Christ’s Hospital Relay Teams thrive in Oxford!
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On 30 April 2026, 5 teams of Christ’s Hospital students ranging from ages 14-18 took part in the annual Achilles’ School Relay Meet in Oxford. The meet is held at the Sir Roger Bannister Athletics Track, which is an internationally-renowned site that saw the completion of a 4-minute mile be broken for the first ever time.
The events Christ’s Hospital offered students for in the event included:
- 4x100m U16 Boys
- 4x100m U20 Boys
- 4x200m U16 Boys
- 4x800m U16 Boys
After a crashing start, quite literally, after some of the U16’s boys decided to put on their swimming caps and enter the diving competition instead – CH started to put some impressive results on the board.
The U16 100m team won their heat and finished fourth in the final, followed by the 200m team steaming into a convincing and comfortable win in their heat to go on to finish with a shining silver medal in the final.
The 4x800m team; consisting of Amen, Will, Tami and Kavin battled an incredibly tough calibre of opposition, and finished their race in a position of 6/12. Considering the fact this was the first time this cohort had run together, it being the last race of an exhausting day, and half of the team having already competed in previous sprint races earlier in the afternoon; a finish of 6th overall stood very commendable indeed.
800m runner Will, who is the holder of the schools prestigious Steeplechase competition, said this about his day:
“It was a great experience to race against some of the best schools in the country, on what is one of the most famous athletics tracks in history. To be able to take this experience and implement it into training on our brand new state-of-the-art track back at school means something much greater than any results gained today, and will continue to improve the future of athletics at CH.”
This meet, being one of the first competitions of the season, marks the beginning of a very exciting and intriguing athletics season indeed for Christ’s Hospital.
‘Mon the Housey!
