Cross Country

On Friday, Week 2, we had our Faction Carnival cross country competition. Previously, we had a trial run to see if we could run the distance. There weren’t many students racing in the seniors but the juniors had a lot more competition as most of them ran. Three people from our class ran at the carnival, Khaled, Merenia and I. All of us were in the senior races therefore, we were the last to race. Our course began at the starting track of the 100m, from there, we ran around the footy posts and around a tree further down. Once past the tree, we ran past the other footy posts and in to the school, past the staff room, the flag poles, around another tree and back out the gates to start again from the footy posts. We completed this two times and the third time we ran down the 200m track. Khaled finished 8th in his race, Merenia finished 16th in the race and I won my race. So after that, I went to interschools because I was in the top three year sevens. So the next Friday, I went to interschool sport at Dawson Park PS. Their course was much harder, so at first we ran almost all the way around the oval, around some markers to go up a hill and then around and on to a track where there was only room for one person. We ran down that track for awhile and it twisted to eventually come out at a small hill almost just an incline and from there we ran ¾ of the oval. The oval was HUGE. So my race was second last and I anxiously awaited the start. I calmed my nerves by making jokes with the other two year sevens Evie and Codi. Finally, my race started and it started pretty quickly, so I just hung in the middle and I remember as we went through the markers I had a look where I was. I was sitting 7th but I decided I wanted to move up so when we raced up the hill I moved from 3rd to 2nd. We ran along a track with only really room for one person so I waited to the next incline to take the lead. When I did, I picked up the pace because I figured she would catch me. I ran all the way to the finish and as I ran down the straight I saw my mum. I remember as I finished, mum pointing behind me and I turned to see Codi finishing 2nd. We stood on the podium. I felt so proud and I was happy for Codi, that bus ride was one of the best bus rides ever. To top it all off Wattle Grove won the cross country shield. Written by Taylor

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