10 February 2016
It was an outstanding day yesterday for all of our cross country runners. Out of 20 schools including; Dragon, Cheam, Cothill, Summer Fields, Moulsford, MCS, Chandlings, St. Hugh’s, Pinewood, Elstree, Farleigh, Beachborough, Thorngrove, Oratory Prep and over 630 runners, Abingdon Prep came second in the boys’ overall competition.
Our Under 8s and Under 9s gained a great deal of experience from competing in this event and have already shown huge improvement since the beginning of the academic year. Our first place APS runners were: Sam in 12th closely followed by Luke in 16th in the U8s, Max was 11th and Finn 14th in the U9s.
The performance of the day came from our Under 10 team who finished 1st and 4th in the individual event and scored an overall total of 34 points in the team competition to finish 1st by a huge margin. What a fantastic team effort! Quinn won by a large margin and is definitely one to watch for the future. Freddie has made huge strides this year by finishing in 4th place. A big improvement on last year.
The Under 11s were not to be outdone. They also won both the individual competition with Jonny leading the way in 1st followed by William in 4th. Both Ludo and Billy (12th and 34th) are both very exciting prospects for the future and will undoubtedly keep both Jonny and William on their toes.
The results were as follows:
Under 8
12th Sam
16th Luke
35th Ned
38th Jack
39th Josca
64th Luke
Team Competition: 6th Place
Under 9
11th Max
14th Finn
41st Nikil
45th Ollie
83rd Archie
84th Tom
Team Competition: 7th Place
Under 10
1st Quinn
4th Freddie
6th Jacob
23rd Pedro
26th Monty
29th Adam
Team Competition: 1st Place
Under 11
1st Jonny
4th William
12th Ludo
34th Billy
51st Thomas
66th Oliver
Team Competition: 2nd Place
Boy's Overall Competition: 2nd Place
