ATHLETICS: St Josephs dash to two titles in school cross country relays

A record number of schools competed in the Luton Primary Schools cross country relays held recently.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Apr 2016, 15:04 BST
Updated 2nd Apr 2016, 08:16 BST
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Luton Primary Schools Cross Country Championships

Hosted by Luton Athletic Club, teams of four girls, boys or mixed from Years 5 and 6 ran a one lap course around Stockwood Park.

Hillborough as usual figured strongly in all the races but it was St Josephs who were most successful, winning two team events with Ciaron Maher the fastest Year 5 boy.

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Holly Lathwell was the fastest girl overall helping her Bushmead Year 5 team to the most convincing victory of the day.

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Luton Primary Schools Cross Country Championships

Wigmore elected to field a mixed team and surprisingly finished only two seconds behind the leading boys team Hillborough.

Luton AC are inviting all of the runners to join their training sessions by contacting [email protected].

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