A week after staging the primary school titles, the motor racing venue again played host to the state’s best junior runners in six age groups across distances from three to six kilometres.

The annual event is proving to be increasingly popular with 54 schools represented and Athletics Tasmania executive officer Gabby Steele delighted with the turnout.

‘‘This is an exciting opportunity for all secondary school students to embrace physical activity along with their peers and have fun doing so,’’ she said.

‘‘The challenging course is a great way for students to participate in a fun run type atmosphere yet in a safe and controlled environment.’’

Riverside’s Sam Clifford continued his success from primary school championships by claiming the under-14 men’s event while James Curran, of Launceston Church Grammar, claimed the under-15 event and Getasew Ferguson, of St Patrick’s College, won the under 17s.

The under-20 titles were taken out by state athletic champions Bini Hagos, of Guilford Young, and Fahan’s Tessa Johns.

A Tasmanian team will be selected in the 14, 16, 18 and 20 age groups to compete in Melbourne in August as a part of the Australian cross-country championships.

Full results are available on the Athletics Tasmania website.

TOP 10s: U14 MEN:  1 Sam Clifford Riverside 2 Ben Saint-John Marist 3 Alexander Tween Clarence 4 Chris Law Hutchins 5 Fletcher Fulton St Patricks 6 Axel Moore Hutchins 7 Bailey Gillow St Patricks 8 Jamie Laurence MacKillop 9 Zac Ollington Burnie 10 Ethan Stetton Marist.

 WOMEN: 1 Mikayla Cooper St Michael’s Collegiate 2 Sophie Botterill-James Fahan 3 Ashya Rodman Ulverstone 4 Tamsyn Costello St Aloysius 5 Olivia Roney St Patricks 6 Ambrosia Negri Friends’ 7 Isabelle Burden Sacred Heart Hobart 8 Maddie Lane Fahan 9 Alyson Wood Riverside High 10 Lucy Cooper Exeter.

U15 MEN:  1 James Curran Launceston Church Grammar 2 Madison Singleton Marist 3 Warwick Purton Ulverstone 4 Caleb Boonstra Calvin 5 Max Cresswell St Patricks 6 Eddy Calvert Friends’ 7 Matthew Roberts Friends’ 8 Robert Elkerton Kingston 9 Drew Auton Ulverstone 10 Nathan Green Taroona. 

WOMEN:  1 Chloe Hunt Rose Bay 2 Raphaela Corney Taroona 3 Arabella Phillips St Patricks 4 Georgie Williams Scotch Oakburn 5 Darcy Miller Latrobe 6 Pipa Sanders St Patricks 7 Lucy Jones Scotch Oakburn 8 Jade Longstaff Prospect High 9 Sophie Cooling Friends 10 Gabriella Vavoulas Kingston.

U16 MEN: 1 Harvey Chilcot Hutchins 2 Tom Roberts Devonport 3 Lachie Bronfield New Town 4 Sam Field Taroona 5 Edward Lancaster Latrobe 6 Declan Smith Marist 7 Oliver Marshall Scotch Oakburn 8 Ben McShane Scotch Oakburn 9 Joseph Dalco Kingston 10 Noah Patterson-Robert Friends’.

 WOMEN:  1 Ebony Webb Calvin 2 Ruby Smee Taroona 3 Eve Bell Latrobe 4 Emma Saint-John Marist 5 Rebecca Revill St Michael’s Collegiate 6 Sophie Moore St Michael’s Collegiate 7 Skye Baker St Patricks 8 Inighion Quinn St Brendan- Shaw 9 Amelia Bransden Riverside 10 Laura Spandler Sacred Heart Hobart.

U17 MEN:  1 Getasew Ferguson St Patricks 2 Zeph Rose Taroona 3 William Cleaver Ulverstone 4 Max Green St Brendan- Shaw 5 Sam Driessen Friends’ 6 Casey Brown St Patricks 7 Edward Murchie Marist 8 James Tucker Hutchins 9 Nathan McKillop Kingston 10 Henry Andrews Penguin. 

WOMEN:  1 Hannah Richardson Clarence 2 Isabelle Sharman St Brendan-Shaw 3 Amy Joseph St Brendan-Shaw 4 Jemma Smith MacKillop 5 Daisy Murphy Fahan 6 Celeste Frasson Friends’ 7 Lilly Ellis Taroona 8 Kate Hall Penguin 9 Sophie Scott Mount Carmel 10 Laura McShane Scotch Oakburn.

U18 MEN:  1 Jayden Webb Hobart College 2 Michael Boult Hutchins 3 Jesse Purton Leighland 4 Oskar Bucirde Scotch Oakburn 5 Aaron Harvey Don College 6 Joe Dickinson Launceston Church Grammar 7 Lachie Edmunds Scotch Oakburn 8 Isaac Degetto St Patricks College 9 Tobin Mason Hellyer 10 Kacey Curtis St Patricks. 

WOMEN: 1 Meriem Daoui Elizabeth College 2 Niamh Crocker Scotch Oakburn 3 Hannah Cummins St Patricks 4 Sabrina Shields Ulverstone 5 Anthea Messmer Hobart College 6 Sarah Calder St Michael’s Collegiate 7 Tamsyn Ayres Hobart College 8 Ali Wrigley St Patricks 9 Amy Spandler Guilford Young 10 Bella Seddon Friends.

U20 MEN:  1 Biniyam Hagos Guilford Young 2 Ryan Powell St Brendan- Shaw 3 Gabe Dennison Marist 4 Denyan Claxton St Patricks College 5 Toby Sparks Launceston College 6 Nathan Claridge Scotch Oakburn 7 Damien Messmer Hutchins 8 Hamish McCallum Smith Scotch Oakburn 9 Joseph Chilvers St Patricks 10 Tom Mcintee St Patricks.

 WOMEN:  1 Tessa Johns Fahan 2 Inessa Corney Elizabeth College 3 Kelsey McNally Elizabeth College 4 Courtney Stanley Launceston College 5 Tina Auckland Scotch Oakburn 6 Amelia Pearson Scotch Oakburn 7 Shelby Miller Launceston Church Grammar 8 Holly Savill Launceston Church Grammar 9 Lilly Murdoch Launceston Church Grammar 10 Dana Lester Scotch Oakburn.