Leulumoega Fou College continued to rule athletics in Samoa with a dominant display at Apia Park yesterday during the 2014 Champ of Champs athletics meet.
In the boys’ competition, Leulumoega scored a clean sweep taking out the juniors, intermediate and senior divisions with ease.
In the girls’ competition, Leulumoega also took out the intermediate division while Nu’uausala College secured the juniors and seniors titles. Hundreds of students from all over Samoa attended the event yesterday.
The President of Samoa’s Principal Association, Siakisone Taleni, said the event was hugely successful despite the last minute preparations.
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“The Champ of Champs (C.O.C) was almost cancelled due to preparations for the Youth Commonwealth Games next year,” said Mr Taleni.
“We were told that the Apia Park wouldn't be available during the time of the C.O.C. So we took the matter to the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture and that’s where the decision was made to hold the competition.”
In hindsight, Mr Taleni said they are glad the competition was cancelled.
“This year’s event has been amazing because all schools really brought their best athletes out."
“And as we’ve seen with the results, it's the schools out in the rural areas and some from Savai’i that have really stood out today.”
The Champ of Champs, Mr Taleni said, is also not necessarily about inter-school rivalry.
“It’s a day for everyone to have fun and so it was good to see some schools cheering together and having fun at the same time."
“It’s something we have hardly seen over the years.”
Mr Taleni was also particularly impressed about the absence of the usual violence that associated with the competition.
“There have been no fights, no arguing,” he said. “Everyone seems to be very excited and that is something that we want to acknowledge and thank all the schools for, especially the teachers and the principals. They have really done their work.”
Asked about some of the challenges for this year, Mr Taleni said one of the most interesting ones was finding that some students were over aged for the divisions they had entered.
“But it’s a small problem in the big scheme of things,” he said. “The main thing is that everyone had fun and they enjoyed themselves.”
RESULTS: JUNIOR GIRLS: 1. 1st place – Nuuauasala College – 29 INTERMEDIATE GIRLS: 1. 1st place – Leulumoega Fou College – 61 SENIOR GIRLS: 1. 1st place – Nuuauasala College – 59 JUNIOR BOYS: 1. 1st place – Leulumoega Fou College – 46 INTERMEDIATE BOYS: 1. 1st place – Leulumoega Fou College – 55 SENIOR BOYS: 1. 1st place – Leulumoega Fou College – 66 NEW RECORDS: TRACK EVENTS: Junior Boys: 400m: Dave Puleiala (59.34) Leulumoega Fou College FIELD EVENTS BOYS & GIRLS: Long Jump Senior Girls: Fogamanono: Nuuausala College: 4.49m |
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