Border Striders

2023 CROSS-COUNTRY REPORT
GOLD          ISABELLA HARTE      ASS  18yrs 6km     21.53
Although third over the line in Junior Nationals at Canberra’s Stromlo, Issi was actually first Australian schoolgirl behind a Kiwi and a uni student. She was our 99th National cross-country medalist and the effort clinched her a USA/NCAA scholarship. Great junior career.
GOLD          TAYLOR GOODWIN    AJ   16yrs 6km   19.19
Dual national track gold medalist Taylor showed exceptional range when third behind the top two New Zealand juniors and 14secs ahead of the next best Aussie. He was also part of Qld’s gold medal-winning team.
#5                  ELKE RAYWARD         AJ U/14yrs 3km  10.31
Only 6secs off the medals and best Queenslander, Elke confirmed her class.
#5                  GRACE CAMPBELL   AJ 14yrs 4km       14.38
Grace was 3rd Queenslander in a great display of endurance against the best.
#12                OSCAR McKEAN        AJ 15yrs 4km        12.59
Newbie Oscar enjoyed a memorable debut placing second Queenslander.#12                 JEMMA WILSON       AJ  16yrs 4km       14.56
Fourth Queenslander in a tough age group but on the rise.
STATE MEDALISTS (excluding the above)
GOLD             CAIDEN MACFARLANE   QSSX 15yrs 4km   
GOLD             HARVEY CRAMB                QA U/20yr 4km  13.20
GOLD             PARKER GOLDSWORTHY  Qld All-Schools   9yrs 1km  3.59
SILVER          JAXON PATERSON-WRIGHT  Qld Open 10km  32.44
BRONZE       AEYSHA GRANZIEN           Qld Open 4km
BRONZE       OLIVIA BOYD                         Qld U/20  4km
ALSO NOTEWORTHY
*   SELWYN RUSSELL     World Junior Mountain, Innsbruck (#3 australian)