Battle of the schools

FAST FEET: Morgan Murray from Westmere School celebrates chalking up the fastest time on the 1.9km course at the Wanganui Inter-Intermediate School Cross Country.

Whanganui Intermediate School athletes dominated the annual inter-school cross country hosted by St George's School on Friday winning seven of the 12 grades contested.

In total 14 schools and 150 athletes enjoyed the balmy conditions on the Wanganui Collegiate School Golf Course for the 2016 running of the Wanganui Inter-Intermediate Schools Cross Country.

The forecasted rain held off for most of the afternoon as the WIS athletes worked their magic winning the Year 7 individual girls race and six of the age group teams events based on either the three or six to count formats.

Time honours, however, went to individuals from other schools with Morgan Murray from Westmere School clocking 6mins 56sec for the 1.9km course and George Lambert from Hunterville School taking 9mins 49sec to cover the 2.8km course for older runners.

Results
INDIVIDUALS

Year 7 Girls (approx 1.9km)
1st Mia Maraku (Wanganui Intermediate School), 7 mins 41 sec
2nd Paige Cromarty (Westmere School), 7 mins 48 sec
3rd Josephine Perkins (Wanganui Intermediate School), 7 mins 51 sec

Year 7 Boys (approx 1.9km)
1st Morgan Murray (Westmere School), 6 mins 56 sec
2nd Tadhg O'Connor (Wanganui Intermediate School), 7 mins 11 sec
3rd Elliot Jones (St George's School), 7 mins 12 sec

Year 8 Girls (approx 2.8km)
1st Ashleigh Alabaster (Huntley School), 10 mins 16 sec
2nd Adelaide Roper (Huntley School), 10 mins 41 sec
3rd Jessica Johnstone (St George's School), 10 mins 53 sec

Year 8 Boys (approx 2.8km)
1st George Lambert (Hunterville School), 9 mins 49 sec
2nd Blair Gowen (Westmere School), 9 mins 59 sec
3rd Riley Zimmerman (Rutherford Junior High), 10 mins 25 sec

TEAMS
Year 7 Girls, 3 to count teams
1st WIS (15), 2nd St George's (31), 3rd Hunterville (37)

Year 7 Girls, 6 to count teams
1st WIS (62), 2nd St George's (107)

Year 7 Boys, 3 to count teams
1st WIS (15), 2nd Huntley (23), 3rd St George's (41)

Year 7 Boys, 6 to count teams
1st WIS (64), 2nd St George's (136)

Year 8 Girls, 3 to count teams
1st Huntley (12), 2nd St George's (13), 3rd St Anne's (26)

Year 8 Girls, 6 to count teams
1st St George's (69), 2nd WIS (79)

Year 8 Boys, 3 to count teams
1st WIS (19), 2nd Hunterville (23), 3rd RJH (33)

Year 8 Boys, 6 to count teams
1st WIS (48)