KELLY College pupils Lachlan Fulton, Robbie Nielsen, Josh Carnell, Sian Temple and Ellen Riis-White have all been selected to represent Devon at the South West Schools' cross country championships to be held in Bristol in February. 

The announcement came after the pupils represented West Devon at the Devon Schools' Cross Country Championships held at Plymouth's Central Park on Saturday. 

In total, Kelly College had 14 athletes braving the freezing conditions to run in the event. Despite a demanding course and tough competition, in races containing 60 runners, they achieved some excellent results.

In the Year 7 boys Lachlan Fulton dominated the race superbly, finishing an impressive 20 seconds clear of the field to take the gold medal and become County Champion.  Archie Trevethan also ran extremely well to finish 36th.

Josh Carnell finished seventh in the senior boys over a distance of nearly 7000m, competing well amongst some talented athletes. In the junior boys Robbie Nielsen ran a tactically superb race to finish sixth, with Taku Chaza also running well to finish 38th.

In the junior girls Sian Temple finished a superb second, despite running a year young in her age group, to win silver. Other strong performances came from Jemma Layden in 23rd, Georgia Jones 31st and Brittaney O'Reilly 40th. In the Year 7 girls Carys Twyman finished 27th with Maddie Knight unable to finish due to injury.

Ellen Riis-White finished fourth in the senior girls' race while Beth Watmore finished 27th and Leah Picillo 28th in the intermediate girls.

Overall, this is the best set of results produced by Kelly athletes at this event for many years and our best representation at county level for some time.

LAST week five Devon schools; Stover Preparatory School, Shebbear College, Kelly College Prep School, Mount House School and Trinity School, visited Kelly to take part in the Kelly College cross country relay event. Nearly 100 pupils took part

In the girls' races, Kelly College's team of Lottie Trevethan, Sian Temple, Carys Twyman and Natasha Farrington sealed victory with some impressive running. Mount House School were second.

In the boys' races, Kelly College's team of Lachlan Fulton, Taku Chaza, Samuel Gray and Toby Bower also secured first place beating Shebbear College and Trinity School.