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Habs Cross Country Team hits top form
At all levels, the cross country team has hit something of a purple patch recently with an impressive run of form.
The season had started well with the senior team winning the overall district title and more recently the team has grown in confidence having taken the lead with a strong showing in our showpiece relay event, the ‘Goater Cup’ in January. The race was inevitably won by St Albans Boys, who took their 12th victory in a row in the event but the Habs performance did at least serve as a boost to the overall squad’s morale. Shortly after that, this was converted into victory at the IAPS Prep school area championships where the under 13 team, lead home by Jonny Daitz, took the overall team win by just one point from Caldecott.
The improvements in inter school results have also greatly influenced a flurry of fast times in the school’s own season long competition for the ‘Ultimate Loop’ which sees boys competing for the fastest times in each year group to run around Aldenham Country Park Reservoir. The season has already seen 3 school records smashed by Tommy Almond (Year 7), Elliot Reidy (Year 8) and David Fernie (Year 11) but the pinnacle has to be the new overall school record set recently by Max Jenkins (L6) who, in freezing conditions, took 6 seconds off the old school record to set the new overall best of 9:22 for the 2800 metre cross country course. Shortly after that, Max continued his great form with by taking 9th place in the Hertfordshire County championships; a performance which sees him short listed to represent the county nationally.