1 August, 2025

Top young athletes shine in peninsula races

Mate alongside mate… Belmont Primary had a clean sweep in the Year 5 boys race. Winner August Downer is flanked by third-placed Christian Martin (left) and runner-up Leo Bodle

Close to 200 of Devonport’s up-and-coming running stars contested the annual peninsula primary school cross-country races at Fort Takapuna last Wednesday.
Results

Year 4 girls: Lillian Morgan (Hau)1; Sophia Walmsley (Dev) 2; Isla Snow (Hau) 3.

Year 4 boys: Patrick McGuigan (Dev)1;
Tom Misur (Hau) 2; Luke Nielsen (Bel) 3.

Year 5 girls: Harpur Bennie (Bel )1; Bel Tyler (Bel) 2; Aurelia Lane (Vaux) 3.

Year 5 boys: August Downer (Bel) 1; Leo Bodle (Bel) 2; Christian Martin (Bel) 3.

Year 6 girls: Isla Nielsen (Bel )1; Winter Dustin (Bel) 2; Margaux Sumner-Brown (SB) 3.

Year 6 boys: Aucktons Sudang (Hau)1;
Viktor Havranek (Hau) 2; Hugo Nordstrand (Bel) 3.

(Key: Bel, Belmont Primary School; Dev, Devonport Primary School; Hau, Hauraki School; SB, Stanley Bay School; Vaux, Vauxhall School.)

They’re off… The starts of the Year 5 girls race

They’re off… The starts of the Year 5 boys race

Hauraki heroes… Aucktons Sudsang (right) placed first and Viktor Havranek second in the Year 6 boys race

Winning girls… (from left) Hauraki School’s Lillian Morgan (Year 4), Belmont Primary’s Harpur Bennie (Year 5) and Isla Nielsen (Year 6)