St Albans students biology competition triumph

Eric Edmond (middle) with his fellow St Albans School competitors

Sophie Crockett Saturday, May 31, 2014 6:19 PM

A student beat 5,000 competitors to a top position in the British Biology Olympiad final, scoring himself a gold medal.

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Eric Edmond, a Year 13 pupil at St Albans School, battled through countless tests to get to the last 16.

The final hurdle of the competition took place at the University of Warwick, with three days of practical tests and an exam paper in the School of Life Sciences.

Eric was one of five boys from the school commended for their biological knowledge, with four other pupils being awarded gold medals in the previous round.

To add to Erics success, he has just secured himself a place at Oxford to study medicine.

Erics biology teacher at St Albans School, Ms Jenny Crouch, said:

It was an extremely good group but Eric has always shown himself as a particularly good student. He is very deserving of his place at Oxford to read Medicine.

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