Year 7 and Year 8 Cross Country

The Year 7 and 8 Cross Country trials took place at the start of term with over 80 ambitious and enthusiastic students taking on the 2km course with the aim of finishing in the top 4 positions to qualify for the school team.

It was great to see the enthusiam, camaraderie and encouragement between the runners . Those qualifying for the team were as follows…

Cross Country Team qualification

Year 7 Girls

• Lily
• Mollie
• Amelie
• Immy

Year 7 Boys

• Charlie
• Sam
• Henry
• Logan

Year 8 Girls

• Amelia
• Megan
• Phebe
• Tilly

Year 8 Boys

• Jago
• Huey
• Jasper
• Bertie

These students then completed their first competition of the year on Friday 15th November at Sevenoaks School in the Junior Knole Run. Taking place in the lovely surroundings of Knole Park our students were incredible amongst a very competitive field and should be very proud of their achievements.

The top 4 girls and boys times qualified for the overall team position. The results were as follows with the Girls team finishing 7th out of 43 teams and the Boys finishing 5th out of 50, A wonderful achievement for the students!

Top 4 Beacon runners - Knole Junior Run

Girls 2.6km Time

1. Lily 11.15
2. Mollie 11.28
3. Amelie 11.41
4. Immy 12.23

Boys 3.44km Time

1. Jago 12.14
2. Huey 13.42
3. Bertie 14.23
4. Jasper 14.32

A particular mention to Jago who finished in 2nd place in the boys race out of 236 runners, only 3 seconds behind the leader, completing the 3.4 km course in 12 minutes and 14 seconds. Our top 4 boys including Jago, Huey, Bertie and Jasper all finished in the top 60.

Our leading girl was Lily in year 7, which is very impressive given many of the students would have been in year 8 finishing 22nd out of 217 runners in the 2.6km race. Our top 4 girls including Lily, Amelie, Mollie and Amelia finishing in the top 80.

Position Girls

• 1st Grey Court School
• 2nd James Allen’s Girls School
• 3rd The Coopers Company and Coburn School
• 4th Sevenoaks School
• 5th Weald of Kent Grammar School
• 6th Tonbridge Girls Grammar School
• 7th Beacon Academy
• 8th Mayfield School for Girls
• 9th Bromley High School
• 10th Farringtons School

Out of… 43

Position Boys

• 1st The Judd School
• 2nd The Coopers Company and Coburn School
• 3rd The Skinners’ School
• 4th Grey Court School
• 5th Beacon Academy
• 6th Chigwell School
• 7th Saint Romans’ School
• 8th The Judd School
• 9th Dulwich Prep Cranbrook
• 10th The Coopers Company and Coburn School

Out of….. 50

Well done to all of the students involved in the event, we are looking forward to taking part in more events this season and celebrating the teams success.