Primary Cross Country Team Announced
05 Jul 2013
Primary Cross Country Team Announced
Last week saw 1880 students battle it out over 3 or 4km at the IGA Tasmanian Primary All Schools Cross Country, amongst them were a select few aiming to gain state selection for the Australian Cross Country Championships.
This year’s School Sport Australia and Athletics Australia Cross Country Championships will be held on that same course the students competed on last week at Symmons Plains in just over a month’s time on August 31st and September 1st.
The early selections will allow all 30 students to undertake some quality training time ahead of the national championships.
Athletics Tasmania's new Chairman of Selectors Aaron Humphrey said the team has lots going for it.
"We have two major advantages with this team. The selection event last week was a mass participation event, so we had plenty of students competing for a place on the team. Plus the national title is in our own backyard, so the students will certainly feel a bit of an advantage when they line up next month.
The talented Primary Students who gained selection after their top 5 placing are listed below.
Girls:
12 Years
Raphaela Corney (Taroona Primary), Lucy Jones (Punchbowl Primary), Jade Longstaff (Punchbowl Primary), Arabella Phillips (Norwood Primary), Samantha Richardson (Lauderdale Primary)
11 Years
Mikayla Cooper (St Michael’s Collegiate), Mackenzie Kerrison (Ringarooma Primary), Montana Mckenzie (Punchbowl Primary), Jennifer Phillips (Somerset Primary), Alyson Wood (Riverside Primary)
10 Years
Madison Brazendale (Riverside Primary), Amber French (Illawarra Primary), Page Malau-Aduli (Princes St Primary), Paula Malau-Aduli (Princes St Primary), Zoe Smith (The Friends School)
Boys
12 Years
Luka Flores (Waimea Heights Primary), Liam Gilmore (Riverside Primary), Torin Jones (The Hutchins School), Joseph Mulcahy (The Hutchins School), Isaac Semmler (Princes St Primary)
11 Years
Sam Clifford (Riverside Primary), Fletcher Fulton (St Thomas Moore’s), Christopher Law (The Hutchins School), Ben Saint-John (Stella Maris), Jack Willmott (Austins Ferry Primary)
10 Years
Liam Canny (The Hutchins School), Declan Chugg (St Thomas Moore’s), Ben Driessen (St Aloysius), Edward Golding (Princes St Primary), Kye Keiselis (Burnie Primary)
For further information please contact:
Aaron Humphrey
Chairman of Selectors
0400 690 333
Simon Bennett
Development Officer
03 6234 9551