Louay Benaoum

We are certain that Louay will run a 5km parkrun much faster this year and achieve an age grading of 90%. That will rank him among the best age group runners in the world. During 2019, Louay consistently finished in the top 3 in the Auckland Cross Country series and then in 2020, despite running against boys up to 2 years older, Louay managed to get 4th in the Auckland Champs U12 Cross Country event. He then moved up the rankings by finishing 2nd in the Auckland Road Race event. He finished 2020 by winning the Auckland U12 800m, 1500m and 2000m titles. During that series he set a new U10 Auckland Record for 2000m (6m42s). Since 2021 Louay has dominated Auckland Cross Country and won the 2021 North Island Cross Country Championships. During the 2022 summer season, Louay was unbeaten in his track races and even managed to take down a 37 year old Auckland Y11 800m record from 2m20 to 2m18. Then, running in the U14 grade, he went unbeaten in the 2022 Auckland Cross Country and Road Race series. He finished 2nd in the U14 North Island Cross Country Championships and 2nd in the AIMs games, Year 7, national cross country event. Louay is constantly competing against and beating boys up to 2 years older then himself. He is considered one of New Zealand's premier and most promising future athletes.