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One of our new Lower Sixth joiners, Edoardo Leone, certainly made his mark on the cross country team, coming fifth at the tough King’s Trophy on Wimbledon Common and winning both our own Simon Houghton Trophy and the fixture at Lancing. Our training camp in Lanzarote was a great success. Students from Year 8 to the Upper Sixth participated over October half term. We had good weather and enjoyed some great running in the volcanic scenery. As well as running and swimming, other activities were available and students enjoyed everything from ‘Stretch and Relax’ to HIIT. There were several races; Edoardo Leone and Ingmar Gunn finished first and second in the triathlon and four students completed their first ever half marathon, with very impressive times from Fenton Davoren and Alex Evans. Although our team result in the Knole Run wasn’t quite as good as last year’s, there were some great individual performances, with Ingmar Gunn placing 19th and Fenton Davoren 25th in the boys’ race and Maddie Wise sixth and Alex Evans eighth in the girls’ race. In the Kent round of the KSAA Cup, Tim McLain finished second, Anna Scheiner ninth, Maddie Wise fifth, Alex Evans seventh and Teniqua Gomez ninth in their respective age groups. Alex finished a very impressive 44th in the prestigious English Schools where she was second counter for Kent. Our girls came fourth in the hugely competitive King Henry VIII Relays in Coventry and the boys were 11th. Our junior girls were fourth at Danes Hill and second at Kent College, Pembury and we closed the season on a high with our inter and senior runners dominating the South London Harriers Schools races, scooping the majority of the individual and team awards. John Witton Cross Country Top: Girls Senior Centre: Girls Inter Bottom: Girls Junior SEVENOAKS SCHOOL 2018-2019 81