A new record for the fastest TAS student in the City2Surf fun run in Sydney on August 12 was a highlight for one of the 11 Gunnedah runners who were part of the 272-strong team from The Armidale School.
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Hitting the pavement for TAS from the Gunnedah region were Nicholas Barnier, Benjamin Carter, Lachlan Carter, Jack Davidson, Harry Davidson, Joshua Jones, Samuel Jones, Dylan Morris, Flynn Newbery, James O’Brien and Georgie Orman.
The largest school team in the world’s largest fun run by a country mile, the students made their presence felt along the 14km route.
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First home for TAS was Sam Jones of Gunnedah in 56:12, knocking more than 30 seconds off the previous record for a TAS runner and improving his time of last year by over four minutes.
Jones maintained an average pace of four minutes per kilometre and finished in the top one per cent. The Year 10 student was 38th of 1217 in the male 16-19 category, and 671st overall of more than 67,000 finishers.
“I was hoping to make it in 58 or 59 so to come out with that was pretty cool. I tried to push it up Heartbreak Hill as hard as I could, then paced myself to save a bit for the end,” Jones said.
“When I passed a clock that just ticked the hour since the start of the first runners, I just went for it.”
The bulk of the TAS team finished inside 1:45:00.
“Almost half of TAS students from Years 6-11 entered, and that huge interest in being part of something that is so much bigger than just themselves says something about their courage and willingness to pursue a personal challenge,” TAS organiser Jim Pennington said.
