The Arboretum was the venue for the first meet of the Bermuda National Athletics Association cross country season.

Around 100 runners split into various age groups took part, with Kamari Brooks and Nolan Horrobin coming out on top in the under-10 division, which was held over a mile.

Brooks came home in a time of 5min 37.79 sec to beat Giselle Reid-Rubaine (5:56.74) and Diamond Morris (6:11.53), while Horrobin made it on to the top rung of the podium ahead of Ethan Anderson (5:15.76) and Theodore Smith (5:35.58)

Races for runners aged 10 and 11 were also held over a mile and it came as no surprise when Naomi MacGuinness, a regular winner at these events, was the first to cross the line in 4:49.55, with Kayuni Simmons second (5:36.80) and Aalirah Daniels (5:47.54) third.

MacGuinness’s time was 13 seconds faster than that recorded by Khaleef Daley (5:02.30) in the boys division. Daley beat Adrian Myers (5:07.60) and Liam Horrobin (5:09.69) into second and third.

Riana Robinson (11:41.76) won the two-mile race for girls aged 12 or 13 ahead of Avery Haldeman (13:08.07) and Jasmine Reid-Rubaine (13:54.80), with Jens Drea (9:56.30) breaking ten minutes in the boys race. Drea finished in front of Spencer Haldeman (10:11.30) and Timothy Pearman (10:32.41).

Kelise Wade (12:21.45) beat Aria Mosquera (13:01.25) and Jaylen Lewis (14:03.61) in the race for girls aged 14 to 16, with Sanchez Smith (9:43.84) prevailing over Tobiah Goodchild (10:10.12) and Nazir Johnson (10:33.17) in the boys division.

In the adult races over three miles, Dem Salter beat Hilary Haldeman in the women’s 40-49 age group.

Vivienne Lochhead beat Mia Pauwels in the 50-59 age group with Duane Simons beating Wentworth Tucker in the men’s race.

Mairi Redmond beat Edwina Arorash in the women’s 60-69 age group.