Gisborne runners feature in cross-country

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Gisborne runners featured in the junior divisions of the East Coast North Island Secondary School Cross-country Championships at Showgrounds Park last week.

Le’Sharn Anderson, of Gisborne Girls’ High School, won the junior girls’ three-kilometre race in 11 minutes 59 seconds.

Last year she won the Year 9 girls’ 3km race, also at Showgrounds Park, in a time of 12:14.

Second in this year’s junior girls’ race was Elisa Barbier, of Campion College, in 12:05.

Other Gisborne athletes to win their divisions were Hinerauriri Cotter-Bruce, of Gisborne Intermediate, in the Year 8 girls’ 3km, in 12:47, and Chloe Kapene (Gis Int) in the Y7 girls’ 3km, in 11:59.

Top 10 placings (with top-placed Gisborne runner) from each event —

Year 7 boys, 3 kilometres: Max Thornton (Hereworth) 11 minutes 37 seconds, 1; Max Wildbore (Hrwth) 11:46, 2; Lewie Curran (Hrwth) 11:53, 3; Bruce Logan (Gisborne Intermediate) 11:58, 4; Lukas Ludwig (Gis Int) 12:31, 5; Levi Hune (Manutuke) 12:33, 6; Zion Perrott (Hrwth) 12:46, 7; Eddie Bird (Hrwth) 12:48, 8; Dante Hihi (Gis Int) 12:53, 9; Harry Huxford (Hrwth) 13:17, 10.

Teams of three: Hereworth 1; Gis Int 2.

Teams of six: Hereworth 1.

Year 7 girls, 3km: Chloe Kapene (Gis Int) 11:59, 1; Jodiesha Kirkpatrick (Gis Int) 12:36, 2; Nicola Bronlund-Sheridan (Gis Int) 12:56, 3; Lily Arnold (Gis Int) 13:46, 4; Ruby Williams (Gis Int) 13:58, 5; Alice Sparks (Campion College) 14:01, 6; Ishtar Mackey-Huriwai (Mntke) 14:04, 7; Zella Blyth (Iona College) 14:19, 8; Jamieson Tapsell (Mntke) 15:15, 9; Amelie Bancks (Iona) 15:41, 10.

Teams of three: Gis Int 1.

Year 8 boys, 3km: George Mowat (Hrwth) 11:32, 1; Angus Blair (Campion) 12:09, 2; Lachlan Johnson (Waerenga o Kuri) 12:17, 3; Gareth Langford (Gis Int) 12:28, 4; Aidan Cairns (Hrwth) 12:39, 5; Flynn Ellingham (Hrwth) 12:48, 6; Matthew Roux (Wairoa College) 12:51, 7; Ngaru Grayson (Mntke) 12:57, 8; Kallen Edwards (Mntke) 13:09, 9; Toby Powdrell (Hrwth) 13:33, 10.

Teams of three: Hereworth 1; Gis Int 2.

Teams of six: Hereworth 1.

Year 8 girls, 3km: Hinerauriri Cotter-Bruce (Gis Int) 12:47, 1; Danni Bird (Iona) 12:56, 2; Grace Levy (Campion) 13:56, 3; Jada Pomana (Mntke) 14:16, 4; Riley Ingoe 14:36, 5; Miah Somerton (Campion) 14:46, 6; Jasmine Sparks (Campion) 15:34, 7; Caira Bruce (Gis Int) 16:08, 8; Braxton Gallagher (Wairoa Coll) 16:11, 9.

Teams of three: Gis Int 1; Campion 2.

Year 9 boys, 3km: Toby Evans (Havelock North High School) 10:56, 1; Lachie Falloon (Gisborne Boys’ High School) 11:01, 2; Harvey Trent (Napier Boys’ High School) 11:01, 3; Matt Buckeridge (Lindisfarne College) 11:11, 4; Lorcan Rabbitte (Havelock North HS) 11:13, 5; Dylan Bronlund (Gisborne BHS) 11:21, 6; Jimmy Somerton (Gisborne BHS) 11:24, 7; Sam Bartram (Lindisfarne) 11:27, 8; Karsen Vesty (Havelock North HS) 11:36, 9; Angus Ross (St John’s College) 11:37, 10.

