English Schools Cross Country Championships
On Saturday 14 March we had 5 students compete in the English Schools Cross Country Championships. This year the event took place at Sefton Park in Liverpool. The students have worked hard to reach this national level of competition having qualified through either the Anglian or County championships earlier in the cross-country calendar.
We were lucky to have brilliant weather with very little wind and the sun out all day.
Leah Graham was our first runner out in the Inter Girls competition. It is brilliant to see Leah back running so strongly after some time out with injury, she has only been back competing since January. She finished 161st out of nearly 350 runners.
Sam Griffin, who has made substantial progress with his running over this academic year ran next in the Junior Boys competition, qualifying as a year 8 in his y8/9 age group. He finished 94th out of 351 athletes.
Next up was Sophie Alliston in the Junior Girls race. The Lincolnshire girls ran well and finished in very quick succession with Sophie finishing an impressive 63rd in a strong field of 349 athletes.
Our last two runners both completed in the senior boys competition, a brilliant achievement to year 12 student Toby Staines. Year 13 student Theo Saralis also ran in this race to bring his school cross country career to an end with a great run, he finished as first Lincolnshire runner home, completing the muddy 6km course in an incredible 21mins 21seconds in 134th (a split time of 3:33min/km).
It is unfortunate that year 13 student, Yvette Annis, was unable to run despite qualifying, due to injury. She has been a brilliant runner through her time at BGS.
The last race in our cross-country calendar is on Wednesday 18 March at Hampton College for the team relays.
Well done to all our runners and a huge thank you to the parents for providing transport and support throughout the day and over this cross country season.
A final thank you to CJ Latimer for his commitment to running club over the academic year which takes place on Monday and Wednesday after school. This is open to all students and it would be great to see some new faces in attendance in preparation for athletics season.