Puerto Lumbreras has hosted the regional end of field through school age, which has had the participation of more than 1,000 students from 60 schools in the Region of Murcia.
At 09.00 the athletes gathered at the event to register and collect the numbers.
Then, at 10.00 am, the competition began on the esplanade of the Municipal Sports Center.
In the first place, the race in women's category was disputed and the participants covered a distance of 2,500 meters.
Next, it was the turn of male children with a distance of 3,000 meters, female cadet with 2,500 meters, male cadet with a distance of 4,000 meters, female youth with 2,500 meters and male youth with 4,000 meters.
The mayor of the town, Mª Ángeles Túnez, highlighted "the great success of participation in the test that takes place for the seventh year in Puerto Lumbreras".
Around 12.00, the trophies and medals were awarded to the teams classified in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, and medals to the athletes classified in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
In this way, the winner in the boys' category for boys was Petros Sánchez Romero and the IES Francisco Ros Giner for teams;
in female children the first place was for Fadwa Abbaq and for teams the IES Ramón Arcas;
the first place in the female cadet has been for Ana M. Avellaneda and by Sacred Heart of San Javier teams;
In the men's cadet, the champion was Ind Ilyas Bouyakanifen and IES Ramón Arcas teams;
Soukaina Feriani has obtained the first position in the female youth category and by teams the IES Poeta Julián Andúgar has achieved it;
finally, the first place in men's youth has been for Zacarías Rqiq and for teams the IES Diego Tortosa.
The first three non-federated classified athletes who were born in the years 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 of their respective categories, both male and female, may participate in the Cross Region Championship of Murcia.
This championship, organized by the Athletics Federation of the Region of Murcia, will be held on February 11, 2018 in Jumilla, where, according to the results obtained, athletes will be selected to represent the Region of Murcia in the Championship of School Spain.
Finally, it is worth noting that this test is organized by the Department of Sports of the City of Puerto Lumbreras, the General Directorate of Sports of the Region of Murcia and the Athletics Federation of the Region of Murcia.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras