Join the exciting Schools Challenge & WIN $1000 for your school
After the success of the 2023 event, the Logan Fun Run Schools Challenge is back in 2024.
This event is open to all schools (primary and secondary) and provides an opportunity for students to race against other students outside of existing school cross country events. Runners can be school cross country representatives or just have a passion for cross country running, amateur or experienced, the School’s Challenge is open to all.
Students choose to compete in the 1km, 2.5km, 5km or 10km runs. The top 10 placed students in each category will receive points for their school team. School's Challenge runners are also eligible to win Logan Fun Run overall and age group prizes in their chosen distance.
Anybody within the school community can join the school team (teachers, parents, siblings etc), one point is awarded for every team member in a school team. All participants are eligible to win Logan Fun Run overall and age group category prizes in their chosen distance. School teams are also eligible to win Logan Fun Run novelty team awards.
The school with the highest number of points at the end of the event will be awarded the School's Challenge Champion and take home a $1000 cash prize.
Which school will walk away with the bragging rights of having the best cross country runners in Brisbane?
Get together with your school community, run competitively or just for fun, build school spirit, and challenge yourself to a new cross country event.
Will your school walk away with bragging rights?
What's up for grabs?
Firstly bragging rights, secondly $1000 in prize money!
The School Team with the highest points at the end of the event will be crowned "School's Challenge Champion".
Benefits to getting your school involved
An opportunity:
- to win cash for your school and for individual runners
- for representative students to gain race experience before representing the school at the next cross country event
- for students who did not make representative teams to run as part of a school team and gain race experience
- to build school spirit through engagement with the school community
- for families to compete together
- to build awareness of your school within the Greater Brisbane community
- to engage with the Greater Brisbane community
- for teams of 10 or more go into the draw to win a tent on the finish line
Schools Challenge Information Pack
Points and Prizes
| Category | Results | 1km Junior Dash | 2.5km | 5km | 10km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Team Member | Any participant registered in a school team
| 1 point per person | 1 point per person | 1 point per person | 1 point per person |
|
School's Challenge Runners Final Placings (Male/ Female) | 1st Place | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
| 2nd Place | 9 | 14 | 18 | 22 | |
| 3rd Place | 8 | 13 | 16 | 18 | |
| 4th Place | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | |
| 5th Place | 6 | 9 | 12 | 14 | |
| 6th Place | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | |
| 7th Place | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | |
| 8th Place | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| 9th Place | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 10th Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Category | Result | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Schools Challenge Team | Team with the highest points at the end of the event | $1000.00 |
Results
2023
| Placing | School | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Paul College | 389 |
| 2 | Canterbury College | 263 |
| 3 | Wishart State School | 71 |
| 4 | St Francis Xavier Primary School | 23 |
| 5 | Marsden State High School | 7 |
Schools Challenge Team Information
- Nominate a team captain to set up a team in Race Roster, our registration system (see details on how to set up a team on Team Information page)
- Create a team under your school’s name
- Share the team URL to anyone interested in being a part of the team or registrants can pick the team name from a drop down menu when registering.
- Encourage as many of your school community to be involved in the event, your team will receive one point for every team member registered and points based on your students results on the day, so the bigger your team the better your chance of walking away as the Schools Challenge Champion
Schools can be as hands on or hands off with team management as they would like. Once the team is set up in the system, runners can register individually and self-manage their event day experience, or team managers can do bulk race kit collection, set up a school marquee, and manage runners on the day. Schools can choose to have runners participating in school colours or runners can self-manage their running attire. The choice is up to each school.
Each registered runner will receive all important event day information via email and can deal directly with Griffith Sport to manage any registration questions or changes.
If you have any questions about the Schools Challenge, please contact sportevents@griffith.edu.au.
1. Register in our registration portal
2. Select your race distance and fill in your personal details
- students: select one of the 'Schools Challenge' distance
- non-students: select your race distance
4. Join your school team
- select your school name from the list of teams
- teams of four people or more receive 10% off the registration cost per person
5. Finalise your registration
Once your registration is finalised, you have successfully registered for the Logan Fun Run and joined the Schools Challenge.