Our home fixture saw a strong contingent of 48 Herts Phoenix athletes race at the fourth of the Met League cross country series on Saturday 10^th January at Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City. 

Taking the opportunity of a home race, eight athletes took part in the U11 races, many making their debut at the Met League. Henry Bostock (4^th) in the U11 boys recorded yet another highest finish of the season.

In the U13 boys race, Josh Maiden (1^st) made a fast start on home turf and extended his lead throughout the race to a convincing victory. Thomas Summers (7^th) in his best placing of the season, Henry Wakefield (23^rd) and James Adam-Smith (32^nd) making his league debut, made up the scoring team. The team sit in a comfortable second place overall for the season.

In the Junior Men (U15/U17) a squad of twelve took on the challenging home course. Jake Summers (1^st) tracked the lead group, and with half a lap remaining kicked ahead, spurred on by the home support, to take his first victory in this age category. Sean Mazur (11^th), Freddie Hollings-Yates (23^th) and Alexander Shoesmith (24^th) completed the first scoring team, placing joint third team in the race overall. In the season so far the junior boys are in second place.