ACS and Marist continue lead at the Coca-Cola Games

ACS and Marist continue lead at the Coca-Cola Games

By Vijay Narayan, Leena Reece, Naveel Krishant, Dhanj
22/04/2017
The Inter Girls 400m finals.

Adi Cakobau School is leading the Girls Division Legend FM and FM96 medal tally this hour with 10 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze.

Defending champion Jasper Williams High School is in second place with 5 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze while Saint Joseph’s Secondary School is third with 4 gold and 4 bronze.

Marist Brothers High School is leading the Boys Division with 7 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.

Ratu Kadavulevu School is in second place with 5 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze while Natabua High School is third with 5 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.

Fijivillage has received confirmation this morning that the Sub Junior Boys 100 metres final will be re-run today after the 800 metres Intermediate Boys final at 11.10am.

Elia Kolivuso of Suva Grammar School won gold in Sub Junior Boys 100 metres event and broke the record with a time of 11.48secs.

Sekope Puamau of Jai Narayan College took silver and Saiasi Lesukinavuli of Ratu Kadavulevu School took home bronze.

Sub Junior Boys 100 metres - From left: Saiasi Lesukinavuli, Elia Kolivuso and  Sekope Puamau.

Another race that will also be re-run today is the second Senior Boys 4x400m relay heat.

Fiji Secondary Schools Athletics General Secretary Vuli Waqa has confirmed that a technical issue is the reason the Sub Junior Boys 100 metres final will be re-run.

He adds that one of the schools had filed an appeal, however the reason for second the Senior Boys 4x400m heat re-run is unknown.

Grammar Manager Koroi Matadigo confirms that the winning athlete from Grammar, Elia Kolivuso will boycott the re-run.

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Vuli Waqa has also confirmed that Jasper has also filed a protest in relation to the Intermediate Girls 400 metres final, that was won by Saint Joseph’s Heleina Young.

Heleina Young (left) wins the 400m Inter Girls finals as Jasper’s Akanisi Sokoiwasa is seen fallen on the tracks.

According to the Jasper Manager, the matter is with the jury and they have not received a response.

ACS athlete Elenani Tinai pushed Jasper’s Akanisi Sokoiwasa during the race.

Wainibuka Junior Secondary has scooped two gold medals this morning.

Atama Vunibola of Wainibuka Junior Secondary powered through the final 100 metres of the 3000 metres Open Boys Final to win gold.

From left: Mohammed Ali, Atama Vunibola and Viliame Salusalu with their medals.

Ratu Kadavulevu School’s Viliame Salusalu settled for silver while Mohammed Ali of Kamil College lost his lead but kept going strong to win bronze.

The 3000 metres Open Girls gold medal was won by Camari Adilasaqau of Wainibuka Junior Secondary, the silver medal was won by Vani Loloma of Adi Cakobau School and the bronze medal was taken by Vika Tuilomana of Adi Cakobau School.

Adi Cakobau School’s Mereoni Bonasere won gold in the Senior Girls Shot Put, Gloria Taylor of MGM took the silver medal while the bronze medal went to Avelina Soakula of Yasawa Secondary.

Camari Adilasaqau of Wainibuka Junior Secondary wins the Open Girls 3000m gold.

Saint Joseph’s Secondary School’s Tarairi Erasito won another gold medal for her school in the Junior Girls Shot Put in the last hour.

Ilisavesi Maramasoqo and Loata Nabulagi of ACS took the silver and bronze medals.

Katarina Lilicama of Napuka Secondary has set a new record of 42.44 metres and won gold in the Intermediate Girls Javelin.

Tupou Tuiloa of Saint John’s College took the silver medal while the bronze medal has gone to Joana Tabua of Jasper.

Maia Ramsden of International School Suva is the top favourite to win the Junior Girls 800m final after breaking the record in the heat yesterday.

Ramsden ran a time of 2 minutes 16.47secs, the previous record of 2mins 23.02secs was set by Sereima Liku of Nadarivatu High School in 2009.

Ramsden says this is her final year to run in the Coca-Cola Games and to get another time like that would be a great way to see off her final year.

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The 800m final will start soon while the 200m final will start at 11.40am, the 4x100 metres finals will start at about 12.40pm while the 4x400 metres finals will start at about 2pm today.

Stay with Fijivillage for the latest Coca-Cola Games results, medal tally updates and interviews. 

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