Caleb Wagener continued his winning ways, taking out the senior boys 6km by a wide margin of 18 seconds over regular rival George Wyllie. Samuel Rickerby was third. Wagener now adds the cross country title to the 6km road title won in December. Wagener was year 9 winner in 2021 and second in the juniors in 2022.

Boh Ritchie was equally impressive in the senior girls, improving from second last year to add the title to the senior girls 800m, 1500m double in December. Ritchie was year 9 winner in 2021 and second junior girl in 2022.

Sam Ruthe followed up his year 9 title with a clear victory in the junior boys.

Results:

Girls:

Senior 4km: Boh Richie (St Peter’s Cambridge) 14:08, Lisa Hellyer (Onehunga HS) 14:12, Scarlett Robb (St Cuthbert’s) 14:15, Siena Mackley (Wakatipu HS) 14:17, Sascha Letica (Takapuna GS) 14:27.

Teams 3 person: Brisbane Athletics 1, St Cuthbert’s College 2, Wellington Girls’ College) 3, Cashmere High School 3. 6 person: St Cuthbert’s College 1, Wellington Girls’ College 2, St Peter’s School Cambridge 3.

Junior 3km: Maddie Worrall (Diocesan) 10:38, Indie Williams (Diocesan) 10:44, Polina Kimova (Long Bay Coll) 10:48.

Teams 3 person: Diocesan School for Girls 1, Wellington Girls’ College 2, Baradene College 3. 6 person: Diocesan School for Girls 1, Wellington Girls’ College 2, Craighead Diocesan School 3.

Year 9 3km: Leah Marais (Pakuranga Coll) 10:44, Tayla Cox (Chch GHS) 10:48, Olivia McDowell (Kapiti Coll) 10:55.

Teams 3 person: Diocesan School for Girls 1, Villa Maria College 2, St Peter’s School Cambridge 3. 6 person: Diocesan School for Girls, St Peter’s School Cambridge 2, Wellington Girls’ College 3.

Boys:

Senior 6km: Caleb Wagener (Auckland GS) 17:57, George Wyllie (Tauranga Coll) 18:15, Samuel Rickerby (King’s Coll) 18:51, Hamish Murray (Aquinas Coll) 18:53, Cooper Wightman Chch BHS) 18:55, Joe Martin (Wellington Coll) 18:56.

Teams 3 person: Auckland Grammar School 1, New Plymouth Boys’ High School) 2, Tauranga Boys’ College 3. 6 person: Tauranga Boys’ College 1, New Plymouth Boys’ High School 2, Auckland Grammar School 3.

Junior 4km: Sam Ruthe (Tauranga Coll) 12:16, Alex MacBeth (Wellington Coll) 12:56, Vaughan Murray (Aquinas Coll) 12:59.

Teams 3 person: Westlake Boys’ High School 1, Wellington College 2, Tauranga Boys’ College 3. 6 person: Westlake Boys’ High School 1, Wellington College 2, Tauranga Boys’ College 3.

Year 9 3km: Ronin Dickens (Tauranga Coll) 9:46, Jacob Williams (Hutt Valley HS) 9:47, William Moulder (St Peter’s Coll Akld) 9:56.

Teams 3 person: Hamilton Boys’ High School 1, Hutt Valley High School 2, Brisbane Athletics 3, Tauranga Boys’ College 4. 6 person: Tauranga Boys’ College 1, St Peter’s College Auckland 2, Wellington College 3.

Para Athlete: Senior 2km: T20 Luis Douglas (Havelock Nth HS) 8:21, Lee West (Papanui HS) 9:35, Lachlan Oakes (Papanui HS) 10:13. T38 Josh Rae (Papanui HS) 9:03. Teams 3 person: T20 Papanui High School. 6 person: Papanui High School.

Junior 2km: T20 Cody Lamond (Papanui HS) 10:01, Adi Pathak (Papanui HS) 13:35, Bronson Ditfort (Papanui HS) 19:04. T11 Toby Ireland (Hutt Valley HS) 10:19. T36 Isaac Brewster (Shirley BHS) 13:45. Teams 3 person: T20 Papanui High School.

Year 9 2km: T20 Albert O’Brien (Onslow College) 9:23.

8th Regional Team Cross Country Team Championships, QE2 and Ascot Parks, Ōtautahi – 16 June 2024

Regional 8km Cross Country Teams

Year Nine Girls: Auckland (Morgan Day, Mila Fong, Larsen Grace, Sofia Maulvurfs) 34:42, Canterbury 34:51, Wellington 35:05.

Year Nine Boys: Waikato Bay of Plenty (Jack Stirling, Lachlan Murray, Max Stirling, Ronin Dickens) 28:59, Canterbury 29:36, NHB 30:15.

Year Nine Mixed: STH (Flynn Weber, Ianthe MacMillan-Armstrong, Addison McGarry, Hunter Flowers) 34:31, Canterbury 34:38, Wellington 34:49.

Junior Girls: Wellington (Madison Wos, Juju Moorhead, Hannah Wade, Emma Lowden) 33:01, Auckland 33:13, Auckland B 35:11.

Junior Boys: Waikato Bay of Plenty (Sam Ruthe, Sheldon Hogan, Kingston Ryan, Vaughan Murray) 28:59, Canterbury 29:36, NHB 30:15.

Junior Mixed: Wellington (Tom Pescini, Zoe Hilton, Xanthe Wong, Lachlan Maclean) 32:49, AOR 33:28, Tasman 34:04.

Senior Girls: Auckland (Scarlett Robb, Zara Pomfret, Sarah Hellyer, Lisa Hellyer) 31:57, Canterbury 32:30, Wellington 32:42.

Senior Boys: Waikato Bay of Plenty (Fletcher van Haven, Hamish Murray, Corban Holmes, George Wyllie) 27:43, Wellington 28:31, Canterbury 28:46.

Senior Mixed: ECN (Max Wildbore, Caitlin Kirk, Mackenzie Speers, Alex West) 31:46, Waikato Bay of Plenty 31:56, Canterbury 32:19.

Fastest 2km laps: Ben Oxford 6:50, Boh Ritchie 7:38.

Para Athlete 4km: Senior; Canterbury (Josh Rae, Lee West, Sam Churchill, Oliver King) 20:00. Junior; Canterbury (Cody Lamond, Adi Pathak, Isaac Brewster, Bronson Ditfort) 28:16.