Cross country did not reach any great heights this year.
The lack of desire to run anything over 2km is a bit eyebrow-raising and disappointing. The Year 9 cohort were
definitely not athletic, as running 3km is probably the
prerequisite of playing any sport.
The first-up event was the ECNISS cross country relays
at Anderson Park where the junior girls’ team and senior
boys’ team both finished third. Sadly we could not get
a Y9 team in either the boys’ or girls’ race. The smallest
team for years headed to Gisborne for the ECNISS Cross
Country champs, congratulations on those that took part.
Best performance was from Jenna Tidswell who finished
7th in the junior race. The junior girls’ team finished 5th
in the three man competition.
The NZSS Cross country champs were held in Dunedin,
with no-one taking part from the school.
There was success in the ECNISS Road Race, where Jenna Tidswell ran well for 2nd after leading until over the
halfway point. Arabella McLeay (senior) and Sean Morrison (senior) both ran excellent races, both coming fourth
in their respective events. The Y9 girls’ team and senior
boys’ teams both came 3rd in their teams events.
Crosscountry (At East Coast)
Back Row: Sam Gilbert, Callum Wilkie, Daniel Way, Ana Rathbone,
Holly Bensemann
2nd Row: Sean Morrison, Catalina Schneider, Jarrod Lobb,
Hamish Legarth
Front Row: Arabella McLeay, Olivia Wolland, Bianca Kirk, Jenna Tidswell,
Aishlin McIntyre
Absent: Jared Bawden, Georgia Rathbone, Sophia Peterson,
Harriet Broadhurst