And away they go

Runners take off in the junior girls section of the Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association Logan Park road race in Dunedin yesterday. Photo by Gregor Richardson.
Runners take off in the junior girls section of the Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association Logan Park road race in Dunedin yesterday. Photo by Gregor Richardson.
Runners take off in the junior girls section of the Otago Secondary Schools Sports Association Logan Park road race in Dunedin yesterday.

The 2.5km race was won by Otago Girls' High School pupil Tahlia Roome in 9min 33.27sec.

She finished ahead of Cecilia Crooks, of St Hilda's Collegiate, and Logan Park High School's Rebecca Dalpin.

St Hilda's runner Kate Higham claimed the senior girls race ahead of fellow pupil Georgia Mitchell, who finished third, and Otago Girls' High School's Jenna Thorne.

Higham finished in 9min 13.74sec.

The 5km senior boys' race was won by promising young Otago Boys' High School athlete Nathan Hill, who ran 15min 41.42sec.

Fellow pupil Matt Ogle was second in 16min 0.64sec and Kavanagh College's Ben O'Farrell finished third in 16min 26.46sec.

The junior boys' 2.5km race was won by Kings' High School's George Bates in 8min 11.39sec. Bates edged South Otago High School's Frank Hill and fellow Kings' High School pupil William Scharpf.

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