LADY Lumley's School pupil John Peel will be competing against some of the top young cross-country runners in the country next month after qualifying for the English Athletic Association National Schools' finals.
John, who is in year 11 and comes from Thornton-le-Dale, earned his place in the three-mile intermediate race in Brighton on March 8 after finishing in the top eight of the North Yorkshire schools' county championships in Richmond earlier this year.
John has represented the Scarborough and District area before but this will be his first trip to the English schools' finals.
He said: "I'm thrilled to be going to Brighton. I'm really looking forward to it."
PE teacher Richard Buckley said: "We're delighted with John.
"He's worked really hard for it and it's an honour for the school to be represented in the national finals."
Updated: 11:08 Wednesday, February 26, 2003
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