The Otago Daily Times looks back on the year in secondary sport by naming our 10 leading achievers and others who excelled.
THE TOP 10
St Hilda's Collegiate
Athletics
The best female middle-distance runner to emerge in Otago since Olympian Sylvia Potts 40 years ago. Holds every Otago record from age 14 to senior woman.
Won the New Zealand age 16 1500m and 3000m titles but her best performance came at the world junior championships in Canada when she qualified for the final with a time of 4min 18.90sec.
It ranked her as the fourth-fastest senior women in New Zealand this year.
East Otago High School
Motocross
The Palmerston pocket rocket kept soaring in 2010.
She won the Australian junior women's motocross title, was third at the Oceania championships, finished second at the New Zealand junior championships and won the New Zealand TT title.
If that wasn't enough, Duncan also showed pace on foot by winning the women's title at the famous Kelly's Canter race.
But it's on two wheeels where the sky is the limit, and she is well on the path to elite success.
King's High School
Ice hockey
Ice is nice for Wilson, who captained the Junior Ice Blacks to victory in group B of the world under-18 third division tournament in Mexico in March.
He was also named in an extended New Zealand senior squad and played for the Dunedin Thunder in the national league.
Wilson recently won the Salter Trophy for top King's sportsman.
Kavanagh College
Basketball
A talented and strong-rebounding guard, Gallaher helped the Otago Goldrush reach the final of the women's basketball championship in Dunedin this year.
She captained the New Zealand Under-18 team and was included in an extended Tall Ferns training squad.
Otago Boys' High School
Rugby
Edwards was a key member of the Otago Boys' High School First XV this year and scored 209 points in the Highlanders competition with his accurate goal-kicking. He was also dangerous on the counterattack.
Edwards is also a hard-hitting cricket batsman and captain of the Otago Boys' First XI.
Queen's High School
Athletics
Won gold medals in the women's aged 19 100m and 200m at the New Zealand athletics championships in Auckland in March and backed it up with two more gold medals at the Oceania championships in Cairns in September.
She is ranked top in her age group in the 200m (24.96sec) and third in the 100m (12.53sec) in New Zealand.
Dunstan High School
Mountain biking
No hill is too tough for this young gun. McDonald was selected in the New Zealand team for the Youth Olympics in Singapore, where she was fourth in the time trial and 10th overall girl.
She also won the New Zealand and national schools hill climb, and was second in the New Zealand cross-country.
St Kevin's College
Rowing
The Oamaru twins won a set of medals at the Maadi Cup regatta at Lake Ruataniwha this year.
They won a gold medal in the girls under-16 eight, silver in the double sculls and a bronze medal in the coxed four to help St Kevin's become the dominant Otago school at the regatta.
Taieri College
Cycling
Following in the footsteps of the likes of Alison Shanks and Greg Henderson, the country's junior pursuit champion shapes as one of the region's most promising cyclists.
Evans represented New Zealand at the junior world championships in Italy, where he came fourth in the team pursuit and ninth in the individual pursuit.
Columba College
Athletics
Another Youth Olympian. Dalziel went to Singapore and played a starring role as the New Zealand team won a bronze medal.
She was also a member of the Southern Storm national league team.
THE NEXT 12
• Andrew Whyte (South Otago)
• Anna-Lisa Uttley (Bayfield, athletics)
• Cara Raal (Kaikorai Valley, squash)
• Kane Russell (Otago Boys', hockey)
• Dylan Kennett (Waitaki Boys', cycling)
• Phoebe Williams (St Hilda's, swimming)
• Grant Ramsay (John McGlashan, shooting)
• Renee Johnson (Kaikorai Valley, basketball, netball and touch)
• Megan McPhail (Waitaki Girls', athletics)
• Cameron Day (Dunstan, skiing)
• Biddy Skerten (Columba, athletics)
• Dayna Turnbull (Otago Girls', basketball and touch).
HIGH ACHIEVERS
• Aerobics: Annelise Lowther (Queen's), Rosa Sangster (Queen's), Brittany Moore (Otago Girls'), Sarah Taylor (Otago Girls').
• Athletics: Alex Gorrie (Kavanagh), Hamish Finnie (McGlashan), Toby Batchelor (McGlashan), Ben Jowsey (Kaikorai Valley), Guy Woodhouse (Kavanagh), Blair Grant (Waitaki Boys'), Toby Flett (Otago Boys'), Tim Lawrence (Otago Boys'), Anna Keen (Bayfield).
