Regional Cross-Country

On Wednesday the 19th of June 28 Melbourne Girls’ College students fled to Bundoora Park for the Zone Cross Country Championships.

 

The course was very different to that of Princes Park (previous championship). Which was a challenge in itself. However, every single MGC student put their best foot forward and took the altered course like a champion.

 

First up were the u17-21 girls! MGC was the only school to make a team in this event, which a huge commendation on the 4 year 12 girls (Amy Spinks, Charlotte Mansfield, Florence Webb and Molly Sharrock) who gave up their day to race in this event. Also, congratulations to Coco Knowles of year 10 who raced in this division and came second. 

Up next were the u16 girls who again represented MGC magnificently, with the team coming in 3rd place! Superb effort by Lucinda Macdonald, Saskia Junge, Helen Alonso and Erica Brown-Yamada who all individually qualified for states.

 

Before we knew it the u15 girls were coming around the track, leading the MGC girls was Georgie Watson, closely followed by Victoria Trentin. The MGC team came in first place for this event meaning that Bethany Zmak, Hayley Cumming, Georgie Watson and Victoria Trentin will be joining the other girls at the state championships, along with Chloe Mansfield. Well done to all!

Following the u15’s was the u14’s who again did an amazing job. MGC maintained their strong reputation with 2 girls coming in the top 12 and heading off to states as well, Chloe Kamberis and Jessica Edbrooke. The U14 team came third overall, winning a bronze medal! Congratulations to Chloe, Jessica, Zoe Forde and Luelle Spear.

 

Finishing up our MGC campaign, the u13 girls left nothing on the track. Heidi Cannell continued to wow the crowd coming in 1st place. Joining Heidi at states will be Holly Chapman who came 10th. The team including Heidi, Holly, Indi Agosta and Jade Simoni also placed second, winning a silver medal.

It’s great to see so many girls doing such an amazing job on the track as well as getting around and supporting the others before and after their races. A massive congratulations to the 18 MGC girls who will be heading off to the state championships on the 18th of July. Also, a huge thank-you to our MGC co-ordinator Ms T as well as Ms Miller, and also Mr Fero-Kovassy who played a huge part in ensuring the event ran smoothly. We couldn’t have done it without you.

 

Niamh Georgakas (Official Cross Country Journalist)