Wellington Athletes enjoy successes at NZ Secondary Schools Championships

Success at NZ Schools Cross Country
Athletics Wellington athletes secured numerous successes with a number of top performances representing their schools from Wellington region at the 50^th Anniversary of NZ Secondary Schools Cross Country held at QEII – Ascot Park on Saturday and as a regional team earned two gold, one silver and 3 bronze across the six grades for the Interprovincial 4 person relay teams contest

Year 9 Girls 3000m
3^rd           Oliva McDowell – Kapiti College
Year 9 Boys 3000m
2^nd          Jacob Williams – Hutt Valley High School,                9^th                Leo Hynick – Hutt Valley High School
Junior Girls
4^th           Emma Lowden – Samuel Marsden,                            6^th           Juju Moorhead – Wellington Girls College
8^th           Hannah Wade – Wellington Girls College                   9^th           Zoe Hilton  – Upper Hutt College
10^th        Madison Wos – Sacred Heart College
Junior Boys
2^nd          Alex McBeth  – Wellington College
Senior Girls
12^th  Poppy Healy  [10^th NZ] – Queen Margaret College
Senior Boys
6^th  Joe Martin Wellington College
Para Athletes
1^st Para Year 9 T20  Albert O’Brien – Onslow College           1^st  Para Junior T11 Toby Ireland  Hutt Valley HS

School Teams Results – 3 persons to score
Year 9 Girls – 4^th Wellington Girls’ College on countback
Year 9 Boys – 2^nd Hutt Valley High School – Jacob Williams, Leo Hyink, Finnigan Strickland
Junior Boys – 2^nd Wellington College – Alex MacBeth, Xavier James, Tom Pescini
Junior Girls – 2^nd Wellington Girls’ College – Juju Moorhead, Hannah Wade, Xanthe Wong  
Senior Girls – 3^rd Wellington Girls’ College – Ava Sutherland, Annabel Tuck, Maia Holden  

School Teams Results – 6 persons to score
Year 9 Girls – 3^rd Wellington Girls’ College – Lucy Mabin, Sophie Hoar,  Indi Sinclair , Lucy Fowler   Nimisha Kc, Alice Doolan  
Year 9 Boys:  3^rd Wellington College – Henry Ellwood, Isaac Thompson, Henry Robinson, Lewis Kenworthy,  Hugh McConnell, Matthew Fernie
Junior Girls 2^nd  Wellington Girls College – Juju Moorhead, Hannah Wade, Xanthe Wong, Hadassah Humphries, Emily Eastwood,  Jasmin Pohvilainen  
Junior Boys 2^nd  – Wellington College – Alex MacBeth, Xavier James, Tom Pescini, Sam Bulbulia Smart, Ben Cook,  Archie Tulloch
Senior Girls 2^nd – Wellington Girls College – Ava Sutherland, Annabel Tuck, Maia Holden, Issy de Hair, Giselle Kenworthy, Grace Lucas  

Wellington Interprovincial Cross Country Relay Championships top results

Year 9 Boys 3^rd – Sebastian Campion, Jacob Rice, Henry Elwood, Leo Hynick
Senior Boys 2^nd – Connor Kemp, Callum Wos, Wilson, Joe Martin
Year Mixed Team 3^rd – Cam Starr, Elodie Dent, Sarah Zhou, Leo Hynick
Junior Mixed Team 1^st – Tom Pescini, Zoe Hilton, Xanthe Wong , Lachlan Maclean
Year 9 Girls 3^rd – Lucy Mabin, Sophie Hoar, Mei von Dadelszen , Olivia McDowell
Junior Girls 1^st – Madison Wos,  Juju Moorhead,  Hannah Wade, Emma Lowden
Senior Girls 3^rd –  Poppy Healy ,  Jessie McKenzie ,  Maia Holden , Ava Sutherland

Full results for all events are available HERE