Josh and Will lead the way with a 1-2 in the year 6 Boys event.

A huge well done to everyone that competed out at the South Zones Cross Country on 25th May at Halswell Quarry. A big thank you must also go to all the parents and family members for their support of the Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington students.

We now have 8 students going through to the Canterbury Primary Schools Championship on Wednesday 23rd June back at Halswell Quarry.

Josh Baars and Will Denison led the way with a 1-2 finish in the year 6 boys event with Will getting 2nd on the sprint into the line, moving up from the battle with the boy from Rudolph Steiner School.

In the year 6 girls event we will have 3 representatives as Nessy Flynn finished in 2nd place with Cleo Newman (5th) and Nina Kidd-Wisker (6th) rounding out the qualifiers.

Darby Pfahlert was the sole qualifier from the year 5 boys with a strong run at the front of the field before finishing 3rd.

With the year 5 girls, Emi Yeakley and Emily Currie finished alongside each other in 4th and 5th to both qualify too. Emi just holding off Emily who had a strong second half of the race.

Below the full results from the South Zones Cross Country. 

Year 5 Boys

• Darby Pfahlert - 3rd
• Arlo Pullin - 8th
• Ethan Pullin - 10th
• Josh Seaman - 18th
• Benji McLean - 22nd
• Kaci Hira - 24th

Year 5 Girls

• Emi Yeakley - 4th
• Emily Currie - 5th
• Hazel Odlin - 8th
• Dixiebean Whitehead - 11th
• Lia Stevenson-Cid - 16th
• Lucy Bullion - 18th

Year 6 Boys

• Josh Baars - 1st
• Will Denison - 2nd
• Zac Manson - 7th
• Kai Sloane - 10th
• Harry Strong - 12th
• Oscar Wilson - 13th

Year 6 Girls

• Nessy Flynn - 2nd
• Cleo Newman - 5th
• Nina Kidd-Wisker - 6th
• Indi Usherwood - 8th
• Antonia Stevenson - 13th
• Josephine Botha - 14th