Otago crews to fore on wind-disrupted day

Competing in the South Island secondary schools sunburst championships at Otago Harbour yesterday were the Logan Park High School crew of Linus Molteno (left) and skipper Theo Molteno (foreground) while at the back is another Logan Park High School crew o
Competing in the South Island secondary schools sunburst championships at Otago Harbour yesterday were the Logan Park High School crew of Linus Molteno (left) and skipper Theo Molteno (foreground) while at the back is another Logan Park High School crew of Ella Molteno-Cox and Pepa Cloughly. Photo: Gregor Richardson
Several Otago crews performed well before high winds disrupted proceedings at the Maadi Cup yesterday.

That made for limited racing in the afternoon on Lake Ruataniwha, although the heats were able to be completed in the morning.

Dunstan High School shone as several crews made an impression on day two of the regatta.

Its defending champion girls under-15 octuple sculls crew rowed 7min 10.55sec to win its heat by more than 15sec.

That was followed up by its under-16 double sculls crew of Skye Morton and Meg Creagh, who rowed 7min 55.07sec to record the fastest time in their event.

In the same race, another duo from the school, Kate Hanning and Abbie Harrison, come fourth to qualify for the quarterfinals.

It also had the first and third-finishing crews in a heat of the under-18 exhibition girls coxed quadruple sculls.

The girls under-17 double sculls provided success with three Otago schools scrapping for first in one heat.

St Hilda's Collegiate duo Harriet Jolly and Sophie Sinclair managed that in 8min 09.58sec.

They were followed by Mount Aspiring College's Peta McKay and Maggie Stiven, who finished .01sec back.

Just over a 1sec behind in third was St Kevin's College's Hannah Cunningham and Froukje Edzes.

All three advance to the quarterfinals.

Otago Boys' High School also had several crews finish in the top four of their heats, as did John McGlashan College.

Racing continues this morning with the repechages.

Meanwhile, at the secondary school volleyball national championships, Otago Girls' High School delivered when it needed to.

It trailed 2-11 in the fifth-set 15-point tiebreaker against Matamata College.

The team then managed a point to win back serve, before claiming the lead with 10 unanswered points.

It held on to take the set 15-13 and win the match, before beating Mount Maunganui College three sets to zero.

It has finished in the top two in its pool, keeping alive its chances of a podium place.

In the boys section, Otago Boys' High School lost its two matches in the honours division and will play in the second division to keep Otago's spot in the top flight alive.

King's High School fared better in the premier division, finishing in the top two of its pool.

At the junior cricket schools tournament in Palmerston North yesterday, King's High School notched a loss.

Palmerston North Boys' High School batted first and made 204 for nine wickets in 40 overs. In reply, King's was dismissed for 131 in the 33rd over.

On Otago Harbour, 12 yachts are competing at the South Island secondary schools sunburst championships. The championships started on Monday and will be completed tomorrow.

All the crews come from Dunedin schools and crews from Otago Boys' and John McGlashan College are in a tight tussle at the top of the leaderboard.

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