Rotary Club Running Race 2008

The Running Club entered two teams in the Oxford Rotary 5 km race at Oxford University Parks. The teams improved on last year's results and received four awards this year. The club won the following;

• The Individual Race winner: Ilya Kischenkov in 18m 53 sec
• The Women's winner: Kirsten Lillie
• The winning Schools team: Paul Bohm, Max Estela, Wiktor Kidziak, Laura Windmoller, Kim Fung Kung and Ilya Kischenkov
• The winning Business team: Kevin Hennessy, Kevin Ryce, Kirsten Lillie and Wei Sha

All 10 runners finished in the top 40. The team and their race positions were:

• 1 - Ilya Kischenkov
• 4 - Kevin Hennessy
• 8 - Paul Bohm
• 10 - Max Estela
• 11 - Wiktor Kidziak
• 12 - Kim Fung Kung
• 20 - Kevin Ryce
• 24 - Kirsten Lillie
• 39 - Laura Windmoller
• 40 - Wei Sha

Team Coach, Kevin Hennessy was delighted with the result. “The team have put in a lot of work for this event and it is great to be rewarded for that. Every club member has shown wonderful commitment and progress. Over the past number of weeks we suffered the Headington hill, sweated on the Marston measured mile and always encouraged eachother, working strongly as a committed team. On race day, we were unbeatable!"