By P Dominikovich | Posted: Tuesday June 23, 2026
NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country
A team of 17 TBHS runners and four others from the Aoraki region travelled to Wellington to run in the National championships at Trentham Memorial Park over the weekend of June 21-22. The course was mostly flat but with numerous river crossings, stopbanks that turned to mud, constant rain and gusting winds. It was challenging just to finish the races and there was a fair amount of carnage on the course.
Connor Scoon joined a small group of local runners to claim a top 10 spot in a National event with 8th place in Year 9. He also managed a bronze medal on Sunday in the Regional Relays in the Mixed A team. William Patterson had a memorable weekend being our top Junior runner and Isaac Park was first TBHS home in the Senior race.
Year 9 3000m
8th Connor Scoon 10.53
78th Kye Munro 12.16
90th Charlie O’Sullivan 12.38
106th Jack Patterson 13.19
The 3 person team was 8th
Junior 4000m
35th William Patterson 15.07
39th Jacob Maude 15.13
62nd Matthew Innes 15.41
74th Rex Liu 15.57
110th Jacob Campbell 17.05
123rd Keenan Davis 17.58
The 3 person team placed 8th with the 6 person also gaining 8th place
Senior 6000m
56th Isaac Park 22.22
72nd Jack Scoon 22.49
88th Wilf Robinson 23.17
107th Reuben McKeown 23.43
118th Paddy Joines 23.59
131st Michael Shannon 24.25
186th William Newlands 28.21
Isaac was 17th in the under 17 category which is a new breakdown of the results. Our Senior 3 person was 12th and the Senior 6 continues to improve slightly each year with an impressive 6th placing.
All those fit and able raced in the Regional Relays on Sunday, mostly contesting the mixed event teaming up with Craighead runners with the photo above being the only moment of sunshine over the entire weekend.