• Basketball: Chris Hood (Otago Boys'), Zoe Cadzow (Columba), Oliver Smith (Bayfield), Jodie Hope (Bayfield), Jenna Small (Bayfield), Damon Cleverley (Logan Park), Tyler Lapham (Kavanagh), Tom Gallaher (Kavanagh).
• Bowls: Lanah Craik (Waitaki Girls').
• Cycling: Sophie Williamson (Dunstan).
• Darts: Ripeka Te Moananui (Queen's).
• Equestrian: Jessica McMillian (St Hilda's), Rebecca Kerr (St Hilda's).
• Fencing: Francoise Herren (Bayfield).
• Futsal: Sean McIntee (Bayfield), Daniel Williamson (Logan Park), Evan Paiaaua (Kavanagh), Kurt Paiaaua (Kavanagh), Daniel Ramsay (Kavanagh), Luke Bishop (Otago Boys'), Ross Howard (Otago Boys'), Alex Greer (Otago Boys'), Tom Stevens (Otago Boys'), Tyrell Ballinger-Tahiri (Otago Boys'), Charley Kerry (Taieri), Grace van Turnhout (Otago Girls'), Kyra Gillies (Otago Girls'), Becca Todd (Otago Girls'). Danya McFayden (St Hilda's).
• Golf: Laura Hoskin (St Hilda's), Thomas Facer (Otago Boys').
• Gymnastics: Mikaela Walsh (St Hilda's), Regan King (Kavanagh), Sarah Morrison (Queen's), Jessica Clydesdale (Otago Girls').
• Hockey: Kate Kernaghan (St Hilda's).
• Ice hockey: Anna Goulding (Queen's), Jaimee Wood (Otago Girls'), Tom Wilson (Otago Boys'), Ben Roth (Otago Boys').
• Ice skating: Sarah McGibbon (Queen's), Anne-Marie Shogimen (Otago Girls').
• Karate: Danny Garry (Dunstan), Danyon McKean (East Otago), Madison Jones (Columba).
• Kayaking: Finn Butcher (Dunstan), Courtney Kerin (St Kevin's).
• Mountain biking: Josh McCombie (King's), Mitchell Scammell (John McGlashan), Sarah Hughes (Queen's).
• Multisport: Reubyn Bisschops (St Kevin's).
• Netball: Komisi Bloomfield (Otago Girls').
• Rowing: Zoe McBride (Kavanagh), Saasha Bruce (Mt Aspiring).
• Rugby: Nathan Hull (John McGlashan), Michael Collins (Otago Boys').
• Shooting: Tom Willocks (John McGlashan).
• Skiing: Nick Pascoe (Dunstan), Hamish Garrick (Otago Boys').
• Snooker: Sam Bond (Waitaki Boys').
• Softball: Ben Watts (Otago Boys').
• Surf life-saving: Kieran Applegarth (King's).
• Swimming: Kate Godfrey (Otago Girls'), Carlos Biggeman (Bayfield), Sarah Cutler (Kavanagh), Carina Doyle (Kavanagh), Michael Gray (Otago Boys'), Ben Wardhaugh (Otago Boys'), Thomas Wardhaugh (Otago Boys'), Cody Latta (John McGlashan), Jack Turner (John McGlashan), Stefannie Gillespie (St Hilda's).
• Table tennis: Josh Tonkin (Waitaki Boys'), Emma Paton (Waitaki Girls').
• Tennis: Libby Scott (St Hilda's).
• Touch: Tyron Pelasio (King's).
• Wrestling: Kawana Tokona (East Otago).
• Volleyball: Emma Spratt (St Hilda's), Leni Mai'ai (John McGlashan).
TEAMS THAT SHONE
• Columba 4x100m relay: Won bronze at national level.
• John McGlashan hockey: Won Johnson Cup, promoted to India Shield.
• Dunstan kayaking: Won 58 medals, finished second at national schools championships.
• John McGlashan cricket: Qualified for Gillette Cup for first time.
• Columba netball: Fourth in the South Island, sixth in New Zealand.
• Bayfield boys volleyball: Fifth in the South Island, eighth in New Zealand.
• St Hilda's athletics: Second in both national schools road race and cross-country.
• Waitaki Boys' trap shooting: Second in New Zealand.
• Otago Boys' badminton: Sixth in New Zealand.
