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C ross country An outstanding year for cross country, with numerous achievements. Right: Junior girls, ESAA Cup Far right: Our third-placed boys’ team in the Knole Run with their medals Knole Run The girls came first and boys third, our (joint) best performance in history! In the boys’ race James Elgar gave a particularly impressive performance to make the top ten and finish ninth, with Ingmar Gunn in 24th. In the girls’ race, we had three runners in the top ten with Carlotta Weitzel in fifth, Maddie Wise in sixth and Grace Fleming in tenth. Meghan Watson, Clara Tyler and Georgie Crawley completed the first-placed team, 17 points clear of nearest rivals, Highgate. Charterhouse Cup KSAA Cross Country Cup The junior girls did phenomenally well to come seventh out of 458 teams nationally. A stand-out performance in the final round came from Telia Green in 15th. The inter girls also did superbly to finish 15th out of 415 teams, with a stand-out performance in the final round from Maddie Wise in 13th. A record 22 students were selected to run for Kent Schools following the county championships in Dover. Both Phoebe Barker and Maddie Wise ran superbly judged races to win in style. Five students represented the county at the highest level, the English Schools Championships: Phoebe Barker, Fin Croll, Grace Fleming, Carlotta Weitzel and Maddie Wise. Phoebe was an amazing 14th (third for Kent), and Fin did very well to come 67th (fourth for Kent). Both the boys’ and the girls’ teams won this event. Will Bolton relays Phoebe Barker recorded the second-fastest time on the course in history and the girls came second overall against some stiff competition from club teams. ESAA cup John Witton Inter girls, ESAA Cup The winning girls’ team beginning the Knole Run Henry VIII Relays The girls’ A team defended their title. Their collective time was ten seconds faster than last year’s win and they dominated from Phoebe Barker’s first lap (the fastest by 18 seconds). A superb result in probably the most competitive senior fixture in the calendar, this places us amongst the best distance-running schools nationally. 80 For full cross country results, see pages 44-45 of Sennockian Sport SPORT REVIEW SEVENOAKS SCHOOL 2017-2018 81