The Top 10
Campbell Garry
John McGlashan College
Athletics
Garry demonstrated his talent when he finished 19th in a field of 100 at the 5km world secondary schools cross-country championships in the Czech Republic in April in a time of 15min 07sec.
It was an outstanding effort because older New Zealand runners have had lean pickings at world championships since 1979.
Garry also has talent on the track and competed at the Pacific Schools Games at Canberra last week.
He was sixth in the 3000m (9min 2.09sec) and fourth in the 5000m (15min 34.21sec).
St Hildas Collegiate School
Swimming
Williams qualified for next month's Junior Pan Pacific championships in Guam when she won the New Zealand open women's 800m freestyle in a personal best 8min 47.28sec.
It was worth 835 Fina points and was William's first New Zealand open women's title.
This year she represented New Zealand in the transtasman meet in Australia in July and the Commonwealth Youth Championships in India in October.
Williams also won a gold medal in the 800m freestyle at the New Zealand age group championships.
Taieri College
Swimming
Kenneally, a member of coach Gennadiy Labara's Osca squad, has been selected in the New Zealand team for the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney next month.
She qualified with her third place in the 200m individual medley at the New Zealand spring championships.
It has been a good year for Kenneally, who won three breaststroke medals - gold in the 200m, silver in the 100m and bronze in the 50m - at the national age group championships and represented New Zealand in the transtasman tri-series in Australia.
Bayfield High School
Yachting
The year's highlight for Whitburn was to finish 23rd at the world 29er championships in Melbourne.
Her other key international performances were to finish eighth at the Australian 29er championships and 22nd in the South Pacific Hobie 16 championships in Fiji.
Whitburn came second in the New Zealand 29er championships and runner-up at the Sir Peter Blake Memorial 29er regatta.
Otago Girls High School
Gymnastics
Hastie was a member of the New Zealand rhythmic gymnastics team at the Australian championships where she qualified in two apparatus finals.
Another highlight for Hastie was to win the Level 8 rhythmic title at the New Zealand championships in Hamilton in September.
This included gold medals in the rope and ribbon disciplines.
Charlotte Kelly
Taieri College
Cycling
In her debut season on the track, Kelly won four gold medals at the New Zealand championships in the under-17 grade in Invercargill and was selected in the New Zealand team for next month's Australian Olympic Youth Festival in Sydney.
The gold medals came in the 2000m individual pursuit, 8km points race, match sprints and 5km scratch race.
Kelly also won a silver medal and a bronze medal at the national secondary school championships despite recovering from a broken arm.
Michael Bracewell
Kavanagh College
Cricket
Bracewell has a famous last name but it could soon be his own deeds that earn him more recognition.
Bracewell, part of the famous clan that includes his father, Mark, former New Zealand coach John and former New Zealand fast bowler Brendon, has had an excellent year on the cricket pitch.
The wicketkeeper-batsman played for New Zealand at the under-19 world cup in Malaysia in February, and later toured England with the under-19 team, where he was the team's leading batsmen in the one-day series.
Bracewell, Kavanagh's deputy head prefect, is also a handy rugby player and was selected for a South Island under-17 training camp in January.
Morgan Nathan
Otago Boys High School
Basketball
Knowledgeable hoops fans believe Nathan is the most talented homegrown basketball player Otago has produced since Logan Park alumnus Mark Dickel made his Nuggets debut aged 16 more than 15 years ago.
He has been a member of the Junior Tall Blacks for two years, and played for them at the Albert Schweitzer tournament in Germany earlier this year.
He was also named in an extended squad to prepare for the world under-19 championships in Auckland in July.
Nathan, along with Sam King, Hayden Miller and Tom Rowe, led Otago Boys to a 31-1 record in 2008. The school won the South Island schools title and was fifth at the national schools tournament.
Nick Ross, Blair Tarrant and Hugo Inglis
Otago Boys High School
Hockey
It seemed unfair to separate these three outstanding hockey players, so we have named them as one.
Ross, Tarrant and Inglis were members of the Otago Boys High School First XI that shocked the New Zealand hockey community by finishing second in the Rankin Cup, the elite schoolboys competition.
Otago Boys only earned promotion last year by winning the second-tier India Shield.
Ross, Tarrant and Inglis were also part of the Otago under-18 side that reached the national age grade final. All three were also Junior Black Sticks.
Fraser McDougall
Mt Aspiring College
Skiing
The wintersports community in Otago is growing at a rapid rate and many believe McDougall will become one of the brightest stars.
McDougall, whose twin brother Hamish also excels on the slopes, is the highest-rated young freeskier in New Zealand.
The national junior champion won the under-20 title at the Big Mountain event and is in the New Zealand freeski development team.
