On Thursday 1 June, students from Year 7 – Year 12 represented Swan at the ACC Interschool Cross Country Carnival. Students who had finished in the top 6 places for their division at our House Cross Country Carnival were selected for the team. Prior to the ACC carnival there were training sessions twice a week before school. I would like to give a special thank you to Mr Dallin and Mr Ellis for training the team again this year.
The carnival was held at Perry Lakes Reserve in Floreat and there were 75 schools competing, with each race having approximately 350 runners. Our runners gave their all and I was very proud of the way that they represented the team and the College. The following students came in the top 50 places for their division, which is an excellent achievement and worthy of a special mention:
|
Student |
Age Group |
Place |
|
Sahara D |
U/13 |
13 |
|
Taleah H |
U/13 |
49 |
|
Ava S |
U/15 |
50 |
|
Elyssa L |
U/19 |
21 |
|
Lola B |
U/19 |
48 |
|
Austin R |
U/19 |
27 |
To qualify for an overall placing a school must have at least three runners in each division complete the course in the cut-off time. For the second year in a row Swan has achieved this, giving us an overall classified place of 26th which is an excellent result.
It was a great experience for our students and staff, and it was pleasing to see some parents there supporting our team. I look forward to seeing our team continue to improve for next year’s ACC carnival!
Mr Stephen Drew
Dean of Sport
