Xterra team wins Auckland competition

By September 29, 2017General News, Sports News

MAGS’ Xterra Runnning Squad have won the Teams Championship title for the second year in a row after winning all six races in the competition.

Events were held from May to September in forests and regional parks around Auckland, including Riverhead, Shakespear, Waiuku, Totara Park and the Hunua Ranges.

The Teams Challenge was contested by 25 teams, and by the end of the series the MAGS squad led by more than an hour.

A number of individual students also won overall places in various race distances: Hannah Houghton: 1st U20 6km; Holly Bannister: 2nd U20 6km; Kendra Smith: 3rd U20 6km; James You: 2nd U20 6km; Ben Campbell: 3rd U20 6km; John Stirling: 4th U20 6km; Holly Chaafe: 2nd  U20 12km; Jack Cavanagh: 2nd  U20 12km; Hasan Pathan: 4th  U20  12km

Other team members were Tayla Bamber, Luke Clements, Liam Grozev, Pamela Kearney, Ayleigh Loomes, Danielle Stirling, John Stirling, Liam Thompson, Harry Thurman, Hannah Zwalue.