Two Cambridge Middle School students won gold at this year’s Waikato Intermediate and Middle Schools cross country championships in Tokoroa.
Mila Moore beat 48 year seven runners to win the junior girls’ race and Emily Cameron took out the senior girls’ race ahead of 40 year eight girls.
It was another top performance for Cameron, who was the junior girls’ champion last year.
Colin Johnston also achieved a podium placing, coming third in the senior boys’ event in a pool of 46. He was third in the junior boys’ race last year.
Five other Cambridge Middle School runners finished in the top 10. They were junior girls – Chelsea Baird 9th, senior girls – Nina Davies-Colley 5th, Annabel MacDonald 6th, junior boys – Quinn Davis 6th, senior boys Arthur Tilghman 8th.
Junior students ran 3km and senior students 3.5km at the South Waikato Sport and Events Centre.
Cambridge Middle School sent 24 runners to the championships, held last week, and came second in the junior and senior boys and girls’ categories to claim second place overall.
The school has performed strongly in recent years, winning overall in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
A number of the team are now looking forward to competing at the Zespri Aims Games, Australasia’s largest junior sporting event, which starts in Tauranga on September 7.
Held annually for intermediate school aged children, it attracted 11,733 competitors from 373 schools around New Zealand in 2023.
Cambridge Middle School sent 90 students to compete across 17 codes last year and achieved its best medal haul – eight gold medals and one bronze.
Cambridge Middle School’s top 10 placegetters at the Waikato Intermediate and Middle Schools cross country championships in Tokoroa were: (back, from left) Mila Moore, Chelsea Baird , Nina Davies-Colley, Emily Cameron and Annabel MacDonald and (front, from left): Quinn Davis, Arthur Tilghman and Colin Johnston.
