Congratulations to Iida Lehtonen (Garingal) and Alvin Craig (Newcastle) who won the Australian Junior Schools Long titles in Wagga on Wednesday.
Alvin won by a massive four and a half minutes to make it two golds in as many days, while Iida finished 37 seconds ahead of team-mate Nea Shingler (Big Foot). They also beat all the Kiwis!
The map at Connorton features yet more granite and the Long courses were described by Victorian legend Warren Key as the "toughest I have ever seen at a schools champs in 30 years".
Selwyn Sweeney (WHO) was the best of the NSW senior boys in 22nd Australian and 31st overall - after Ewan Shingler (BF) withdrew injured midway through the 6.2km course.
Ellen Currie (GO) was our quickest in the Senior Girls - 11th Australian and 19th overall. ACT again swept the Senior Girls, and the Senior Boys placings were again shared around the states and NZ.
Our other schools team members performed as follows (counting only Australians):
Junior Boys: Oskar Mella (NC) 5th, Sam Woolford (Bush n Beach) 8th, Jamie Woolford (BB) 13th, Cooper Horley (GO) 25th.
Junior Girls: Mikayla Enderby (NC) 7th, Erika Enderby (NC) 11th, Julia Barbour (BF) 24th, Martine Valais (WHO) mispunch.
Senior Boys: Cameron Will (IKO) 25th, Oscar Woolford (BB) mp, Ewan Shingler (BF) mp.
Senior Girls: Niamh Cassar (WHO) 12th, Tshinta Hopper (Bennelong) 18th, Andra Leung (GO) 19th, Serena Doyle (Uringa) 20th.
Thursday is the Relays and the highlight of the schools champs.
