As the winter weather starts to arrive the Cross Country runners are in their element. Term 2 is a big term for the Cross Country events.

Burnside High School Cross Country Championships

The first event is the Burnside High School Cross Country. It is a highlight of the school year. It is always great to see the satisfaction on student's faces.

Placegetters:

Year 9 Boys

• 1st Johnny Kearney 9NDVA
• 2nd Aiden Choi 9SOSC
• 3rd ​Hugo Feng 9SPHC ​

Year 10 Boys

• 1st Beck Faloon-Cavander 10STNZ
• 2nd Daniel Lough 10STNZ
• 3rd Raghav Bhutani 10WWAJ

Year 11 Boys

• 1st Cody Johnson 11WBET
• 2nd James Anderson 11SDFS
• 3rd Robbie Cochrane 11WRDS

Senior Boys

• 1st Theo Walker 12NCGR
• 2nd Ocean Faloon-Cavander 13PZS
• 3rd Dafydd Spratt 13PZS

Year 9 Girls

• 1st Katie Horton 9WMNS
• 2nd Ruby Ford 9WMNS
• 3rd Romy Smith 9WMNS

Year 10 Girls

• 1st Stacey Morgan 10WWAJ
• 2nd Julia Lowe 10NSMG
• 3rd Coco Cruickshank 10NQRM

Year 11 Girls

• 1st Sue Petrie 11SMYS
• 2nd Maddy Horton 11WHGM
• 3rd Lila Allred 11NWLC

Senior Girls

• 1st Becky Coulson 13ABJ
• 2nd ​Taylah Peek 12WWIC​
• 3rd Ollianda Clinton 12NPTR 

Canterbury Secondary Schools Road Race

The school event is closely followed by the Canterbury Road Race. 

Individual standouts in the Road Race were:

• Theo Walker 12NCGR 2nd Senior Boys 4km
• Sue Petrie 11SMYS 6th Under16 Girls 3km 
• Hugo Feng 9SPHC 7th Year 9 Boys 3km 

In the teams events:

Year 9 Boys were placed 1st

• Hugo Feng 9SPHC          
• Aiden Chai 9SOSC          
• Sean Carrapiett 9WMNS      
•  Johnny Kearney 9NDVA   

Under 16 Girls were placed 2nd

• Sue Petrie 11SMYS
• Poppy Knight 10SBDW
• Iris He 10STNZ
• Lucia Shanks 10NGBB

Under 16 Boys were placed 3rd

• James Anderson 11SDFS
• Eze Nakaroti 10NMDA
• Beck Faloon-Cavandar 10STNZ
• Daniel Lough 10STNZ

Canterbury Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships

This was followed soon after by the Canterbury Cross Country.

Again we excelled in the teams events.

Once again the Year 9 Boys were 1st 

• Aidan Chai 9SOSC
• Johnny Kearney 9NDVA
• Hugo Feng 9SPHC
• Ryan Yoon 9SGLS

The Under 16 Boys were second

• Beck Faloon Cavandar 10STNZ
• Eze Nakaroti 10NMDA
• Daniel Lough 10STNZ
• James Anderson 11SDFS

New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships

We then moved on to National Secondary School Cross Country held this year in Hawera. The weather could at best be described as challenging with heavy rain, thick mud and cow pats...the true Cross Country experience. 

We had a team of ten athletes who all competed as individuals on the Saturday and in Canterbury Regional teams on the Sunday. The students represented the school with stoic pride and all finished well in very large fields.

It is exciting after the cancellations of 2020 that all these events were able to take place.