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Race ReportJune 14th 2014 Gucun Park

Park Race Series nos 2 - Gucun Park June 14th 2014

T

he 2nd races in the Shanghai
Running park race series was
recently held at Gucun Park.

There was another good turnout to
contest the junior under 13 and under 16 – 5 km race and also the adult
5km, 10km and half marathon races
in the series.
Weather conditions were hot and humid, with bright sunshine, clear skies
and no rain to be seen.
The programme of races started early
to avoid the mid day heat and the
first race to start was the Half Marathon at 9.00am followed the school
race and lastly the 5km and 10km
adult races started simultaneously.
All the runners were encouraged to
take part in the warm up given by
Audrey Gordon.

The junior races also incorporated
a school team point’s race with the
first 2 boys and first 2 girls from each
team, scoring points for their respective teams, based on their finishing
positions. This was once again well
supported by Shanghai United International School whose Hongqiao
campus won the under 13 team race,
with their Gubei campus winning the
under 16 team race.

School 5km Race

The boys under 13 race was won by
Kim Molgaard (SUIS-Hongqiao) in a
fine time of 24:44; Daniel Barta (Concordia) was 2nd in a time of 25:36,
with Gogo Zhao (SUIS-Hongqiao)
finishing third in a time of 26:01.
The girls under 16 race was won by
Shana Lee in a time of 33:04 and 2nd
was Sherry Liu in 42:18, with both
scoring for the winning team from
SUIS Gubei.
The competition was fiercer in the
boys under 16 race with Alexander
Reichart (WISS) heading the field in
an impressive time of 21:46; he was
followed by Leevi Kauri (SSIS) again
running admirably in a time of 23:06;
with Bo Wen Li finished in a fine 3rd
place in 23:25.

The Japanese Taeko drumming band
were again in attendance to start
proceedings with their vigorous
drum beats, which they performed
throughout to beat out a rhythm for
the runners. This again was very popular amongst the runners.
The girls under 13 individual race was

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won once again by Lydia Kauri from
Shanghai Singapore International
School in an impressive time of 25:21
beating all but 1 of the boys in the
same age group. She was closely
followed by Xixi Lei (SUIS – Gubei)
in a time of 26:04 with Lilu Su (SUIS-Hongqiao) 3rd in 32:40.

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