William’s 2016 cross country winter running season has been a busy one, his first event was the NSW Cross-country Championship at Nowra. He placed 15th in the u17-18 6000m race, running a PB of 20:54. William then competed at the NSW All-Schools State Cross-Country Championships at Eastern Creek, finishing 9th with a time of 22:42 running 6000m in the u17 event. His next race was the NSW Short Course Cross-country championship at Brownsville, placing 20th in the u18-20 age group 5000m event, running a time of 16:46.