Sixth at Sevenoaks

The Junior XC squad travelled to Sevenoaks school on Friday 18/11 for the prestigious Jnr Knole Run. This event, open to Year 7 & 8 students is, in effect, the National Race for this age group.

359 runners ran the challenging 2 mile course from 75 teams entered. JFS travelled down with the full compliment of 12 runners so would have A. B and C Teams finishing.

The journey was quick and the boys had plenty of time to walk the course with Francis and see the girls race start. Then it was final warm-ups and down to the packed start line. A good start is vital as the 2 hills prevent overtaking and so the enormous field set off.

With Francis out on the course, Mr Fell took position at the finish. Chip timers in the race numbers meant no automatic results would be known.

JFS A Team finished in 22nd position last year but hopes were that we would break into the top 10.

WELL WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM ALL THE RUNNERS!

 

A Team – Overall 6^th Place

(First 4 runners to finish)

6th	Alfie Smith Yr8	12.53
12th	Freddy Georgiou Yr8	13.06
56th	Sam Charnock Yr8	14.08
76th	Jacob Hanbury Yr8	14.18

 

B Team – Overall 36^th Place

99th	Tommy Jaye Yr8	14.33
132nd	Ebuka Nkamuo Yr7	14.58
134th	Ryan O’Sullivan Yr8	15.00
149th	Matthew Conway Yr7	15.12

 

C Team – Overall 59^th Place

165th	Leo Ostinelli Yr7	15.22
210th	Christi Anoop Yr8	15.55
270th	James Parker Yr8	16.18
313th	Paul Hewitt Yr7	17.02

 

For the A Team to finish 6th was fantastic

The B Team finished half-way up the order!

Alfie Smith to finish 6th from 359 of the best runners of his age group is equally fantastic

Freddy to finish 12th was brilliant

The Year 7 runners all ran brilliantly

Well done to the runners who usually play rugby who all ran with great heart

 

Overall a very successful day and proof that our Juniors have real talent - the future looks bright!