New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association National Secondary School Cross Country Championships A 40 Year History Introduction The New Zealand Secondary Schools Athletics Association is proud to publish a forty- year history of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships. Participation in the event between 1974 and 2013 totals well over 10,000 athletes from all but a handful of schools from around the country. With an annual involvement of over 1000 students it has become one of the largest secondary school sporting events in New Zealand. The idea for this document was born during the 1995 NZSSCC Championships in Masterton. At this time (before the internet), results were published in a hard copy booklet. In this particular year the first three place getters in the individual, and three and six person team categories were published for the first twenty-one years of the events history. This accompanied the full set of 1995 results. After this event, the majority of results were published electronically. Unfortunately, many of these results were lost in the mid to late nineties because there was no dedicated NZSSAA website. Sincere thanks need to be given to Don Chadderton for providing the first twenty years’ of results. Without these early results a significant part of athletics New Zealand’s history would have eventually been forgotten. These include the 1974 performance of Alison Rowe, who would later go on to win both the 1981 Boston and New York marathons. As well as Burnside High School’s 1978 performance in the junior boys event where they completed the perfect three-man score of six points. Results from the last twenty years came from a number of sources and highlight names more familiar with today’s youth and the growth of triathlon. In 1988 and 1995 respectively Olympic gold and silver medalists Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty placed in the senior boys event. The most successful middle and long distance runners New Zealand has produced in recent years, Nick Willis and Kimberly Smith, have also featured in the NZSSCC championships. Finally, the event has continued to evolve. Starting off in 1974 with two age groups and one three-person team category (five-person for the senior boys). The event introduced a three and six-person team category in 1981 for the senior boys that was then extended to all age groups in 1985. Similarly, in 2001 a Year 9 age group was added. Hopefully, this collection of names and performances will help revive memories for a number of past athletes, parents, coaches and managers. It intends also to help inspire the current generation of secondary school athletes to represent not only themselves, but also their school, and for some, their country with the greatest level of pride. Brad Smith Contents Contents 1st 1974 Christchurch Page 5 2nd 1975 Palmerston North Page 7 3rd 1976 Nelson Page 9 4th 1977 Wanganui Page 11 5th 1978 Timaru Page 13 6th 1979 Te Awamutu Page 15 7th 1980 Blenheim Page 17 8th 1981 Stratford Page 19 9th 1982 Oamaru Page 21 10th 1983 Paeroa Page 23 11th 1984 Rangiora Page 25 12th 1985 Levin Page 27 13th 1986 Nelson Page 29 14th 1987 Fielding Page 31 15th 1988 Timaru Page 33 16th 1989 Kawerau Page 35 17th 1990 Blenheim Page 37 18th 1991 Wanganui Page 39 19th 1992 Christchurch Page 41 20th 1993 Cambridge Page 43 21st 1994 Oamaru Page 45 22nd 1995 Masterton Page 47 23rd 1996 Nelson Page 49 24th 1997 Napier Page 51 25th 1998 Christchurch Page 53 26th 1999 Te Aroha Page 55 27th 2000 Christchurch Page 57 28th 2001 Auckland Page 59 29th 2002 Blenheim Page 63 30th 2003 Upper Hutt Page 67 31st 2004 Dunedin Page 71 32nd 2005 Wanganui Page 75 33rd 2006 Tauranga Page 79 34th 2007 Christchurch Page 83 35th 2008 New Plymouth Page 87 36th 2009 Nelson Page 91 37th 2010 Waikanae Page 95 38th 2011 Ashburton Page 99 39th 2012 Auckland Page 103 40th 2013 Christchurch Page 107 Top 10 3 Person Scores Page 111 Top 10 6 Person Scores Page 113 A 40 Year History National Secondary School Cross Country Championships 3 Christchurch - 1974 JUNIOR GIRLS - 3000m 1) M O’Reilly McKillop College 13:46 2) M Ashton Lawrence District HS 14:36 3) L Wicks Lumsden District HS 14:40 4) D Van Rijswyck Viard College 5) J Nolan St. Mary’s College 6) W Mollison Burnside HS 7) H Smith Burnside HS 8) J Stavely Stratford HS 9) S Coleman Motueka HS 10) J Anderson Dunstan HS JUNIOR BOYS - 4000m 1) K Amey Bayfield HS 16:19 2) R Thurlow King’s HS 16:31 3) N Wilby Shirley HS 16:36 4) M Molloy St Thomas of Canterbury College 5) B Stephen King’s HS 6) S McAra Otago Boys’ HS 7) A McLeod Kaikorai Valley HS 8) S Horner Massey HS 9) C Bowden Rongotai HS 10) P Branch Auckland Grammar School SENIOR GIRLS - 4000m 1) B Moore Otahuhu College 17:30 2) A Deed Westlake Girls’ HS 17:46 3) A Duncraft Sacred Heart College 18:32 4) A Bidwell Avonside Girls’ HS 5) C Thompson Lumsden District HS 6) M