Youngsters from Devon will be competing in the South West Schools Cross-Country Championships this weekend.
The pupils will head to Grittleton House School on the outskirts of Chippenham on Saturday, having qualified for the county team at the Devon Schools Championships last month.
The minor boys' and girls' races involves children from Year Seven, with those in years eight and nine in the junior races, the intermediates races are for year 10 and 11 pupils and years 12 and 13 go in the senior events.
Each race will see 10 athletes per county, with the positions of the first six counting towards the team score.
Blundell's School's Jake Smith returned to this country from Hong Kong in September and leads the senior boys' team on his debut.
Also in action for Devon will be Jason Drew from Exmouth – who finished second in the Fulford's Five race in the town on Sunday – Exeter College duo Shaun Johnson and Matthew Dowell, and Colyton pupil Patrick Livingstone.
The senior girls team has been strengthened with the addition of Exmouth's Martha Ellett, who missed the county championships.
Katie Olding from Exeter School, Exeter College's Amy Walker Exeter, Colyton pupil Zoe Kuyken and Maynards' Emma Watkinson are also in the team.
The intermediate boys team includes county champion Jack Gregorious (Kings) and runner-up Finley McClear (Uffculme).
Koen Dunphy, a pupil at St Peter's School in Exeter, makes his debut alongside Tony Pinder (Axe Valley) and Karl Still (Blundell's).
The intermediate girls' team includes Exeter School pupil Maddie Roche, Florence Livingstone from Ottery St Mary's King's School and Queen Elizabeth's Community College's Josie Crosby.
Devon's junior boys team are looking to Exeter Harriers' only county champion from Stover School this year, Elliot Moran, to boost their chances with a strong run.
The Colyton pupil is joined by Sam Pyne and Toby Garrick (both Sidmouth), Joe Hollox (King's) and Jack Addicott (St Luke's).
Teignmouth's Molly Canham is one of Devon's biggest hopes and she races in the junior girls' race along with Eleanor Brandon from King's, Colyton's Isabelle Beech and Stover School pupil Chloe Olford.
Teignmouth's Alex Moyse and Rio Turl from Isca lead the minor boys' squad, with Jonny Livingstone (Colyton) and Harrison Simes (Uffculme) also expected to score for the team.
William Penney, from Teign, and Jay Stansfield, from Tiverton, are also in the squad.
The minor girls' race looks to be wide open, with Jessica Smith (Cullompton), Isabelle Steele (Colyton) and Liberty Bund (Exmouth) among those competing for Devon.
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