PSA Scotch 3 man 5km relays

This morning the old wombat headed on down to the PSA AllSchools Cross Country relays. These fixtures have run all winter with the seven PSA schools initially involved in a home and away round robin before combining for 4 races involving all runners from the 7 competing schools.

The weather was actually pretty kind given the week that we have had in Perth and despite a few intermittent showers the morning was relatively clear. Today was the 3 man x 5km relay on Scotch's playing fields and it really was great to see so many runners from the schools, along with parents and spectators on the course.

The run got underway with Guildford's number one  taking an early lead  from the field and showing a very clean pair of heals. This set up his younger team mate with a clear run throughout most of the leg before being overhauled by Christchurch in the closing stages of the second stage. Christchurch led out from Guildford with Scotch , Aquinas and Trinity in hot pursuit however, by the time the last leg crossed the line it was evident that Aquinas would once again dominate to be clear point winners for the day. This was again a well deserved win by this well oiled team and a credit to the team's culture that has obviously become  a factor in their performance.

The Guildford boys were  strong and upbeat throughout and despite a hard fought battle they finished clear of Wesley and only 4 points behind Hale, with Scotch, Aquinas, Trinity and Christchurch filing the top four places. There were some wombat performances out on the course today for the Guildford boys. Aaron Coates despite being named in the 5th team ended up changing with the 2nd team after a stellar first leg. Captain Jackson Passeri was well clear on the first leg and has set himself up for a great final race in the 8km next Saturday in Kings Park. Paul Harcus, starting well behind two team mates manager to close this early gap and over haul them in the closing stages of his leg and finally Shannon Lislois has continued his climb through the ranks in his final year to become a competitive force in the team.

GUILDFORD INDIVIDUAL TIMES
RANK	RUNNER	NUMBER	SPLIT	LAP	PACE
1	Jackson Passeri	324	Leg 1	15:44	3:31
2	Angus Line	333	Leg 2	16:50	3:45
3	Nathan Wytkin	323	Leg 2	17:41	3:57
4	Thurston Hewitt	325	Leg 3	17:54	3:60
5	Benjamin Armstrong	312	Leg	18:13	4:04
6	Aaron Coates	342	Leg 1	18:21	4:06
7	Declan White	340	Leg 1	18:29	4:08
8	Zachary Johnson	330	Leg 2	18:30	4:08
9	Peter Siedentopf	305	Leg 3	18:36	4:09
10	Robert Watson	321	Lap 1	18:39	4:10
11	Fraser Sewell	311	Leg 1	18:41	4:10
12	Cameron Adams	313	Leg 1	18:43	4:11
13	Nicholas Rollo	334	Leg 1	18:52	4:13
14	Tristan Dale	322	Leg 3	18:58	4:14
15	Paul Harcus	301	Leg 3	19:15	4:18
16	Shannon Lislois	317	Leg 2	19:20	4:19
17	Toby Digney	335	Leg 1	19:28	4:21
18	Marcel Niutta	341	Leg 2	19:28	4:21
19	Bailey Bartholomeusz	308	Leg 3	19:43	4:24
20	Blake Hillier	304	Leg 2	19:52	4:26
21	Mitchell Wooding	343	Leg 1	20:07	4:29
22	Alex Regnaud	300	Leg 1	20:17	4:32
23	James Miolin	332	Leg 1	20:28	4:34
24	Harry Lagdon	302	Leg 1	20:42	4:37
25	Aaron Quiskamp	328	Leg 1	21:13	4:44
26	Isaac Ward	314	Leg 1	21:14	4:44
27	Alexander Morrison	318	Leg 1	21:36	4:49
28	Henry Van Den Wall Bake	345	Leg 1	21:49	4:52
29	William Yagmich	316	Leg 1	24:13	5:24
30	James Wilkinson	307	Leg 1	24:26	5:27
31	Sebastian Boyd	329	Leg 1	24:28	5:28
32	Jean-Louis Hansen	331	Leg 1	27:33	6:09
33	Louis Mcwhirter	320	Leg 1	27:33	6:09
34	Kristian Montgomery	315	Leg 1	28:49	6:26
35	James Holmes	306	Leg 1	29:35	6:36

See you all at Kings Park 9:30am Start for the Ray Brown 8km, the final PSA Cross Country race of the season.


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