Abingdonian 2017

51 www.abingdon.org.uk Summer Term 400m. Oliver Moody lead the school out before handing over to Calum Steer, both putting Abingdon in a commanding position. Tom Butcher ran a superb third leg extending the lead to roughly 30m. Harrow saved their best runner until last: the infamous George Grassly, their cross country champion, who had run a 3min 58s in the 1500m earlier that day. He closed the gap to within 5m of Alex Moss (Abingdon) at the end of the back straight. As Abingdon and Harrow rounded the final bend it was neck and neck, Alex Moss dug deep, summoning all of his 100m prowess and re-established a 2m lead with 50m to go. He crossed the line to take the win in a time of 3 minutes 40s. Bedford Super Eights For the last meet of the season the senior and intermediate athletics squad travelled to the Bedford International Stadium to compete in the condensed Super Eight format. A team of eight competed in the hurdles, 1500m, 300m, 100m, 4x100m, long jump, high jump, javelin, shot put and medley relay and were awarded points for their positions. The seniors continued their run of good form with a number of athletes running PBs and securing third place against other high calibre schools and athletes. Schools in attendance were: Harrow, Whitgift, Bedford, Oakham, Stamford, MCS Oxford and Coopers Coborn. Representative honours Oxfordshire County Championship representatives: Calum Steer, Alex Moss, Tom Butcher, Harry Venables, Josh Ponting, Henry Insley, Vincent Chen, Freddie Cunningham, Liam O’Hickey, George Owen and Josh Mensah. English Schools’ Championship qualifiers: Matthew Johnson and Tom Butcher. Well done to all of those this year who represented the School and wore the Abingdon athletics’ vest with pride. Elliot Birkbeck