BEN MAKES IT A WIN HAT-TRICK
ALL roads from the eight Welsh Schools athletics districts — Afan Nedd Tawe, Cardiff & Vale, Dyfed, Eryri, Glamorgan Valleys, North East Wales, Powys and South East Wales — led to the Penlan Arena field in Brecon for the 42nd Welsh Inter Schools Cross Country Championships, returning in its usual mid-November slot.
Nearly 90 different schools and colleges were represented in this event, which again incorporated the Welsh Colleges Championships and attracted a total of 366 participants.
A number of Dyfed Schools athletes were on the start line and tested themselves against the best in Wales.
The best individual result came in the senior boys’ race where Ben Thomas, a pupil at Y Strade in Llanelli, claimed victory for the third
year in succession.
Ysgol Bro Myrddin’s trio of Dafydd Jones, Liam Edwards and Frank Morgan were second, third and fourth in the under-15 boys’ event.
There were also top-10 finishes for Ffion Ouseley, Iwan Thomas, Jack Thomas and Iori Humphreys.
There was great success for Ysgol Bro Myrddin’s teams in the boys’ categories. They took a team double thanks to their under-13 boys (Ifan Bowen, Rogan Cox, Zach Elvy and Steffan Davies) and under-15 boys’ squads (Dafydd Jones, Liam Edwards, Frank Morgan and Ioan Cressey-Rodgers). They were presented with gold medals for their efforts. Dyfed Schools results: Under-13 Girls: 6 Ffion Ouseley (Y Preseli); 12 Faye Jones (Bro Pedr); 15 Jasmine Jones (Bro Pedr); 17 Amy
Greatrick (QE High); 19 Erin Morgan (Bro Myrddin); 25 Lucy Wintle (Y Preseli); 43 Seren Davies (Bro Teifi); 46 Alaw James (Henry Richard); 78 Violett Caulkett (Bro Pedr); 81 Molly Burgess (Bro Pedr); 87 Maddie Caulkett (Bro Pedr).
Under-13 Boys: 5 Iwan Thomas (Y Strade); 7 Jack Thomas (QE High); 11 Zach Elvy (Bro Myrddin); 15 Ifan Bowen (Y Dderwen); 17 Rogan Cox (Bro Myrddin); 19 Steffan Davies (Bro Myrddin); 21 Jake Lynock (Bro Dinefwr); 28 Fletcher Broadhurst (Greenhill); 31 Finley Bruce (Y Preseli); 35 Wil Hockenhull (Henry Richard); 42 Brynmor Peters (Bro Myrddin); 49 Iwan Wilson (Y Strade).
Under-15 Girls: 16 Jessica Morris (Ysgol Harri Tudur); 18 Tanwen Moon (Maes y Gwendraeth); 27 Amy Tucker (St John Lloyd); 31 Amber
McIsaac (QE High); 34 Fraya Thapa (Penweddig).
Under-15 Boys: 2 Dafydd Jones (Bro Myrddin); 3 Liam Edwards (Bro Myrddin); 4 Frank Morgan (Bro Myrddin); 6 Iori Humphreys (Ysgol Harri Tudur); 13 Cian Harries (Haverfordwest High); 14 Oliver George (Y Preseli); 16 Ioan Cressey-Rodgers (Bro Myrddin); 23 Scott Price (Bro Dinefwr); 36 Jac Hockenhull (Henry Richard); 41 Rhys Llewellyn (Haverfordwest High); 43 Jack Caulkett (Bro Pedr); 45 Jack Bruce (Y Preseli).
Senior Girls: 17 Eliza Martin (Pembrokeshire College).
Senior Boys: 1 Ben Thomas (Y Strade); 16 Callum Campion (Coleg Sir Gâr); 17 Rhys Davies (Pembrokeshire College); 27 Iwan Dugmore (Y Preseli); 32 Lewis Jones (Bro Pedr); 34 Dafydd Lloyd (Bro Pedr).