Teams of three: Gisborne BHS, Havelock North HS equal 1; Napier BHS 3.

Teams of six: Gisborne BHS 1.

Year 9 girls, 3km: Aniela Apperley (Napier Girls’ High School) 11:47, 1; Myah Houthuijzen (Gisborne Girls’ High School) 12:04, 2; Hayley Lincoln (Campion) 12:14, 3; Nikita Wain (Taradale HS) 12:22, 4; Harriet Lynch (Iona) 12:46, 5; Charlotte Swayn (Napier GHS) 12:48, 6; Madelin Herbert (Iona) 13:17, 7; Kate Kapperly (Central Hawke’s Bay College) 13:19, 8; Sophie Pollock (Napier GHS) 13:26, 9; Grace Jensen (Napier GHS) 13:27, 10.

Teams of three: Napier GHS 1; Gisborne GHS 2; Central HB Coll 3.

Teams of six: Napier GHS 1.

Junior boys, 4km: Richmond Walker (Hastings Christian School) 14:21, 1; Carlos Ellmers (Central HB Coll) 14:28, 2; Cameron Potts (Havelock North HS) 14:33, 3; Ethan Green (Napier BHS) 15:04, 4; Sam Elliott (Napier BHS) 15:08, 5; Tim Le Cheminant-Reid (Napier BHS) 15:13, 6; Sam Bird (Havelock North HS) 15:23, 7; Corman Turley (Lindisfarne) 15:29, 8; Josh Abel (Napier BHS) 15:39, 9; Thomas Goodisson (Lindisfarne) 15:45, 10; Paul Le Goff (Gisborne BHS) 16:16, 15.

Teams of three: Napier BHS 1; Havelock North HS 2; Lindisfarne 3.

Teams of six: Napier BHS 1.

Junior girls, 3km: Le’Sharn Anderson (Gisborne GHS) 11:59, 1; Elisa Barbier (Campion) 12:05, 2; Britney Murphy (Napier GHS) 12:25, 3; Olivia Johnson (Central HB Coll) 12:35, 4; Emma Findlay (Taradale HS) 12:42, 5; Fleur Trent (Napier GHS) 12:51, 6; Hana Peacock (Iona) 13:02, 7; Poppy Kelly (Havelock North HS) 13:19, 8; Martha Eade (Iona) 13:33, 9; Hannah Findlay (Taradale High School) 13:35, 10.

Teams of three: Napier GHS 1; Taradale HS 2; Central HB Coll 3.

Senior boys, 6km: Kane Elms (Havelock North HS) 20:15, 1; Josiah Ney (Gisborne BHS) 20:29, 2; Oliver Marshall (Napiers BHS) 20:35, 3; Max Taylor (Napier BHS) 20:39, 4; Reid Livingston (Napier BHS) 20:45, 5; Todd Douglas (Lindisfarne) 21:25, 6; Will Tidswell (Havelock North HS) 21:48, 7; Braeden Kommeren (Lindisfarne) 21:52, 8; Matthew Apperley (Napier BHS) 22:21, 9; Liam O’Rorke (St John’s Coll) 22:57, 10.

Teams of three: Napier BHS 1; Gisborne BHS 2; St John’s Coll 3.

Teams of six: Napier BHS 1; Gisborne BHS 2.

Senior girls, 4km: Cate Pedersen (Napier GHS) 15:55, 1; Alia Wentz (Woodford House) 16:07, 2; Yuki Namerikawa (Napier GHS) 16:12, 3; Ruby Brett (Karamu) 16:32, 4; Ashleigh Poi (Napier GHS) 16:54, 5; Kate Stewart (Napier GHS) 17:01, 6; Brooke Morrison (Napier GHS) 17:13, 7; Denby-Rose Tait (Iona) 17:35, 8; Lilian Shaw (Napier GHS) 17:47, 9; Molly Goodisson (Woodford) 18:05, 10; Keri Mankelow-Ngatoro (Lytton High School) 21:23, 15.

Teams of three: Napier GHS 1.

Teams of six: Napier GHS 1.