Inter-Schools Athletics – June 2025

Inter-Schools Athletics Meeting

After the early morning storm the skies cleared on arrival at the Exeter Athletics Arena and schools from across the district delivered their athletes for a day of competition. A slightly depleted Y10 squad due to mock exams did not dampen the enthusiasm and the stands were filled with hundreds of students sporting colours from their various schools.

For year 7 it was a new experience, especially for Alex who tackled the sprint hurdles for the first time running in 3rd. Whilst the majority of team results were overall 4th, the year 7 boys managed a very  promising 3rd overall with stand out sprinting from Mason and Jimbo.

In year 8 the girls had a strong squad with athletic regular Daisy staring in the 1500m and Ava and Elysia sprinting well over 100m and 200m respectfully. The year 8 boys were an athlete down and struggled to fill their events, however the throws of Leo, Dexter and Shewashe supported the excellent sprinting of Joe and jumping of Harry.

Year 9 girls ran in 4th overall in a tough competition. Laila threw the discus to 2nd place whilst Daisy managed 3rd in the Shot. On the track Ruthie and Rosalind held great form to get 2nd places in the 800m and 1500m respectfully; whilst Wiktoria braved the sprint hurdles.  The boys had Cobie and Noah to thank for the points in the sprints and they are growing into quite able athletes. William threw well in the discus as did  Natanial and Seb in their events. Noah K took his cross country form onto the track to win a great 1500m race.

Year 10 had the overall best team performances with both boys and girls squads coming in 2nd in the district. Lois was stand out in the sprints and jumps whilst Kate won her 800m by some distance as did a flowing Willow over 1500m. Throwers Maisy and Isla showed the power we had hoped to steal more points for the team and Lana was the champion all rounder. The boys had some great performances as well with Harry triple jumping to 1st place as well as Long Jump and Luka’s hurdling would make his mum proud. James, Josh and George were sprint and throwing stars and Michael turned up like a late celebrity invitation fresh from his Computer Science mock to join the party and delivered well in the Shot.

The day ended with the relays and the squads were superb, coming in a brilliant 2nd and only a few points from the illusive Blue Boy sprint trophy. Indeed the year 7 4x100m relay was so tight as Mason won it on the line it had all athletes and spectators screaming with excitement.

A true spectacle with great CVCC athletes who behaved impeccably both in competition and in the stands during events. Very well done to all who attended and represented the school so well.

Mr J Powell, Head of PE