Cross Country

Teacher in Charge: Mr Marty Lee
Phone: 543 2400 Ext 223
Email: mlee@aquinas.school.nz
Terms: 1 and 2

Aquinas College holds their Annual Cross Country Championship Event for all students during May of Term 2.

All students are required to participate. As this is one of the major House Events of the year, all students who cross the finish line will earn points for their houses.

For Year 9 – 13 students, the first 8 placegetters in each age group are then selected to represent Aquinas College at the BOP Secondary Schools Championships held at Waipuna Park on Tuesday 21 May.

For Year 7 & 8 students, the first 8 placegetters in each age group are then selected to represent Aquinas College at BOP Zone Cross Country Champs held at Waipuna Park on Wednesday 19 June 2019.

2018 Results

It was a fantastic day on Friday 18 May at the Aquinas College Cross Country. The sun was shining and the slight breeze worked to cool down our athletes as they gave their all through the course. The day kicked off with our Y7 and 8 students competing and then flowed through to the U14, U16 and U19 Athletes. It was a great day with all students competing, supporting their peers and earning valuable House Points.

It was great to see so many parents supporting their children and also teachers running within the races, specifically Mr Dalton who placed 2nd in the U19 Boys race and Mrs Gilbert who placed 3rd in the U19 Girls race.

A special congratulations to all of our athletes who received placings on the day and have been chosen to represent Aquinas College at the Inter-School Events.

	Year 7 Girls				Year 7 Boys
1	Izzy Jones	Browne	15.19	1	Henry Scholes	Foy	14.15
2	Ella Hill	Foy	15.21	2	Jesse O’Hara	Foy	14.27
3	Rosalia Wisnewski	Browne	15.59	3	Isaiah Barry	Browne	14.31
	Year 8 Girls				Year 8 Boys
1	Sarah Edwards	Heni Pori	14.31	1	Hugo McCarroll	Foy	13.50
2	Grace Kahle	Browne	14.43	2	Brayden Stowers	Heni Pori	13.52
3	Anna Tustin	Cluny	15.03	3	Ollie Armishaw	Heni Pori	14.18
	U14 Girls				U14 Boys
1	Millie Quin	Browne	14.25	1	Sean Curragh	Foy	12.59
2	Amy Cheetham	Heni Pori	14.43	2	Jordan Smith	Cluny	13.07
3	Alex Edwards	Heni Pori	15.29	3	Alex Ruck	Heni Pori	13.25
	U16 Girls				U16 Boys
1	Emily Davies	Browne	14.40	1	Connor Farrell	Browne	12.22
2	Charlotte Watson	Cluny	15.44	2	Tom Hoffart	Foy	12.35
3	Kaitlin Olsen	Foy	16.35	3	Reece McCarthy	Cluny	13.00
	U19 Girls				U19 Boys
1	Charlotte Mackinnon	Browne	14.59	1	Leon Castle	Heni Pori	13.06
2	Denby Gallagher	Browne	15.00	2	Lochlainn O’Connor	Browne	13.40
3	Lizzie Skelton	Foy	15.50	3	Max Greer	Browne	14.32

This year we are planning to hold the Aquinas Cross Country on Friday 18th May 2018 starting at 12.45pm.

Runners will complete one and a half laps of the school grounds followed by a short detour out through the Cvitanovich corner walkway, down Alva Glenn into the gully by the playground and then back up through the gully out onto Pyes Pa Rd. From there they run back into the school grounds via the forest, before returning behind the Tech Block to the finish in the middle of the playing field.

Cross Country Course Map

The whole of the school will be out at the same time either running or watching.

The start times for each age group are listed below. These are approximate times. Parents are welcome to come and support during the day.

Year Start Time Distance           Approximate Time Anticipated
Y7 Boys and Girls             12.45pm              3 km                     12-25 minutes
Y8 Boys and Girls            1.10pm                 3 km                     12-25 minutes
U14 Boys and Girls          1.35pm                 3 km                     11 -25 minutes
U16 Boys and Girls          2.00pm               3 km                     11 -25 minutes
U19 Boys and Girls          2.25pm                3 km                     11 -25 minutes

Correct House (PE) shirts are to be worn by all students Y7-Y10 Senior students no longer with fitting shirts are to be encouraged to wear a plain coloured T Shirt of their respective House Colours.

Note: In the event of atrocious weather, ONLY those students who wish to run will do so. We will run all students together in two races. Y7/Y8 starting at 1.45pm and U14-U19 starting at 2.15pm.

BOPSS Cross Country Tuesday 22nd May Waipuna Park
There is very little time between our school Cross Country and the BOPSS Championships being held at Waipuna Park. If your son or daughter arrives home following our school event with a letter regarding these championships, it indicates he/she has finished in the top 10 and we would therefore hope that they can represent us on Tuesday. Please get back to me on Monday 21st May if you are able to assist with transport.