Shimla
The Bishop Cotton School, Shimla boys (as young as Class 4) showed up their ‘josh’ in the steep Shimla roads to get fit this morning.
The students have spent the past six weeks training early in the morning for their marathon cross country run together with their sports coaches.
The race is broken down by age ability, with five different starting points around Shimla. The race finishes for all the runners at school on the first flat to flags to the cheers of the waiting crowd.
Under 10 was won by Vedansh Bharti Under 12 Irfaan Hyder
Under 14 by Shefaa Prajwan
Under 16 by Arnav Dhanyan
The Open & 2024 Victor Champion was won by Sarthak Khandewal, (*whose time was 30.12.00 minutes)
BCS Director Simon Weale said: “All the boys have done extremely well and they’ve have had to go through some grueling dawn training – but this what our traditions at BCS are all about. It teaches them to succeed in life by hard work, routine and training – together with a healthy lifestyle.”
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla
Bishop Cotton School is an institution rooted in history and tradition. Over decades, its alumni have included some of the most distinguished men in India and elsewhere. From the uniformed services to administrators, from businessmen and industrialists, to authors and actors, Bishop Cotton School has nurtured nascent talents and helped them come to fruition. This is a school that provides a child with a firm foundation to look capably and confidently to a global role in the years to come.
