Report: Annual Cross Country
The annual School Cross Country took place on Friday at the Domain in warm and dry conditions. The course was firm and fast and saw some excellent competition.
In the Senior race (the first race of the day), Form 5 students E. B. Mora and I. D. Stewart and Form 7 students S. C. Randerson and Y. C. Chow ran in tight fashion in the first of three laps around the Auckland Domain. As the race progressed, Mora increased the pace, stretched his lead to be first to cross the finish line in 16:18. His pace of 3 minutes, 24 seconds per kilometer secured him the second-fastest time in the history of the event, and he will have 2 further chances to improve on this in Form 6 and 7.
I. D. Stewart finished 10 seconds behind Mora and Form 6 student M. E. Wilkins completed the podium. In fourth position and the first of the Form 7 students, Chow finished in a time of 16:49.
Later in the morning, the Form 4 race took place over two laps of a 3km course, with R. C. Davies and K. J. Chow setting the early pace. The two ran together through the first lap, but Davies broke away early on the second lap to secure the win in 11 minutes and 24 seconds. Chow finished 30 seconds behind to earn second and L. A. Fulcher finished over a minute behind Davies.
The Form 3 race was in the afternoon. D. R. R. Lam took control of the 3km race from the outset. As the pace intensified, the front group stretched into single file. By the end of the first lap, Lam had established a comfortable lead, which he maintained to cross the finish line in 11 minutes, 58 seconds. M. E. Stewart and J. D. A. Reid fought well to finishing around 30 seconds behind Lam to take second and third place, respectively.
On Wednesday 19 March, the five individual winners of the 2025 Cross Country Races crossed stage to receive the School’s congratulations
- Form 3: D. R. R. Lam
- Form 4: R. C. Davies
- Form 6: M. E. Wilkins
- Form 7: Y. C. Chow
- Form 5 and the Senior champion: E. B. Mora