By TBHS | Posted: Tuesday June 4, 2019
This event returned to the new Nationals Course around Ashbury Park on May 23rd. The weather was fine and the fields were good sizes with around 30 athletes in each race and excellent representation from the different Aoraki schools.
The Year 9 race saw Baxter Mason head to the front and dominate his race with a clear victory over 3000m. Matt Gonzales placed 6th and George Powell was 12th, bringing the three person team to finish second behind Roncalli. Lachlan Adam placed 16th and Ryan Caldwell 17th.
The next race saw some excellent team running from our under 16 boys over the 4000m. Toby Clement (7th), Sam Wilson (8th) and Saxon McNoe (9th) tied for first but won the team race on a countback. Waitaki Boys' also added 24 points but it was the work of William Talbot (10th) and Josh Mills (12th) that pushed back Waitaki Boys’ third runner to confirm the team victory.
There was a strong field for the Senior Boys' 6000m race that saw TBHS manage to win this team title in a close battle with Ashburton College. Peter Rawlins placed 4th, Josh Earnshaw 8th and Bailey Lissington 9th to make up the winning team. Rhyan Mitchell finished 23rd.
