Earlier today Valerie Barker, Orienteering Australia Schools Committee Coordinator and 2019 Australian Schools Orienteering Championships organiser released confirmation of the results from the 2019 Australian Schools Championships and Southern Cross Junior Challenge held recently in the Wagga Wagga area.
The full results can be found here.
Orienteering Australia is pleased to confirm the 2019 Australians Schools Orienteering Championships Honour Team as follows:
Junior Girls
Mikaela Gray (QLD), Milla Key (VIC)*, Iida Lehtonen (NSW), Nea Shingler (NSW)
Junior Boys
Torren Arthur (VIC), Aldo Bosman (WA), Alvin Craig (NSW), Sam Woolford (NSW)
Senior Girls
Mikayla Cooper (TAS), Ella Cuthbert (ACT), Zoe Melhuish (ACT), Caitlin Young (ACT)
Senior Boys
Dante Afnan (SA), Jensen Key (VIC), Grant Reinbott (QLD), David Stocks (ACT)
* Milla Key was the inaugural recipient of the Rob Simson Memorial Shield for the Best Newcomer. This was presented by Neil Simson on behalf of the Simson family, to acknowledge the work done by Rob Simson 31 years ago (in 1989) in establishing and championing what we now know as ASOC.
And for the Honour team, every state was represented at least once!
Congratulations to all on their selection.