By P Dominikovich | Posted: Wednesday June 19, 2024
A selected team of 23 boys made the trip to Christchurch over the weekend of June 14-16 to contest the NZSS Cross Country and Regional Relays
The course was the familiar Ascot golf course and the weather was bitterly cold, although the rain did stop before the races started. As well as an individual ranking, boys are fighting to place in the 6 person team which determines the best school in the country. Our rankings were Year 9 placing 9th, under 16 finishing 5th (possibly our best ever result) and Seniors 13th. Every one of the team ran brilliantly and can be very proud of their race result. Below are the individual placings and times
Year 9 3000m
26th Jack Scoon 10.47
90th Digby Porter 12.14
98th Bede Cleland 12.26
104th Paddy Joines 12.30
105th Jack Kelly 12.32
118th William Patterson 13.31
Under 16 4000m
40th George Talbot 14.30
65th Jack Houstoun 15.03
74th Hunter Stevenson 15.16
83rd Tristan Harding 15.37
85th Isaac Williamson 15.39
95th Shay Cockburn 16.02
101st Isaac Adam 16.21
115th Will Bailey 17.49
Senior 6000m
96th Max Finlayson 21.46
114th Wilf Robinson 22.29
134th Hamish Tilsley 23.38
144th Caleb Turner 24.20
149th Ashton Bennett 24.33
150th Reuben McKeown 24.53
151st Nashoba Mehlhopt 24.48
157th Lewis Taylor 25.13
Sunday is the Regional Relays. Aoraki is up against it here and our teams finished 14th in Year 9, 16th and 18th in under 16 and 17th and 18th in Seniors The mixed Relays give the smaller regions a fighting chance. Jack Scoon was one of the boys in the Year 9 team that finished 4th, Hamish and Max finished 9th in their Senior mixed team and George Talbot claimed a National silver medal as part of the second placed under 16 team. George also had the distinction of the fastest relay time from TBHS runners.
