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On February 14^th 2004 six schools from all over Portugal went to Vilamoura International School for a cross country meet. The participating schools were St. Dominic’s International School, St. Julian’s School, International Preparatory School, American School in Lisbon, Vilamoura International School, and São Lourenço International School. The runners were split up into different groups according to age. There were five different age groups and each had both a female race and a male race

In the Benjamins division the runners had to run 1 kilometer. In the girls’ race Charlotte Peet (Year 6) came in7th place and "Jo- Jo" Peet (Year 6) came in 8^th place. In the boys’ race we had a team of four Year 6 boys; James Bell, Micah Kittel, Antonis Ikosipentakis, and Sean Player. This team came in 6^th place.

In the division of "Infantis" the girl runners had to run 1.5 kilometers and the boys had to run 2 kilometers. We did not have any girl participants but we did have one boy, Sam Layton (Year 7). Unfortunately Sam was not able to finish the race because he tripped over a tree root and hurt his ankle.

In the division of "Iniciados" the girls were required to run 2 kilometers and the boys were required to run 2.5 kilometers. The girl’s team Elina Millere (Year 8), Emma Stevens (Year 8), Hannah Kittel (Year 10), and Hannah Kemish (Year 9) just missed getting 3^rdplace by 2 points and instead received 4^th. Sam Segurado was the only boy in this division (from our school) and came in 19^thplace.