Medals Galore for Thorpe Hall at ISA Athletics

Thorpe Hall senior school pupils brought back an incredible 34 medals in total from the Independent Schools Association (ISA) Senior East Anglia Athletics Event.

The annual heats are organised and co-ordinated by Thorpe Hall's proactive sports department each year to help create more opportunities for competitive sports in the region. It was held at the University of Cambridge CCSS Athletics Track and over 15 East Anglian ISA schools attended. 21 Thorpe Hall pupils were in the medals, some of them winning multiple events. 7 won their respective events overall to qualify for the National Championships in June at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium. Thorpe Hall's ISA National Athletics Championships qualifiers were:- Isabel Moody (Yr 7) Javelin, Anna Stancomb (Yr 7) 200m, Finlay McKay (Yr 9) Shot putt, Yinka Sodipo lYr 10) Long jump, Megan Samuels (Yr 8) 2nd in 800m (top 2 qualify), Miles Adler (Yr 9) 100m and Javelin and Will Shepherd (Yr 7) 800m and Javelin