Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 Borough Athletics

24 May Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 Borough Athletics

The Year 7 and 8 athletics squads represented JRCS at the Borough Athletics Championships on Tuesday 14^th May and Thursday 16^th May at Cricklefields Athletics Stadium, Ilford.  There were some fantastic individual performances including the following:

Elizabeth Kersino 8A – Silver 300m

Aatif Issa 8B – Silver Triple Jump

Soraya Kapitene 8B – Silver 200m

Jack Marshall 7B – Bronze 800m

Elyse Inzinga 7D – Bronze 100m

Thomas McCabe 7D – Gold Shot Putt

Temi Taiwo 10A – Gold 1500m

Michael Tittley 10A – Silver- 1500m

Leticha Correia Cabral 9C- Bronze 1500m

Donte Auguste 9E – Silver 1500m

Ella Adomo 10A – Silver 200m

Olu Owoseni 10B – Bronze- Discus

Taylor Skinner, Tyresse Stoute, Fortunate Olaleye, Dimeji Olayinka – Gold – 4x100m

The Year 7 Girls team came 8^th and Year 7 Boys team 7^th.  The Year 8 Girls achieved 4^th place and Year 8 Boys came 6^th.  The Junior Squad achieved 7^th place overall in the borough out of 12 teams entered.

The Year 9 squads came 6^th overall and the Year 10 squads came 7^th overall. Stand out performances go to the Year 10 Boys Relay Team. The boys became relay champions by 0.01 second. Fantastic way to finish off the day and to finish off their athletics season.

The athletics focus now is on Sports Day and training will be every Thursday on the field with all events available to practice.

Well done to all the students selected to represent the JRCS athletics team and congratulations to Thomas, Elizabeth, Soraya, Temi, Donte and Aatif who will go on to represent Barking and Dagenham Schools at the Essex Schools Championships next month.

Miss Pridie

PE Department