Little Athletics NSW 2021-22 Region 5 Championships; Narrabeen Athletics Track; 12-13 Feb 2022
Andres represented Northern Suburbs Little Athletics Centre in the 200m hurdles, 100m sprint, 90m hurdles, 200m sprint and Senior 4x100m relay in the U14 age group.
Results: Gold in 200m hurdles; Gold in 100m sprint; Gold in 90m hurdles; Gold in 200m sprint; Silver in 4x100m Senior Boys relay.
Qualifies to compete at the Little Athletics NSW State Championships in March in the following events: 200m hurdles; 100m sprint; 90m hurdles; 200m sprint.
U14 Boys 200m hurdles (76cm)
A much smoother race than at Zone 2 weeks ago, Andres ran a huge PB for the season and won by over 2.5 seconds.
| Straight final | 27.72 | Gold medal |
| 1st | Andres Hampel | Northern Suburbs | 27.62 |
| 2nd | Lewis Wong | North Rocks Carlingford | 30.19 |
| 3rd | Sam Kay | Ku-Ring-Gai | 30.67 |
U14 Boys 100m sprint
An easy run in the heats saw Andres qualify fastest and he went on to win the gold in the final with a good time in gusty conditions.
| 1st | Andres Hampel | Northern Suburbs | 12.07 |
| 2nd | Wol Albino | Hornsby | 12.26 |
| 3rd | Same Ive | Hornsby | 12.90 |
U14 Boys 90m hurdles (76cm)
Andres ran a cruisy race to win easily by over 2.5 seconds.
| Straight final | 13.59 | Gold medal |
| 1st | Andres Hampel | Northern Suburbs | 13.59 |
| 2nd | Lewis Wong | North Rocks Carlingford | 16.31 |
| 3rd | Chase Burrows | Mosman | 16.47 |
U14 Boys 200m sprint
Andres ran a well controlled heat to qualify fastest for the final. The final was very exciting with Wol from Hornsby getting a great start and leading most of the race before Andres came back at him and got the win on the line. Nobody knew who had won until they called out the results after the race – even surprised Andres!
| 1st | Andres Hampel | Northern Suburbs | 24.73 |
| 2nd | Wol Albino | Hornsby | 24.84 |
| 3rd | Joshua Smith | Ryde | 24.97 |
Senior Boys 4x100m relay
In the senior 4x100m relay, teams may run an athlete from each age group from U13, U14, U15 and U17. Teams may run a younger athlete in place of an older athlete, but not the other way around. Due to the lack of U17 athletes with competitive 100m times and only one U15 athlete, it was decided by the club to run two U14 athletes and no U17 athlete.
Despite no training; limited warmup before the race; and a relatively young team with the oldest athlete being 14 years old versus the 15 or 16 year old U17 athletes in other teams, the boys ran an excellent relay with great baton changes to get the silver medal.
Unfortunately, only the winning team from the relays gets to compete at the state championships.
Athletes: Zak (U13); Hugo (U14); Liam (U15); Andres (U14)
