Cross Country

Terms Two and Three are when interschool cross country events are held and, as usual, we had a group of keen Karamu students competing. In May we had two teams of four competing in the East Coast North Island Cross Country Relays run at Anderson Park, Havelock North. Our Junior Boys team was 6th and our Senior Boys team was 9th, with the best run of the day from Year 13 Ben Randle. Hamish Wood (Year 9) and Pierson Clement (Senior Boys) both travelled to Gisborne for the ECNI Cross Country Champs, and both had strong performances with a 15th and 21st placing respectively. The ECNI Road Race was held at Frimley Park in late August and our team of five all ran strongly with the best results on the day by Ruby Brett (5th in Senior Girls) and Hamish Wood (10th in Year 9 Boys). The road race was Ruby’s last cross country race for the school and we have been fortunate to have such a talented runner at Karamu. Ruby was Karamu’s first winner of an ECNI Road Race title when she won the Junior Girls event in 2016. This year injury has not allowed her to perform distance events at the level she has in the past, however, she is still a competitive runner and I thank her for her contribution to Karamu Cross Country.