Otago Boys' - quick on their feet

30/5/2008

Otago Boys’ cross country and road relay teams have been in the news lately, racing to victory in major provincial championships.

Bryce Morgan

The senior boys’ team of Bryce Morgan, Ryan Shanks, Keegan Watson and William Scorgie led throughout the recent annual Otago Secondary School road relay at King’s High.

Bryce ran the first leg and gave Otago Boys’ a flying start with his time the fastest of the day.

Forty-four teams contested the championship, a 30 percent increase on last year’s field.

And the junior selection of Daniel Adams, Michael Ogle, Jack Hunter, Nick Rapley, Jared Hewitt and Ben Watts took out the Otago-Southland secondary schools cross country relay in Milton earlier this week.

Daniel Adams leading the way in the Otago/Southland cross country champs

This year’s event attracted 54 teams, up from last year’s 33.

And while it’s not the summer season, Otago Boys’ track athletes are also making headlines.

Todd Johnston (Year 12) has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India in October.

Todd will compete in the 100 metres as well as both relays – 4 x 100 metres and 4 x 400 metres.

He dominated the junior sprints at this year’s South Island Secondary School Championships,

Todd Johnston

winning both the Under 16 100 metre and 200 metre titles.

Todd also enjoyed a successful national Secondary School meeting last December in Wanganui where he took silver medals in both the 100 metre and 200 metre races as well as being a member of the Otago Boys’ junior relay team which broke the New Zealand record.

William Scorgie (Year 11) has been named in the New Zealand Development Team and will

William Scorgie

compete in an international meeting against teams from Asia and the United States on the Gold Coast in Australia in July.

William is the current national secondary school junior boys’ 3,000 metres title holder.