Susan Pattinson

Holt Cross Country

written by Chiara Chiodo

It was the morning of cross country and I was already shaking as Mrs Chiodo and Miss Patto were calling us to get on the bus. I got on the bus with butterflies in my stomach. When we got to Bald Park Hill the nerves grew bigger! We met Miss Armour and set up our marquee.

There were kids from year 4 Zac Forner, Cameron McKell, Lachlan Plas, Jensen Walters and Gus Welsh who were in the 9/10 race. Kids from Year 5, Zara Thompson, Alexander Arnaoutis, Alexander D’Silva, Nathan Anesidis, Miki Nowak and Oliver Todd who were in the 11 race and kids from Year 6 Chiara Chiodo, Sophia Yau, Ramy Khodr, Cohen Walters, Darcy Stevens and Alec Karavias they were in the 12/13 race. The boys and girls were split up into different races.

The worst part was the wait. No matter what I did, I couldn't get the nerves away. When they called us for our race the nerves were bigger than ever. I walked up to the starting line feeling like I was going to explode but luckily I didn't. After the race I felt relieved that I didn't collapse mid way through  the race but so tired. There was only one race after my one so I had time to recoup my energy for the presentation. Our school came last but that didn’t matter. We all left feeling so proud of ourselves. We all felt good that we went and we gave it our best shot. It was so fun being there and helping the team.