The effort in the preparation phase, particularly from the Middle School students, had been fantastic with excellent attendance at the 7am training sessions on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at College, despite some testing weather. This level of effort transferred to Carnival day with all students representing the College and themselves briliantly.
As a team we were able to qualify for the Combined Aggregate, which demonstrates a fantastic amount of competitors and qualifying finishing times in every age group and gender category. Being able to do this when competing against such estabilished and accomplished schools indicates that not only are our students displaying fantastic competitve spirit but that we are developing a strong, sustainable culture within our ACC involvement. The students are doing a great job of preparing themselves for these events and for the students who will participate in these events in the future.
There were some pleasing results across the day with the standout being Cian Guest (Yr 11) who finished 4th in the Open Division with a time 13.02 for 4km. With a limited preparation compared to previous years, this was a great result for Cian as he will enter Year 12 next year with his eyes set on the prize of taking out the Open Division in 2018.
Overall, we finished 35th which places us exactly in the middle of the 70 competing schools. This is something to be happy with but also something we can build upon as we hope to once again improve for 2018.
Thanks to Mr Falcone, Mrs Billington, Mr Pisano, Miss White and Mrs Pastorelli for their fantastic work with either coaching the team or preparing breakfast for the team after their testing training sessions.
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