Event results
33rd Inter-College Cross Country Relays, Karori Park, 12 May 2010
These annual events attracted an entry of 124 teams (up 25 on last year) from 23 colleges, including 10 teams from Wanganui. This represents a total of 616 competitors. With the recent spell of fine, dry weather, the course was hard and fast, resulting in new team records to Wanganui Collegiate (Snr Boys), Wellington Girls (Snr Girls), HIBS (U16 Boys), Wanganui Collegiate (U16 Girls) and Chilton (Y9 Girls), while individual records went to Anna Roche (Marsden) Snr Girls, Jean Lampen-Smith (St Catherines) U16 Girls, and Bridget Kiddle (Marsden) Y9 Girls.
Olympic athletes featured in the following team placings:
Senior Girls’ Grade
Sophie Pepperell, Member of Wellington Girls’ Team who finished 1st
Kathryn and Lizzy Bunckenburg, Members of Onslow Girls’ Team who finished 2nd
Open Boys’ Grade
Martin McCrudden, Member of Tawa College Team that finished 3rd
Under 16 Girls’ Grade
Susannah Lynch, Member of St Mary’s Team who finished 3rd
Year 9 Girls’ Grade
Michaela Jenner, Ellen Van Looy, Members of Tawa College Team that finished 2nd
Olympic Athletes who had top 20 placings in their grade were:
Senior Girls
Sophie Pepperell 5th
Susannah Lynch 7th
Kathryn Bunckenburg 11th
Lizzy Bunckenburg 13th
Catherine Bott 19th (past member!)
Under 16 Girls
Susannah Lynch 2nd
Lauren Orchard 17th
Year 9 Girls
Michaela Jenner 6th
Abigail Dorringtin 8th
Ellen Van Looy 11th
Simone Gordon 16th