Jesus College’s cross country team are celebrating after a win in the Colleges Mixed Relay race at the recent Teddy Hall Relays competition.
The annual competition, organised by the Oxford University Cross Country Club (OUCCC), draws cross country teams from across the University and Oxfordshire running clubs to race a 7km route around the city in four-leg relays. The relays, held in Week 8, start and end at the Iffley Road Sports Track, and take in the Oxford Canal, Christchurch Meadow and High Street. This year, 612 runners took part, from 153 teams.
The Jesus College mixed relay team (l-r) Louis Bilboul, Mared Owen, Rhiannon Paton, and Jack Forrest.
Jesus’ team, comprising Mared Owen, Louis Bilboul, Rhiannon Paton, and Jack Forrest, completed the course in a gold-winning time of 1h 43 minutes, with all four 7km legs completed within a minute if one another. They also placed second overall across the mixed team events.
Rhiannon, the University’s cross country women’s captain, said, “As captain this year, I was keen to bring out a strong college team, and as the results suggest, Jesus College is currently pretty formidable in the running scene!”
The team’s times were;
Leg 1- Mared Owen: 25:51
Leg 2- Louis Bilboul: 26:24
Leg 3- Rhiannon Paton: 26:04
Leg 4- Jack Forrest: 25:33
For all the Teddy Hall Relays results, visit the OUCCC website here.