O’Connell St Dominic’s College 7) C Lister Rangitikei College 8) K Rollo Avonside Girls’ HS 9) C Brett Avonside HS 10) K Ward Palmerston North Girls’ HS A 40 Year History National Secondary School Cross Country Championships 5 SENIOR BOYS - 6000m 1) R Williamson Burnside HS 23:58 2) S Marquet Linwood HS 24:13 3) S Bruere Palmerston North Boys’ HS 24:15 4) R Burne Palmerston North Boys’ HS 5) C Earwaker Rangitoto College 6) G Anderson King’s HS 7) G Banks King’s College 8) G Latta Otago Boys’ HS 9) G O’Brien Shirley Boys’ HS 10) C Fallows Wanganui Collegiate School JUNIOR GIRLS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) Stratford HS 40 2) Palmerston North Girls’ HS 56 3) Burnside HS 57 JUNIOR BOYS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) Rongotai College 41 2) Otago Boys’ HS 41 3) Nelson College 43 SENIOR GIRLS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) Avonside Girls’ HS 26 2) Mairehau HS 53 3) Sacred Heart College 67 SENIOR BOYS - FIVE PERSON TEAMS 1) Wanganui Collegiate School 118 2) Burnside HS 148 3) King’s College 156 6 National Secondary School Cross Country Championships A 40 Year History palmerston north - 1975 JUNIOR GIRLS - 3000m 1) C Wade Viard College 12:23 2) M Green McCaulay HS 12:26 3) L Wicks Lumsden District HS 12:26 4) W Mollison Burnside HS 5) M Hadley Linwood HS 6) G Henry Avonside Girls’ HS 7) P Brunker Whangarei Girls’ HS 8) L Burrell Aranui HS 9) S Mallowes Papatoetoe HS 10) R Dippie Temuka HS JUNIOR BOYS - 4000m 1) K Amey Bayfield HS 14:16 2) M Jelley Avondale College 14:42 3) J McLaren Rodney College 14:42 4) J Bennett Wanganui Boys’ HS 5) R George Palmerston North Boys’ HS 6) A Clouston Hastings Boys’ HS 7) P Mcredmond St Peter’s College (Palm) 8) T Stone St Peter’s College (Palm) 9) M Stone St Peter’s College (Palm) 10) K Foster Geraldine HS SENIOR GIRLS - 4000m 1) S King Westlake Girls’ HS 16:38 2) K Thompson Lumsden District HS 16:53 3) M O’Reilly McKillip College 17:02 4) D Stevenson Queen Elizabeth College (Palm) 5) B Steventon Rodney College 6) A Duncraft Sacred Heart 7) D Faithful Lumsden District HS 8) J Sinclair St Cuthbert’s College 9) G Quick Fraser HS 10) N Wright Hamilton Girls’ HS A 40 Year History National Secondary School Cross Country Championships 7 SENIOR BOYS - 6000m 1) G Shaw Northcote College 21:16 2) M Sceats Massey HS 22:12 3) G Hutchinson Morrinsville College 22:46 4) C Fallows Wanganui Collegiate School 5) J Hambleton Napier Boys’ HS 6) N Burrell Fielding Agricultural HS 7) S Harte Palmerston North Boys’ HS 8) A Stark St Andrew’s College 9) N Szeli Burnside HS 10) P Harder St Peter’s College (Palm) JUNIOR GIRLS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) Burnside HS 46 2) Viard College 59 3) Palmerston North Girls’ HS 61 JUNIOR BOYS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) St Peter’s College (Palm) 24 2) Palmerston North Boys’ HS 30 3) Te Awamutu College 41 SENIOR GIRLS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) Avonside Girls’ HS 47 2) St Cuthbert’s College 49 3) Fraser HS 49 SENIOR BOYS - FIVE PERSON TEAMS 1) Auckland Grammar School 137 2) Burnside HS 138 3) Wanganui Collegiate School 237 8 National Secondary School Cross Country Championships A 40 Year History NELSON - 1976 JUNIOR GIRLS - 3000m 1) G Kroon Stratford College 12:23 2) C Wade Viard College 13:25 3) M Couchman Wanganui Girls’ College 13:27 4) L Hunt Burnside HS 5) M Hadley Linwood HS 6) A Sweetapple Colenso HS 7) L Hyauiason Mahurangi College 8) L Harris Horowhenua College 9) S Stone St Peter’s College 10) T Lovick Stratford HS JUNIOR BOYS - 4000m 1) C Cullen Henderson HS 15:24 2) L Taylor Waitaki Boys’ HS 15:26 3) M Marychurch King’s HS 15:44 4) G Genner Te Kauwhata College 5) CJ Dobson King’s HS 6) G Hardy Burnside HS 7) M Bonner St Kentigern College 8) C Glen Tawa College 9) R Ward Mana College 10) P Gratton Wellington College SENIOR GIRLS - 4000m 1) D Smith Kaikoura HS 17:55 2) D Stevenson Queen Elizabeth College 17:59 3) I Koschak Viard College 18:11 4) M Green McCauley HS 5) S Mallowes Papatoetoe HS 6) S King Westlake Girls’ HS 7) W Mollison Burnside HS 8) J Dobbie Wanganui HS 9) J Sinclair St Cuthbert’s College 10) P Brunker Whangarei Girls’ HS A 40 Year History National Secondary School Cross Country Championships 9 SENIOR BOYS - 6000m 1) P O’Donoghue Pompallier College 21:50 2) J Park Onslow College 21:51 3) G Young Opotiki 22:15 4) J Radich Francis Douglas Memorial College 5) R Wilson Karamu HS 6) D Froude Rongatai College 7) S Harte Palmerston North HS 8) P Meffan Nayland College 9) S Parsons Shirley Boys’ HS 10) C Alley Palmerston North Boys’ HS JUNIOR GIRLS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) Stratford HS 54 2) Burnside HS 61 3) Aranui HS 62 JUNIOR BOYS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) Burnside HS 31 2) Wellington College 44 3) Tawa College 101 SENIOR GIRLS - THREE PERSON TEAMS 1) Westlake Girls’ HS 56 2) Palmerston