School TRYathlon by Ruby & Kaia

Today was the day of the Sunnybrae Normal School TRYathlon! Miss Rodger slammed the clapper and the Year six boys took off swimming. All you could see was white water splashing as they JUMPED out of the water and ran to their bikes. They all hopped onto their bikes and sped off around the track. After they had finished biking, they dropped their bikes and started running as fast as they could. Everyone was cheering as Nati ran across the finish line in first place! It was then time for the Year 6 girls individual races. We jumped up and ran to the pool. “3,2,1 GO!” Miss Rodger shouted. Ruby shot down the pool, everyone else not far behind, a few minutes later we were all out of the pool heading for the bikes. Everyone attempted to get straight onto their bikes but soon slipped off, which made it a struggle to get back on. As the Year 6 girls were on the last stretch, everyone felt like collapsing and our legs were turning to jelly. It was our first lap of running and we were all starting to slow down - some children even started to walk but we carried on. It was the last lap as Ruby crossed the finish line placing 1st with Kaia a close 2nd. After that, it was time for the Year 5 boys to do their race as Miss Rodger signalled the race was starting, they took off down the pool with Harira in the lead. As the boys hopped out of the pool and ran to their bikes, they jumped on their bikes and went around the field. Soon they were jumping off their bikes and heading for the running laps. As Harira crossed the finish line and won, the Year 5 girls started their race in the pool they all raced until the running was finished. Annabel Barlow had won the Year 5 girl individuals. Everyone cheered as the Year 4 boys got up and walked to the pool, looking a bit frightened...After the Year 4 individual races, there were the team races and the Year 3 races. WOW, what an awesome day! We can’t wait until next year, we hope that we get to do a TRYathlon at intermediate school.