Held at Murchison Park

The night before cross country I felt excited because I really wanted to go to zones. I wanted to go to zones because I am always racing the same people at school and at zones I could vs other schools.

At night I felt a little bit nervous because I would be doing 2 laps of the cross country course. I couldn’t get to sleep that night because I had so many butterflies in my tummy.

When I arrived at school none of the year 5 boys were there ( except me of course ) and I was still nervous because the year before I learnt that there were very good runners in my year. “Hopefully I can beat them,” I thought. After I unpacked my bag my friend arrived at school and that made me feel better because I could talk with him. I completely forgot about cross country until the bell. It was a good day until we were walking to Murchison Park for the cross country.

The race began with a big mob of kids running past each other stomping like elephants. In the first few minutes when all the kids were out of the view of the teachers and parents a few kids started walking. I was up at the playground in the top 5 kids, suddenly one of the really fast kids that I saw earlier ran past. I increased by pace for a few seconds to run back into the top 5 kids, where I stayed for a long time, even over the bridge.

Then one more student past me but I was fine because I would still get to zones in sixth place. Later, in the middle of the second lap my friend kept trying to run past me but I really wanted to go to zones so I didn’t let that happen. When I was very close to the end, students and adults were cheering for me. I crossed the finish line with my friend a few meters behind me. I had come sixth so I was in zones , yay!!!

After the race I felt like a sweaty gym towel. When I got home I called my mum to tell her the exciting news, she was really impressed and so were my caregiver . I was mostly happy because I going to to zones.

Curtis J

North Zone Cross Country

Congratulations to Alice, Ava, Mya, Payton, Georgia, Amelia, Ashley, Jonty, Connor, Kento, Max, Curtis, Summer, Ismae, Ariaan, Jessica, Molly, Krystal, Daniel, Matai, Cairo, Jordy, Theodore and Cooper who represented Redwood School at this event.

Further congratulations to Daniel, Matai, Ashley and Ariaan who will now represent North Zone at the Canterbury competition.