Westlake Boys junior, intermediate and senior teams competed at the Auckland Regional Road Race Championships at Bruce Pulman Park in Papakura on Tuesday. Westlake finished the day with three gold and three silver medals from six races – a fantastic achievement for all involved.
Some great results were recorded and the current strength and depth in the junior team was demonstrated when they won both the three and six person team competitions comfortably.
In the junior team Murdoch McIntyre backed up his third place finish at the Auckland Cross Country Champs earlier this year with a first place finish. Murdoch ran superbly over the 4km course to finish in a time of 13:56.28, 25 seconds in front of the second place runner. He was well supported by David Moore 4th place, Nikola Sovljanski 7th, Stuart Hofmeyr 9th, Josh Spraggon 14th and Daniel Robertson 16th.
The intermediate team finished second in the six person team and third in the three person team respectively with our top runner Joseph Clarke finishing in 6th place in a time of 13:30.30 over the 4km course.
In the senior race Bradley Hall ran a gutsy race finishing 5th, after struggling with an injury for over a year. In addition to Bradley’s excellent result, there were some very fine performances across the board. Euan Grigor 9th and Westlake Boys 2015 Sports Captain Louis Abplanalp 10th both ran well to finish second in the three person team competition. The six person team won gold with Max Rickards 12th, Angus Nicoll 15th and Oliver Ray-Chaudhuri 19th.
