Track & Cross Country Excellence

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RISE EVERY DAY STRONGER

Track & Field is not about the result, it is about the experience. Track & Field is about the endeavour and struggle, for the pride and the honour. It is about discovering yourself. It is about developing skills that enable you to become a better person. It is about camaraderie and mateship and developing healthy lifestyle habits. 

It is about learning respect for the opposition, coaches, officials and oneself. It disciplines the mind to overcome adversity, endure hard work, persevere through failure and control pressure. It builds confidence, raises self esteem and gives one self worth. It fosters the virtues of support, cooperation, empathy, tolerance and acceptance. 

But most importantly, it is about doing something you enjoy with others who share that passion and having fun!

And this is what we strive to foster and build our Sports Excellence program.

Coaching Staff Profiles

​	​Track Sprints	​Track Distance & Cross Country
​	​ Tony McDonald	​ Anya Hart
​Qualifications	Athletics Australia Coach (Level 3)​	​Athletics Australia Coach (Level 4) Australian Strength & Conditioning Association (ASCA) Level 1 UK Athletics Schools Coaching Award (Level 4)
​Coaching Experience	​	​Coached school & club athletics for 18 years in the UK Coached school teams into English Schools Team Finals Coached at Palm Beach Currumbin State High School for 4 years (South Coast Reps) – QLD medals (Hurdles)
​Performance	​	​Top 10 in the UK for 300/400 Hurdles for 7 Years – 1993-2000 Represented England U20's in 200 Hurdles – 1998 British University Gold Meal 4x400m Part of the Loughborough University Track Squad English Schools Cross Country Squad as a Junior

The Program

• School, District, Region, State, National
  
• QLD All Schools XC, QLD All Schools XC Relays, 
  
• GC Bulletin 5km & 10km, Parkrun’s
  

• School, District, Region, State, National
  
• QLD All Schools Track 
  
• Little Athletics’; Somerset Invitational; QA meets (Brisbane)
  
  

Testing

• Squad fitness tests
• Speed lights
• LTAD
• Theory
  
  

Physiotherapy

• Matt Fechner– on campus
  
  

USA Scholarships

• Offered and available to post year 12 students, e.g. Highland, Barton Junior Colleges in Kansas, USA
  

     

PBC Successes

PBC Cross Country Team - Australian Schools Cross Country Champions 2013 (Kendall Parker, Alexander Humphreys, Kalani O'Connell, Charley Trapp, Shelby Watson, Victoria Martinenko)

PBC have been DISTRICT CHAMPIONS for 35 out of the past 36 years

Alumni Successes

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​Tyler Lima  Australian U17 & U18 Medallist  2014/2015	​MacKenzey Ormiston  Australian 1500m Champion 2015 & Australian XC Champion 2015 & 2016	​Tommy Campbell Australian 3000m & Cross Country medallist 2017