5K Run 2018

B y: H. Prado 

On Wednesday, October 3rd during period 6, the annual 5 kilometre run took place in the field. The money collected was directed to TUCCA — a charity for teenagers and children with cancer.  Before the race, a minute of silence was dedicated to Tancrède Bouveret. To participate, pupils only had to buy 'LION MODE' shirts. The shirts were designed by Mr. Scaff and the race was organised by Mr. Ribeiro.  ​

The youngest pupils competing were Prep 5s, they ran one kilometre along with the Form 1s. Form 2s and 3s ran three kilometres and Form 4s, Form 5s, the sixth form and teachers ran five kilometres. The runners all had lap counters who oversaw their number of laps and served for motivated. Since they were doing less laps, Prep 5s and Form 1s started ahead and then the Form 2s and 3s followed by the teachers and the rest of the senior school. ​

After a few minutes, Form 1s and Prep 5s finished their races and the winners were Bernardo Magalhaes, Adriano Arantes and Isabela Anselmo. For the Form 2 and 3 category the winners were Lucas Zelmanovits, Daniel Westphalen and Gabriel Cohen. For Form 4s, Form 5s, the sixth form and teachers the winners were: in first place Mr. Davies, in second place Mr. Puffett and in third place Mr. Wilson. (Picture beside)

Many t-shirts were sold and this year and over R$ 7.600,00 were donated to TUCCA. So many shirts were bought, that a second shipment had to be made for everyone to participate. Although the run might have been tiring, everyone who was watching and running had a lot of fun and is probably looking forward to the event next year.