cross-country

CROSS COUNTRY 2013


The Primary Cross Country team have won the Sunshine Coast Independent Schools Cross Country for the 5th year in a row with a superb display by all team members. St Andrew's has now won thsi event 8 times in the last 11 years and it is credit to the dedication of the runners and their commitement to training. A huge thanks to families for their great support of the Running culture at St. Andrew's. Congratulations to Champions Amber Kimmel (11 yrs Girls), Emily Lethbridge (12 yrs Girls) and Zaelia Dunsdon ( 9 yrs Girls) More photos are available here
Congratulations to 14 students who will now repsresent the District at the Regional Carnival. They are Amber Kimmel, Meg Webber, Emily Lethbridge, Emma Wilkinson, Nelly St Baker, Nathan Thompson, Nick Robinson, Jack Barnett, Brad Thompson, Noah Martin, Gus Powell, Oscar Smith, Aurelia Donger, Felicity St Baker

Congratulations also to our Secondary team who also performed superbly. Age Champions were Angus Luhrs (13 yrs Boys), Cecilia Luhrs (Open Girls) and Brodie Modini (15 years Boys). The whole team now heads to the Regional Carnival

All Schools Carnival
Well done to over 30 St Andrew's who competed at the Queensland All Schools Cross Country in Brisbane on Saturday. Some superb results with Keelan Bentley and Amber Kimmel picking up an individual bronze. The 9 years boys team of Hamish Everard, Luca Warman Flood and Cooper Langan also picked up a team bronze. It was tough racing in hot conditions so well done to all St Andrew's competitors who represented the College.


Relay Success
Congratulations to our 11 years Girls Cross Country team of Amber Kimmel, Casey Payne and Kate Sterling who are Queensland Relay Champions after winning at John Paul College on Saturday. Congratulations also to our 13 years Boys team of Gus Luhrs, Riley Modini and Hunter Wood who are State silver medallists and to our 9 years Boys team of Hamish Everard, Hayden Brumby and Cooper Langan who picked up a bronze medal. The 10 years Girls team finished a superb 4th. These are great results for the College - Congratulations. The next event is the individual State Championships in Brisbane on the 4th.

It's Cross Country season
Upcoming Schools Cross country EVENTS.

1. Tuesday 4th June – Secondary Regional Cross Country Championships. All students 13-18 are eligible to run. Students do not have to qualify through the district for this event. 2. Wednesday 5th June - Primary Regional Cross Country- Maroochydore 10-12 year olds) - only selected students are eligible to attend the Primary Regional Carnival. To qualify for this, students must finish in the top 5 at the Primary SCISSA Carnival

Secondary and Primary students selected for Regionals training will continue on:
Tuesday 14th May, Tuesday 21st May, Tuesday 28th May at 7.20am at the College
Students may also like to continue training with Nick each Thursday afternoon at Tewantin

Secondary Cross Country 2013 - Rafter win the double
A massive thank you for a superb afternoon in which our students starred. I was so impressed with our students who approached the event with a great attitude. The conditions were incredibly tough and it was great to see our students give everything for their house.  Congratulations to all houses who obviously put a lot of effort into the event. Congratulations to Rafter House on your terrific achievement. Rafter last won the event in 2008. Interestingly Burkett have never won the Secondary X-Country. Hocknull have won it 4 times, Rafter have won it 3 times and Williamson have won it twice. Thank you! More photos here

Primary Cross Country 2013
A massive congratulations to our Primary students for making the Cross Country 2013 so special. There was a real sense of achievement on so many faces! The standard of running was very high and continues to reach new heights at the College as our terrific culture grows. Thanks to staff and parents for their great support and approach to our fantastic running culture.
Well done to Rafter house who won the carnival with Hocknull in 2nd, Williamson in 3rd and Burkett in 4th. It was a very close carnival. Thank you also to the amazing group of Fit Foodies,
There are plenty more images at our Sport Facebook page here








2013 Important Dates:
Saturday 20th April - Queensland Cross Country Relay Championships - John Paul College
Saturday 4th May - Queensland All Schools Cross Country
Friday 10th May - District Cross Country (Primary and Secondary)
Tuesday 4th June - Secondary Regional Cross Country
Wednesday 5th June - Primary regional Cross Country
14-15 July - Primary State Cross Country
21-22 July - Secondary State Cross Country
Thursday 31st October - Prep - Year 3 Cross Country Carnival

Click here to read more Cross Country news from 2011 and 2012

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House Champions - Cross Country

Year	Primary	Secondary
2003	Goolagong / Poole
2004	Poole
2005	Rafter	Rafter
2006		Hocknull
2007	Boyle	Hocknull
2008	Burkett	Rafter
2009	Hocknull	Williamson
2010	Hocknull	Hocknull
2011	Burkett	Hocknull
2012	Hocknull	Williamson
2013	Rafter	Rafter