Mangapapa top points for interschool triathlon

Competitors in the Year 4 boys' teams race get off to a flying start. Pictures by Liam Clayton

Mangapapa School finished with the most points in the primary interschool triathlon run at Nelson Park last week.

A total of 321 students from 15 schools took part in the run-bike-swim triathlon, which was organised by Mangapapa School.

Points for the day were: Mangapapa 25, Makauri 15, Wainui Beach 10, Kaiti 8, Ormond 2, Makaraka 2, Awapuni 2, Te Hapara 1 and Waerenga o Kuri 1.

Results —Teams

Year 4, girls: Kaiti 1; Mangapapa 2; Te Hapara 3. Boys: Mangapapa 1; Ormond 2; Kaiti 3.

Year 5, girls: Mangapapa 1; Awapuni 2; Makauri 3. Boys: Kaiti 1; Wainui 2; Mangapapa 3.

Year 6, girls: Wainui 1; Mangapapa 2; Kaiti 3. Boys: Makauri 1; Mangapapa 2; Te Wharau 3.

Individuals

Year 4, girls: Olivia Edwards (Mangapapa) 1; Kaycee Andrew (Makaraka) 2; Franny Anderson (Wainui) 3. Boys: Mako Fukushima-Hall (Wainui) 1; Angus Thomas (Wainui) 2; Nayt Kopa (Te Wharau), Oscar Hayward (Makaraka) equal 3.

Year 5, girls: Chloe Moore (Makauri) 1; Georgie Beaufoy (Makauri) 2; Emily Petro (Makauri) 3. Boys: Jerome Tamatea (Mangapapa) 1; Jack Gifford (Makauri) 2; Koby Perrett (Mangapapa) 3.

Year 6, girls: Sierra Blumfield (Mangapapa) 1; Charlie Keepa (Wainui) 2; Natalie Johnson (Waerenga o Kuri) 3. Boys: Austin Fergus (Makauri) 1; Felix Sparks (Mangapapa) 2; TK Wirepa-Hei (Te Wharau) 3.