The Inter District Cross Country Championships took place on Saturday 11 January 2014 as part of the Bupa Great Winter Run 2014.
Lasswade Athletics Club had five athletes selected for the East District Team Sarah Tait (Under 13 Girls), Magnus Tait and Rory Ferguson (Under 13 Boys), Lauren Dickson (Under 15 Girls) and Keira Murray (Women).
It was a beautiful dry and sunny morning although a cold windy day with little protection from the wind for the athletes on an open and flat course. The first race of the day was the under 13 boys which proved to be a close race with Magnus Tait in amongst the leaders from the start and fighting it out for the medals at the end. Only four seconds separated the first four runners with Magnus just missing out in 4th place. It’s always difficult to finish just outside the medals and Magnus was a bit disappointed but it was a great run by him! Team mate Rory Ferguson one of our newer members who has only ran a couple of cross country races ran very well to finish in 30th place.
The next race was the under 13 girls and this was another close race with Lasswade’s Sarah Tait up amongst the leaders from the start. In the final lap there was still a group of four or five runners in contention, including Sarah who showed her strength pushing on into a headwind to move clear of the field and win by four seconds at the finish!
Our next athlete was Lauren Dickson in the under 15 girls and it was another good performance with Lauren working hard throughout the four lap race. Lauren finished just outside the top 10 in 11th place. Another fine run.
The final Lasswade Athlete competing was Keira Murray in the Women’s race. The senior course was slightly different to that used for the younger athletes in that they crossed the road and used ‘haggis knoll’ as part of the course, a little hill although I am sure it felt pretty hard after a few laps. Keira worked hard throughout the race and was working in a group of three of four athletes just outside the top 10 for part of the race. Keira finished well in 14th place.
It is fantastic for Lasswade AC to have athletes selected for these events and even better when they all do so well.
Congratulations to you all on your performances yesterday.
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That’s a great effort! Well done to all those who competed on the day.