2021 NSW All Schools Championships

Athletics NSW All Schools Championships – SOPAC; 9-12 Dec 2021

Andres represented Chatswood High School in the 13yo age group running the 200m hurdles (14yo); 200m sprint; 100m sprint and 90m hurdles

Result: 4th in 200m hurdles; Bronze medal 200m sprint; Silver medal 100m sprint; Gold medal 90m hurdles

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NSW Merit Team – Australian All Schools

By coming top-2 in two of his events, Andres has been selected in the NSW Merit Team for the Australian All Schools Championships in the 90m hurdles and 100m sprint. Unfortunately, the 2021 Australian All Schools Championships has already been cancelled.

Nationals Qualifiers

Andres’s performance at All Schools has seen him qualify to represent NSW in the Australian National Athletics Championships in March/April 2022:

200m hurdles – ran a qualifying time
200m sprint – qualifies automatically by coming top 3 at All Schools
100m sprint – qualifies automatically by coming top 3 at All Schools
100m hurdles (84cm) – qualifies automatically by coming top 3 at All Schools in the 90m hurdles

Boys 14yo 200m hurdles 76.2cm x 10 flight

Andres ran up an age group in the 14yo 200m hurdles – this event is not offered for 13yo athletes, much to the consternation of his hurdles coach! This is the first time he has ever run a 10 flight 200m hurdles – Little Athletics run 5 flight 200m hurdles.

He ran a good heat, finishing 3rd and qualifying 3rd fastest for the final. He was disappointed not to medal in the final but did run faster than the heat, coming 4th with Billy Blair breaking the meet record to take the win.

Both times were well under the Nationals qualifying time – so he can be part of the team to represent NSW in the 200m hurdles at the National Athletics Championships next March/April.

Heat	28.52 (-1.3)	3rd fastest qualifier
Final	28.48 (+0.8); PB	4th place

1st	Billy Blair	St Joseph’s College	26.27
2nd	Ethan Williams	Singleton High	27.73
3rd	Callum Cheung	Sydney Grammar	28.24
4th	Andres Hampel	Chatswood High	28.48

Boys 13yo 200m sprint

Andres ran a huge PB to finish 2nd in his heat and qualify 3rd fastest for the final. He ran a great final to finish a very close 3rd, only 0.01 seconds off the Silver medal – into a brutal 3.7m/s head wind.

Coming top-3 at All Schools automatically qualifies him to represent NSW in the 200m at the National Championships next year in March/April.

Heat	24.55 (+1.2); PB	3rd fastest qualifier
Final	25.04 (-3.7)	Bronze medal

1st	Xavier Perry	St Agnes Catholic High	24.68
2nd	Yahya Ali	Ryde Secondary College	25.03
3rd	Andres Hampel	Chastwood High	25.04

Some photos above by Natalie Wong – @beyond_theroad_

Boys 13yo 100m sprint

Andres was dominant in his heat – winning easily with a new PB and qualifying 2nd fastest for the final. In the final, he ran brilliantly to snatch 2nd place on the line in a photo finish and only 0.05 seconds from the win.

Coming top-3 at All Schools automatically qualifies him to represent NSW in the 100m at the National Championships next year in March/April.

Heat	12.04 (+0.2); PB	2nd fastest qualifier
Final	12.06 (+0.0)	Silver medal

1st	Yahya Ali	Ryde Secondary College	12.01
2nd	Andres Hampel	Chatswood High	12.06
3rd	Tahj Hamilton	St Edwards College	12.06

Boys 13yo 90m hurdles 76.2cm

Andres had a cautious start and took it easy in the heat to win and qualify fastest for the final. He ran really well in the final, just short of PB time into a strong headwind to win the gold.

Coming top-3 at All Schools automatically qualifies Andres to represent NSW in the 100m hurdles (84cm) at the National Championships next year in March/April.