Runner Henry Ridd takes Canterbury title
22 May 2025
Year 9 athlete Henry Ridd has outrun all rivals to win the Canterbury Secondary Schools Road Race over 3000m in North Hagley Park.
Recording an impressive 00:10:03 in his year group, Henry and Taio Ferreira (00:10:37) in 4th place have helped to secure the runner-up spot for Christ’s College in the team section. Edy Johnson has narrowly missed out on a top-10 finish.
In the junior race, Year 10 student Sam Moore (00:09:23) has powered home for 2nd, finishing .01 behind the winner and helping to steer College to 3rd overall in the team event. In the senior race over four kilometres, Otto Church has finished 7th against a highly competitive field.
You can find the full results here.
