secondary School Athletics Championships, held at Hastings last weekend.
She dominated her two main events, throwing several metres clear of her nearest rivals, to reach 45.65m in discus and 15.09m in shotput.
Karmen’s gold medal winning performances rounded off a strong sporting year in which she was in the school’s premier netball team, which finished third at nationals.
The all-rounder also won the Philips Cup at school prizegiving, recognising both top academic and sporting achievements.

Other WGHS medal winners were the junior girls in the 4×100 relay team who claimed this title for the first time in the school’s history. Elizabeth Plaistowe, Miya Riseborough, April Peita, and anchor Sadie Bishop, finished in a time of 51.79 seconds.

• From Westlake Boys High School’s contingent of 24 athletes, the throwers stood out. Adam Leece claimed gold in the senior discus event with a distance of 57.97m and he collected silver medals for shotput and hammer throw. The senior hammer event was won by Westlake’s Oliver Chung, who threw 58.09m. He placed seventh in javelin.

Karabo Mosiane was third in the 2000m senior steeplechase and Huw Robinson third in Year 9 3000m road race.

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