Cross Country

On Tuesday we competed against 5 other schools in our annual Cross Country. Overall it was a fantastic day and great weather. As a joint writing activity Te Puawai and Te Kauru came up with some descriptive sentences to describe how their experiences at the Cross Country. Take a look at what they came up with:

The contestants blanketed the grass like fresh, blue snow - Bailey.

I spotted a massive hill and sighed to myself - Serenade.

Finally, I could see the finish line but I was sinking in the stinky mud. Wait, that's not mud, its cow pats.
Disgusting!!!  Frano

My heart thumped nervously as we warmed up, ready to start - ?

I rolled down the hill like it was a huge wave of water and ended up squeaky clean at the end - Leah.

Everyone burst off the line in seconds, leaving Sir in the dust - Dylan.

Oh no……… a humongous, undodgeable mud pit was in the way - Serena.

I gallop through the gate getting a lucky start nearly hitting Tawa in the face - Harlen.

The oozing mud squelched between my toes - Aria.

I collapsed, feeling triumphant but unfortunately, I didn’t make the top ten - Paige.

We shot off like a bullet, into the distance - Yug.

I waited anxiously at the beginning with a tense grin - June.

As I was pushing my way to the top of the steep hill, I thought “yes, nearly there” - Charlize.

Go! Sir shouted, then everybody hurtled forward like a stampede - Jake.

I could see the rough, curved track with a lot of dried up cow pats - Isabella.

My heart was pounding, my legs felt like jelly but I knew I couldn’t give up, so I pushed

myself to keep going - Jasmine.

All competitors waited nervously for Mr Windelborn to break the awful news, begin the run - Elly.

I could hear the crowd slowly silencing, then there was nothing except the sound of thumping

feet down the hill - Darius.

As I ran down the hill, the wind flowed through my hair, giving me a refreshing breeze - Manaia.

Hill after hill! Finally a flat surface for me to run on, so I sprinted as hard as I could to get in the

top ten - Eva.

Halfway through the course, feeling quite dehydrated and puffing frequently - Lyrik.

The sound of mud oozing through my feet, squelching as the sludge got thicker - Izaak.

As I’m running I catch sight of Lake Ngatu, looking as flat as glass - Layton.

It was exhausting! I could see my rivals staggering behind me, trying to keep up - Caedance.

 After the race I was really thirsty and dehydrated - Tianah.

Before my race I was somewhat confident, but as soon as I had to go to the starting

line my legs started trembling and my heart started pounding - Bobby.

I started pumping my legs as hard as I could - Damon.

 I had been waiting for so long that I had become extremely nervous - Isaac J.

When it was my turn to race I got a bit nervous, especially because I thought I had

no chance against this many people - Kara.

We stretched & stretched until sir said, On your marks, get set, Go!! - Lincoln.

“Ok, focus on sprinting. Sprint, sprint, sprint” - Timo.

I was speechless, but at the same time I was so happy - Kalani.

Dad told me not to let the nerves take over - Lucas

When I finished my legs were dead! - Harry.

Every time an age group went, it got closer to my turn. I was getting nervous - Aurora.

It was nerve-racking and I was steaming hot - Hazel-Rose.

It was time to go home for a rest - Tristan.