Hannah Houghton and a six-strong Junior Girls team have won Gold at the Auckland Road Running Championships at Pulman Park in Takanini.
The change of date for this event – to Tuesday this week – worked out well for MAGS with a team of 23 athletes entering – up from just three athletes in 2017.
Hannah won the Senior Girls event run over 4km, while the Junior Girls triumphed over 3km. And Luke Clements picked up a Bronze in the Junior Boys event over 4km.
Results for MAGS athletes:
Junior Boys (4km) – Luke Clements, 3rd ; Oliver Fox, 22nd ; Ben Mitchell, 42nd ; Theodore Bus, 47th ; Jacob Solomon, 54th ; Josh Chote, 61st; Lukas Van Aken, 63rd; 3-man team, 6th; 6-man team, 4th.
Junior Girls (3km) – Hannah Brook, 22nd ; Molly McGowan, 25th ; Natalie Brook, 27th ; Molly Cavanagh, 29th; Mandy Zhang, 32nd ; Eva Wadsworth, 36th ; Lara Grozev, 39th; 3-man team, 4th ; 6-man team, 1st , Auckland Champions.
Intermediate Boys (4km) – Thomas Brendolise, 16th; Luca Eastwood, 23rd; Daniel Carroll, 40th; Adam Bateman, 46th; 3-man team, 6th.
Intermediate Girls (4km) – Alia Smith, 26th.
Senior Boys (6km) – Liam Thompson, 9th; Harry Thurman, 23rd; Liam Grozev, 40th; 3-man team, 6th.
Senior Girls (4km) – Hannah Houghton, 1st, Auckland Champion.