By P Dominikovich | Posted: Tuesday May 26, 2026
SI Schools Cross Country 2026
A team of 15 Timaru Boys’ athletes travelled to Invercargill for the South Island Schools’ Championships on Sunday, May 24th. Racing was held on an old golf course at Oreti Sands. The 1600m loop was soft, undulating and challenging for all and our runners competed with distinction against many of the best runners in the South Island.
Connor Scoon was our top individual with an exceptional 2nd place result. His team won gold in the three to score teams race ahead of King’s High. This proved crucial as our Junior and Senior teams were narrow second place finishers to King’s. When the scores were combined King’s top nine added to 87 with TBHS totalling 80. Low scores are the goal in cross country so it was a close and tense victory for our team for the coveted SISS team Shield. Individual results and times were
Year 9 3200m (team 1st)
2nd Connor Scoon 11.17
9th Kye Munro 12.26
10th Charlie O’Sullivan 12.40
14th Jack Patterson 14.16
Under 16 3200m (team 2nd)
9th William Patterson 11.41
10th Jacob Maude 11.44
11th Rex Liu 12.10
12th Matthew Innes 12.11
13th Jacob Campbell 12.13
19th Keenan Davis 13.22
Senior 4800m (team 2nd)
4th Jack Scoon 15.49
12th Wilf Robinson 17.23
13th Reuben McKeown 17.26
17th Michael Shannon 18.51
20th William Newlands 20.45
