2000 School Magazine

06SSSA sport

CROSS COUNTRY

The 2000 Cross Country season has proven to be one of the most exciting and certainly no less successful than previous years' BGGS became the QGSSSA Cross Country Champions for the first time in 1994 and since then has never looked back. This year was no exception with Grammar claiming victory for the seventh year in succession. The sign-on meetings at the beginning of the season proved to be very popular with a large number of girls attending including a very enthusiastic group of year eights. As always, the general consensus was that Mr Booth's training sessions were not the easiest, but the satisfaction after a half hour run, numerous repetitions with the boys, and even more gruelling hill sprints, was well worth the effort. These tough sessions, four afternoons and one morning a week, were to stand us in good stead for the competitive program ahead. The squad competed in numerous meets prior to the QGSSSA competition, including those held by State High and St Aidans, and the BGS relays and our own relays on 6 May. These meets revealed tough competition from Somerville House and Moreton Bay College which only spurred on the Grammar runners. Finally, on Saturday 27 May the QGSSSA Cross Country season arrived. Limestone Park is notorious for its never-ending hills yet it was

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to our advantage. Grammar spirit was loud and obvious with the cheersquad out in force. The day started out extremely well with the 13 years achieving equal first with Moreton Bay College. This was a wonderful achievement as our Year Eights had been runners-up to a particularly strong More ton Bay College Year Eight team all season. Lauren Gamero and Amy Cunning ham ran extremely well, coming sixth and eighth respective

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