On Saturday 13 July, QAHS sent out 11 Kokoda teams to tackle the Gold Coast Kokoda Challenge, this year with one 96km team and ten 48km teams who all did an incredible job. There have been some amazing stories of mateship, sacrifice, courage and endurance from the track.
Congratulations go to Dion Obst and the Year 12 team of Kieran, Shay, Dante and Connor who have taken out the QAHS 48km record! Dion now holds the supervisor record for both 96km and 48km.
Please see the team results below:
48km teams
QAHS Bomimicas - Lucas Simmonds, Beau Zhang, Miro Maitre and Michael Haefele - 13hours 23 minutes
QAHS Just walk it off – Beth Carter-Murphy, Josh Mangal, Nora Dong, Jo Middleton and Sahanya Abeyratne - 13 hours 35 minutes
QAHS Kieth – Daniel Barkley, Jae Song, Olivia Grabcykz, Jovana Sovjlianski- 13 hours 24 minutes
QAHS Kokodians of the Kalaxy Vol 2 – Yoyo Chang, Ramin Chowdhury, Jayden Ang, Jason Wang and Piotr Wojtas - 12 hours 28 mins
QAHS Kokodians of the Kalaxy Vol 3 – Lachlan Campbell, Rhys Valkovic, Cruz Liu and Abel Vellara Sony- 13 hours 46 minutes
QAHS Radiants – Roy Shin, Josh Lim Lun, James Wong, Kobe Bi - 13 hours 54 mins
QAHS The Rockies – Kris Norris, Lily Cronly and Michalea D'Silva - 13 hours 42 mins
QAHS Toasts – Rachael Hart, Kota Murayama, Koh Segawa, Chloe Mo and Prince Sidlangico - 13 hours 42 mins
QAHS Too Cooked – Shay Brokensha, Kieran Lim, Connor Tydd, Dante Pellegrino (DNF) and Dion Obst - 9 hours 24 mins
QAHS Trail Blazers – Kiran Sen, Crystal Wang, Shiori Tseng, Chloe Chen and Aaron Boulton - 9 hours 56 mins
It is an achievement to have all teams through in under 14 hours – so a huge well done to all of those hikers.
96km team
QAHS Kokodians of the Kalaxy Vol 1 – Frances McGovern, Tully Vine, Rohan Vasa (54km), Shen Chung and Aadi Rai - 31 hours 21 mins
I can assure you that the 96km challenge is the toughest event to complete, it takes training and dedication to cross that finish line. We are immensely proud of all teams and the challenges they overcame to finish the course.
Rachael Hart
A/Deputy Principal