The Next 10
Mairead Fox (St Kevins) netball and athletics
Matthew Glassford (Otago Boys) swimming
Rhys Applegarth (Kings) swimming
Florian Rades (Bayfield) wrestling
Jed Rooney (Waitaki Boys) mountain biking
Morgan Figgins (Logan Park) ice skating
Patrick Williamson (Dunstan) cycling
Sophie Williamson (Dunstan) cycling
Leroy Rust (Logan Park) surfing
Bryce Morgan (Otago Boys) athletics
Best of the Rest
Athletics: Biddy Skerten (Columba), Cameron McNoe (Kaikorai Valley), Ben Jowsey (Kaikorai Valley), Kane Russell (Otago Boys), William Scorgie (Otago Boys), Fran Myers-Baird (Otago Girls), Rebekah Greene (St Hildas), Bethany Struthers (Taieri), Todd Johnston (Otago Boys)
Basketball: Zoe Cadzow (Columba), Samara Gallaher (Kavanagh), Ben Mackay (Kings), Hayden Miller (Otago Boys), Tom Rowe (Otago Boys), Sam King (Otago Boys), Riki Buckrell (Waitaki Boys), Renee Johnson (Kaikorai Valley)
Cricket: Tessa Hopkinson (St Kevins)
Curling: Sam Miller (Maniototo)
Cycling: Eli Edmondston (St Kevins), Brad Evans (Taieri)
Equestrian: Brittany Whelan (Kaikorai Valley)
Fencing: Olive Butler (Otago Girls)Futsal: Drew Weeda (Bayfield), Briony Barclay (Otago Girls)
Gymnastics: Nicole Maley (Columba)
Hockey: Kate Kernaghan (St Hildas)
Ice hockey: Gareth Lloyd (Cromwell), James Brinsdon (John McGlashan), Harrison King (Kings), Regan Wilson (Kings), Stephanie Patchett (St Hildas)
Karate: Sam Crone (Mt Aspiring)
Motorsport: Sam O'Callaghan (Cromwell), Isaac Hay (John McGlashan), Adam McCutcheon (Kaikorai Valley), Morgan Fraser (Kaikorai Valley), Mark Taylor (Lawrence), Dylan Wear (Waitaki Boys)
Multisport: Amelia Kinnaird (St Hildas)
Netball: Olivia Bates (Otago Girls, also rugby)
Orienteering: Riki Cambridge (Kings)
Petanque: Kelsey Bradshaw (Queens), Sarah-Jane Copeland (South Otago), Sarah Lyall (Taieri)
Rowing: Joe Latta (Otago Boys), Robert Mears (Otago Boys)
Rugby: Ben Qauqau (John McGlashan), Jamie Brown (South Otago)
Rugby league: Paisa Beddgood (Dunstan)
Shooting: Nick Bayne (Bayfield), Jacob Finlayson (Blue Mountain)
Skiing: Harry Pettit (John McGlashan), Mikey Austin (Mt Aspiring), Hamish McDougall (Mt Aspiring), Charlotte Newbold (St Hildas)
Football: Tom Galloway (Kavanagh), Sam Muirhead (Otago Girls), Elise Mamanu-Gray (Queens)
Softball: Ben Watts (Otago Boys), Anna Enright (Dunstan), Tyron Davies (Waitaki Boys)
Special Olympics: Daniel Joyce (St Kevins)
Surfing: Geordi Dearns (Kings), Ben Bennett (Kings)
Surf lifesaving: Ben Davidson (Taieri)
Swimming: Nick Tyrell (John McGlashan), Adam Simpson (Otago Boys)
Taekwondo: Cody Jeffery (Kings), Joshua Lamb (Kings), Julie Pilley (Taieri)
Underwater hockey: David Cassie (Taieri)
Weightlifting: Becky Soffe (St Hildas)
Wrestling: Jessica Todd (Columba), Aidan Spence (John McGlashan), Aaron Dee (Kings), Hannah Todd (Otago Girls), Bianca Keane (Otago Girls), Ricky Welsford (Taieri)
Yachting: Ben Hawker (Bayfield), Douglas Williams (Bayfield), Robere Hall (Kings), Daniel Meehan (Kings)
Five teams that shone
Columba College netball: South Island B grade champion.
Otago Boys junior sprint squad: Todd Johnston, Toby Flett, Dillon Todd and Kane Russell set a New Zealand junior record in the 4x100m relay.
Otago Boys hockey First XI: Finished second at the elite Rankin Cup.
St Hildas junior cross country squad: Finished second at national schools championships.
St Kevins netball: Second in South Island A grade and 11th at New Zealand schools tournament.
Honourable mention
Lawrence girls basketball team: Won its grade in the Dunedin competition.
Every single girl in Year 11 to 13 at the school has to play for the team or it would not have enough numbers.
