The Archive · 1923

SHANGHAI BARRIER

Team Race Championship Won by American School The students' annual cross-country race, organized by the Shanghai Harriers Club, was held on Saturday afternoon, and the team championship was again won by the American School, who thus n.ake the' Cup their own property, though the first two men to finish were Chinese-—Adam Chui, of Nanyang University, and Y. T. Shen, of the Shanghai College.

There were 83 competitors and the race was run in glorious weather, over a trail of three miles, well laid by Messrs, Edmund Lewis and George Rose. When two miles had been covered, J. E. Fisher and R. Hager, of the American School, were showing prominently, with Adam Chui and Y. T. Shen in clos attendance. In an exciting finish, Chui beat Shen by a few yards only, and Hager was close up in third place, the winner's time being -only 16 min, 433 seo.

The following is the. order in which the first 30 competitors passed the winning post:—1.—Adam Chui (Nanyang University. 2.—Y. T. Shen (Shanghai College). +3 ager (American School).

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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