Plymouth College athletes are SW Biathlon Champions - 9/12/09
Published: 09 December, 2009
Alex Pillage, James Murphy and Myles Pillage (right) scored 8808
points, beating Kelly College into second place, to win the Year 7
Boys' title in the South West Biathlon Championships. With
3176 points, Myles was crowned the individual champion after coming
top in both the swim and the run.
The boys are now waiting for confirmation that they have
qualified for the British Championships in March. The top
eight teams from the UK go forward to the national event and with
ten out of twelve regional events now complete, Plymouth College is
currently ranked first in the country. Myles also has the top
spot nationally and has a 72 point advantage over the current
second-placed athlete.
In the Year 10 Girls' category, Alice Rogers came 3rd
with 2002 points and is currently ranked 7th
nationally.