Sports

Interschool Cross Country

On Friday the 16th of May 11 students travelled to St. Arnaud to compete in the Interschool Cross Country. Donald High School was well represented in the Junior age groups with six runners. This included Layla Griffiths who finished second overall in the Junior Girls competition, and Evie Donnellon and Ellie Burke. The Junior Boys were represented by Samuel Mortlock, who finished in the top 10 and qualified for Zone, Noah Michael and Max Reilly. Hugo Funcke also finished third in a very fast ran Intermediate Boys competition which also had Luca Rice and Jesse Lydom in it. Halle Rice qualified for the Intermediate Girls Zone Cross Country event. Curtis Rice completed our day’s events with his run in the Senior Boys competition. All Runners tried their hardest and represented the school well. A big thanks to Mrs Griffiths who came across and helped out on the day and also all the parents that dropped in and cheered out students along! 

Loddon Mallee Zone Cross Country 2025

On Tuesday 27th May three students competed in the Loddon Mallee Region Cross country held in St Arnaud. All students competed over 3km and performed to the best of their ability achieving some satisfying results. Hugo Funcke finished 7th in the 15 year old male event and Layla Griffiths finishing 15th in the 14 years female event. Our third competitor was Halle Rice who finished a very commendable 33rd in the 15 year old girls 3km event. 

Hugo has now qualified for the State Cross Country to be held in Melbourne in July.