First Place for BIS at the Primary SISAC Athletics Meet 2019

Saturday 23^rd February saw the annual SISAC Athletics Meet take place at the Saigon South International School (SSIS) in District 7.

Both primary and secondary schools from across the city competed in this exciting and challenging event from 7:00am until 3:00pm – an incredibly long and hot day.

There were 29 student-athletes that were selected to represent the BIS HCMC Primary Athletics team. These students were chosen as they excelled in the PE athletic lessons during Term 1 and in addition to this; they performed strongly at the Athletics Trials that were held in January. The 29 student-athletes specialised in running, jumping and throwing events:

 13 Participating Schools

1. British International School HCMC (BIS)
2. British Vietnamese International School (BVIS)
3. Saigon South International School (SSIS)
4. International School HCMC (ISHCMC)
5. The International School (TIS)
6. European International School (EIS)
7. Renaissance International School (RISS)
8. Canadian International School (CIS)
9. ABC International School (ABC)
10. Australian International School (TT)
11. Australian International School (TD)
12. American International School (AMIS)
13. International School Saigon Pearl (ISSP)

For every athletic event, two students from each age and gender group were entered. Therefore, there was approximately 26 students competing in each event. If a student finished in 1^st place they would receive 10 points for their school, 2^nd place 9 points, 3^rd place 8 points and so on…

The competition was of a good standard, our students were pushed to try their absolute best on the track and field.

A number of BIS Primary students achieved 1^st place in their events which meant they were awarded 10 massive points:

Relay Teams

The last event of the day was the 4x100m relay sprints. BIS’ Year 4 and Year 6 teams were incredible! Please see below for their positioning and times:

A special mention to two Year 4 students who not only performed amazingly well at the SISAC Athletic Competition but also broke a school record which means in their age and gender group at school, nobody has ever jumped as far as them or ran as fast as them, ever, in the history of all BIS students!

Congratulations Deepthika for breaking three, Year 4 girls school records and Caellum for beating the Year 4 boys Long Jump school record!

See below for the event and recorded time / distance Deepthika and Caellum achieved:

Overall SISAC Athletic Results

Out of all 13 International Schools, BIS HCMC came in FIRST PLACE. Huge congratulations to all 29 student-athletes!

Ms. Lindsey Shuttleworth, PE Teacher