ATHLETICS AND CROSS COUNTRY
Sport at St VIncents.
IGSA Cross Country Carnival
The Carnival is being held on Friday 16 May, 2025 at Frensham School, Mittagong from 8.30am - 1.30pm. The back up date is Friday May 23 if the course is still too wet.
There will be a meeting for all girls wishing to compete at the IGSA Cross Country Carnival in Wednesday 1 May at 12:45pm (Outside the pool)
Cross Country is held at Frensham School. School bus leaving Victoria St at 6:30am. Students may make their own way to Frensham but need to be there by 8.30am for the Walk the Course and team meeting to get singlet numbers. The first race is the 12 years 3Km at 9.30am and then every half an hour until the 18 years at 12.30pm.
Cross Country Training is held at the College, Rushcutters Bay Park and surrounds. Sessions are run by experienced coach Natasha Stenberg and include warm-up activities, fitness, drills and tactics. The students meet outside the change rooms at 3:15pm on Mondays and Wednesdays ( Starting Mon 3 March) and will be back at the college by 4:30pm. If it is wet weather training will be held in the college gym. Once you have registered your interest with Ms Jacobs, the students can come to one or both sessions each week.
Equipment and Uniform:
Cross Country uniform set consists of the SVC shorts, SVC Athletics singlet(No 21), SVC sport socks, SVC tracksuit. Non-SVC clothing is not to be worn to sport.
Uniforms for sport must be purchased from the College uniform shop prior to the first Saturday of Sport. The uniform shop is open on Mondays 8.00am to 2.00pm, Wednesdays from 12:00pm to 5pm, and Fridays from 8am to 2:00pm. To make an appointment phone 8324 6622. Athletics Singlets with SVC's No. 21 is needed to compete
For the IGSA Cross Country Carnival, the College will be taking a small bus or you can make your own way to Frensham.
IGSA Athletics
Athletics Squad training commences Term 2 after the College Athletics Inter-House Carnival.
Term 3 includes training sessions, Friday Night Carnival, IGSA Athletics Carnival and then representative Carnival early term 3.
Important Dates:
- The SVC Athletics Carnival will be held at E S Marks on Tuesday May 20, 2025.
SVC will be competing at three IGSA Friday Night Athletics Carnival this year. These will be the one on Friday August 1, Friday August 8 and Friday August 15. They will commence at 4.30pm and go to approximately 8pm. Held at SOPAC, Homebush.
2025 IGSA Carnival .
- The 800m and Hurdles Heats will be held on Thursday 21 August ( 4pm- 7pm) Bus leaves at 3.10pm and will return at approximately 7.45pm.
- Main Carnival is held on Friday, 22 August 2025 - Commences 8am-3pm. Held at SOPAC, Homebush.Bus leaves at 6.45am and will return at approximately 4.00pm.
Transport:
For the IGSA Athletics Carnival, a bus is organised to transport the students to and from the carnival. We do however, invite parents to transport students to the carnival and attend.
Training sessions:
Athletics Trainings are held after school (3:00pm-5pm). The Athletics training is held at E.S. Marks Field on Wednesdays. Athletics training will replace Cross Country training after the IGSA Carnival at Frensham. Mondays training will still be at Rushcutters Bay and Ms Jacobs will transport girls to E S Marks by bus on Wednesdays commencing on July 17. The students a re to get changed straight after school and wait outside the change rooms at 3.15pm. before going to the bus on Victoria St. They may be collected from E S Marks at 5pm or return to the College on the bus and make their way home from there. There are only 6 E S Marks sessions before the IGSA Carnival so all athletes must try to come to as many as possible.
Equipment and Uniform:
The Athletics and Cross Country uniform set consists of the SVC shorts, SVC Athletics singlet, SVC sport socks, SVC tracksuit. Non-SVC clothing is not to be worn to sport.
Uniforms for sport must be purchased from the College uniform shop prior to the first Saturday of Sport. The uniform shop is open on Mondays 8.00am to 2.00pm, Wednesdays from 12:00pm to 5pm, and Fridays from 8am to 2:00pm. To make an appointment phone 8324 6622. Athletics Singlets with SVC's No. 21 is needed to compete.
Team Selection:
Ms Jacobs selects the SVC Athletics Squad from the results from the Lunchtime events and training. Final selections for the IGSA Main Carnival will then be made from training sessions and the three Friday night competitions. on August 2, 9 and 16.
Cost for the Term:
The fee for Cross Country is approximately $100. The fee for Athletics is approximately $150. Cost includes: Coaching, Carnival entry fees, bus hire, venue hire, equipment and administration. This amount will be billed to the student's school fees account.
Head Coach/Staff:
Sport Coordinator - Ms Elyse Harmanis: Email: elyse.harmanis@stvincents.nsw.edu.au
Coach: Ms Natasha Stenberg M: 0412 099 882
