SPOR T Cross Country • Cross country nationals – Holly Graham (Year 10) placed 17th • Midlands cross country – Charles Carvell (Year 10) placed 2nd, Holly Graham 7th, Nancy Hague (Year 6) and Kaden Oliver (Year 5) placed 6th • Black Country cross country tournament – Olivia Odell placed 7th TC’s first major cross country race of the season was the ISA Midlands competition at Bedstone; a challenging race with 100 runners and a course that consists of farmers’ fields, up-hill sections, muddy forest paths and a small river. TC runners from Year 3 to Year 10 represented the School with Preparatory School pupils Nancy Hague and Kaden Oliver running superbly to both finish 6th in their age group. Senior School runners, Holly Graham and Charlie Carvell finished an impressive 7th and 2nd respectively. Holly, Charlie, Kaden and Nancy therefore qualified for the national competition to represent the Midlands at Rugby School where they put in impressive performances. Our Preparatory School runners continued their strong season in the WASPS Cross Country Competitions, beginning with the city relays, hosted at TC, in which the girls’ team finished 5th and the boys finished 7th. The Tettenhall Area Race, again hosted by TC, saw the Preparatory girls take the silver medal and both teams qualifying for the city finals. At the city finals, Olivia Odell, Nancy Hague, Favianne Latuske and Kaden Oliver qualified to represent Wolverhampton at the Black Country Race, in which Olivia finished 7th out of the 60 runners. 47
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