The final East District Cross Country League match of this winter season took place at Broxburn on Saturday 18 January 2014.
The league covers all age groups from Under 11 boys and girls through to senior men and women and Lasswade had athletes competing in all age groups with the exception of under 11 girls.
In the under 11 boys race we had seven athletes competing with Kurt Robertson leading the team home in 6th place overall. The others competing were Lois Grahame (20th) Cameron Dickson (35th), Eoin Morton (38th), Christopher Statham (44th), Ethan Gordon (59th) and Clark Lennie (64th).
The next race was the under 13 girls and with our Inter District winner Sarah Tait unwell it was left to Caroline McKinlay to represent the Lasswade girls. Caroline ran a strong race to finish 19th overall. Lasswade’s Magnus Tait led the way in the under 13 boys race with another fine win. It completed a clean sweep of three league wins this season for Magnus. He was followed by team mates Rory Ferguson (17th) and Lawrie Wilson (46th).
The under 15/17 girls was the next race and we had two runners, Lauren Dickson with another fine performance in 5th place followed by team mate Lauren Wilkie who finished strongly in 35th. In the under 15 boys race we had three runners led home by Matthew Smith (26th) followed closely by team mate Jamie Darling (28th) and Thomas Snodgrass (38th).
Kyle McKenzie was the sole Lasswade runner in the under 17 men, he had a solid run to finish in 21st place.
In the women’s race we had three athletes competing and Keira Murray with a strong run in 5th pace led the team home, next in was Amy Frankland with a fine run finishing 15th overall and 2nd under 20, Cathy Dickson ran well to bring the team home, finishing in 71st place.
The final race of the day was the men with the biggest field and 255 finishers. There were seven Lasswade athletes competing with Peter Avent the first Lasswade runner home (28th), next in with a strong run was Martin Gore (42nd) followed by John Murray back from a recent injury (74th), Scott Dickson running with a sore knee was next to finish (164th) then came Doug McDonald (179th) closely followed by Phil Parr-Burnham (196th) with Derek Wilkie the final Lasswade athlete (232nd).
Well done to everyone who turned out and competed for the club on Saturday. Thanks to you all and also to the parents/supporters that came along on the day.
Final Team Finishing Positions in the League were as follows:
Under 13 Boys – 4th Team
Women – 7th Team
Men – 8th Team
For full results please click here
