NHSSA Inter-High Cross Country Carnival 2025
On Tuesday, 27th May, a team of 45 Riverside High School students, guided by Mrs Elliott, Mr Beardwood and Mr Sanders, represented the school at the NHSSA Inter-High Cross Country Carnival held at Kings Meadows High School.
With heavy rain in the four days prior to the carnival, heavy and wet track conditions greeted the students. Mild weather on the day made it more comfortable for the students at our Riverside High tent base on the home straight. Five runners in each event allowed us to compete in Division 1. School points were awarded for the first three across the line, teams where striving to finish as high as possible in each event as all results influenced the junior/senior and overall shield results. There were many outstanding individual performances across all four grades. Our Grade 7 boys and Grade 8 boys winning their grade pennants for combined points. The Grade 7 boys were particularly strong with Flynn P and Thomas L taking 1st and 3rd place respectively. It was inspiring to witness our students giving their absolute best when representing themselves, their teammates and Riverside High School. Our students’ efforts were aligned with our school values, in particular, the courage they showed to push through when hurting and being challenged by their competitors and the conditions.
With Riverside High School dominating the junior races and Queechy High School similarly dominating the senior races, the overall shield come down to the wire. Unfortunately, we were unable to reclaim the overall shield with Queechy High School finishing a meagre 7 points in front of us. Riverside High School were able to claim the junior shield that combined the results from Grade 7 and Grade 8 events.
Our students are commended for their effort, behaviour and comradery throughout the carnival and the school community should all be proud of how these students represented the school.
Listed below are the finals standings, team results and Riverside High School placings for the day.
NHSSA 2025 INTER HIGH CROSS COUNTRY – SHIELD RESULTS
| Place | Div 1 | Points |
| Junior Shield | ||
| 1 | Riverside High School | 95 |
| 2 | Prospect High School | 129 |
| 3 | Queechy High School | 180 |
| 4 | Exeter High School | 189 |
| 5 | Kings Meadows High School | 243 |
| 6 | Scottsdale High School | 319 |
| 7 | Brooks High School | 439 |
| Senior Shield | ||
| 1 | Queechy High School | 76 |
| 2 | Kings Meadows High School | 126 |
| 3 | Riverside High School | 168 |
| 4 | Prospect High School | 185 |
| 5 | Exeter High School | 204 |
| 6 | Scottsdale High School | 266 |
| 7 | Brooks High School | NA |
| Aggregate Shield (all age groups) | ||
| 1 | Queechy High School | 256 |
| 2 | Riverside High School | 263 |
| 3 | Prospect High School | 314 |
| 4 | Kings Meadows High School | 369 |
| 5 | Exeter High School | 393 |
| 6 | Scottsdale High School | 632 |
| 7 | Brooks High School | NA |
DIVISION 1 TEAMS RESULTS
| Div 1 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 7G | Prospect | Riverside | Kings Meadows |
| 7B | Riverside | Prospect | Kings Meadows |
| 8G | Queechy | Exeter | Riverside |
| 8B | Riverside | Exeter/Queechy (equal) | - |
| 9G | Prospect | Queechy | Kings Meadows |
| 9B | Queechy | Kings Meadows | Riverside |
| 10G | Queechy | Riverside | Kings Meadows |
| 10B | Queechy | Kings Meadows | Prospect |
RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEGETTERS (All schools)
Year 7 Boys
Flynn P RHS - Gold
Thomas L RHS – Bronze
Year 8 Girls
Layla B RHS – Silver
Year 9 Girls
Lily B-H RHS - Silver
Year 9 Boys
Seb B RHS - Silver
Adam Sanders
HPE Coordinator
