Legend of the Week this week after his incredible performance at Scottish Students last weekend is James Hammond!! He won Men’s A on Saturday, and ran the quickest time on last leg of the relay, and he’s only a first year!! Watch out for him at BUCs…
Name: James Hammond
Course: 1st year Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (the Alex Matthew special)
Where are you from: Linlithgow
When/how did you start orienteering: My Dad went looking for a family sport that we could all do, I went to a few local events when I was about 10 and started really enjoying them
Pre race hype song: whatever is playing on the minibus (normally Taylor Swift)
Go to uni meal: soup and/or pesto pasta
Most memorable race: The 2×2 sprint relay we did in Gothenburg, I won with Ollie after I ‘unintentionally’ took out half of the mass start…
Best orienteering achievement: EYOC Long – 2nd, I was super happy with this result!!
Dream sponsor: any chocolate milk company or a cinnamon roll company – specifically Lidl bakery
Coolest place you’ve run: I have done lots of cool runs in France – orienteering on top of the Alps where I was in a fort on top of a massive wall and my control was at the bottom and I had no idea how to get down! I’ve also run somewhere that was like running on Mars, with red dust everywhere and some steep rocky banks. The coolest might be when I ran up a mountain in the Alps to watch the sunrise though!
Aims for the year: JWOC, survive first year of uni
Fave thing about EUOC: training in a big group and always having people to run with. Also when lots of us go to Hive!!
thumb/baseplate compass: thumb – str8 is great
Fave EUOC social: one where we end in Hive, but also the freshers social where I accidentally met everyone in Cheese!
Sprint or forest: forest at heart, I hope I don’t end up as a sprint specialist Go to karaoke song: whatever is on the bus (Taylor Swift), but I am also yet to make my karaoke debut in Tron…
Biggest rival: Adam and Adam
Idol: Emma and Stan (promise we had no say in this)
Superpower: using technology, especially responding within 3 weeks on Messenger