The Cornwall Schools Cross-Country Championships took place in murky weather on Saturday at Truro School, with over 350 athletes, representing 28 Cornish Schools, competing.
The combined Inter and Senior Girls race was first up and provided the expected tight tussle between Truro & Penwith College’s Roisin Mooney and Callywith College’s Holly Reid. Roisin took an early lead, was caught at halfway, but pushed on in the last half mile for the win, with Holly a close second and dominant Inter Girls winner Ava Sutton, from Penair School, closing fast. T & P’s Florrie Mackenzie took third from team-mate Izzie Price to ensure their team victory over Truro School, as Bodmin College’s Serena Clarke took second Inter Girl, from Richard Lander’s Janie Holloway, with taking home team golds from Truro and Penryn College.
Next up were the Year 7 Boys and Saltash Community College’s Lucas Sweeney emerged from the hectic start to take a dominant win from Penryn’s Sam Bradbury and Jimmy Vella, with Penryn taking team victory from Richard Lander and Newquay Tretherras.
The Year 7 Girls’ race was a cracker, with Falmouth School’s Emily Searle mixing it with Saltash’s Daisy Elliott and Daisy prevailing by just 2 seconds, with Mounts Bay’s Omelia Swayer clear in third. Tretherras took the team win, from Penryn and Truro.
The run of the day came from Penrice Academy’s William Pearce as he not only won the Inter Boys’ event, but caught the front-running Senior Boy, Dylan Stevens from T & P to take the overall win, with Dylan’s team-mate Joe Wylie in third. Callywith’s Lachlan Maclennan was third Senior, in front of Bodmin’s Lewis Trubridge and Penryn’s Josh Peters. T & P narrowly beat Callywith to the senior team title, with Penryn prevailing by just one point from Bodmin in the inters, with Wadebridge third.
The Junior Girls race provided a close three-way contest and a home win, with Truro’s Aria Griffiths winning by 3 seconds and Rosie Selby, of Tretherras, just pipping Truro High School’s Lila Russell on the line for second. Penair were team victors, from Truro High and Tretherras.
The Junior Boys finished off the day and got the muddiest conditions. Tretherras had n imressive clean sweep, with Will Henwood comfortably winning, from Rowan Mcintosh and Dillon Murphy. It was a tight team contest, though, with Tretherras prevailing by 2 points from Penyn, with St Joseph’s School taking third.
The results of the event can be downloaded here:
