Westlake Girls Celebrates a New Athletics Day House Champion
The Westlake Girls Athletics Day was a vibrant celebration of the school’s top athletes, strong house spirit, and the importance of participation, held at the AUT Millennium Track and Field Stadium. Nearly 2,000 students proudly wore their House colours and took part in a wide range of track and field events, from highly competitive championship races to more social participation events.
Throughout the day, students demonstrated determination, teamwork, and outstanding school spirit. The whole-school event ran smoothly thanks to the efforts of staff, student helpers, and officials, who ensured events were well organised and kept to schedule.
Many impressive performances were recorded, with several students achieving personal bests and earning valuable points for their Houses, like Miya Riseborough’s record-breaking Intermediate Girls high jump leap. The 2026 Champion titles were claimed by three exceptional athletes.
Deputy Head Girl Charlotte Mawston delivered a standout all-round performance across multiple events to secure the Senior Championship. Sadie Bishop dominated the track events to win the Intermediate title, and Year 9 student Kylie Lu impressed with a commanding performance on the track too to take out the Junior Championship.
One of the highlights of the day was the ever-popular House Chant Competition, which was won by Hauraki with a captivating and highly polished cheerleading performance. And after a series of exciting contests in the House Relays, the day concluded with the much-anticipated staff relay, which generated the loudest cheers of the day and was convincingly won by Akoranga, who delivered another commanding performance for the second year in a row.
Congratulations to Onewa, the 2026 Athletics Day House Champion, who put an end to Pupuke’s long-standing reign by 15 points.
HOUSE POINTS
1st Onewa – 496 points
2nd Pupuke – 481 points
3rd Wairau – 462 points
4th Akoranga – 436 points
5th Hauraki – 433 points
ATHLETICS CHAMPIONS
Junior Athletics Champion
1st Kylie Lu – Onewa
2nd Ayuni Rajapaksha – Onewa
3rd Eliza Mersh-Kearney – Akoranga
Intermediate Athletics Champion
1st Sadie Bishop – Akoranga
2nd April Peita – Pupuke
3rd Madeline Leece – Akoranga
Senior Athletics Champion
1st Charlotte Mawston – Akoranga
2nd Emma Davies – Onewa
3rd Stella Beale – Wairau
Main image above: Miya Risenborough