The National Short Course Cross Country Championships took place yesterday at Kirkcaldy High School. It was a mild and dry day, the course was good underfoot with the exception of a section in the far corner that was quite muddy.
There were 17 athletes from Lasswade competing with 4 medals and lots of strong performances in large and high quality fields.
The first race of the day was the under 15 girls and Freya Brown continued her strong form with a comfortable win in the u15 girls race over 2k. Cerys Wright followed her home in 2nd place. There was good support from Beth McWilliam in 28th and Emma Thomson in 35th. The team won silver medals, just 3 points behind 1st.
Next off was the u15 boys, with two athletes from Lasswade Josh Cooper and Finlay Troup, who both had strong runs to finish in 47th and 54th respectively.
Bethan Kitchin was our sole runner in the u17 women which was the next race to the start line and she finished fast in 29th place.
The races were coming fast and the u17 men were next and it produced a great team performance with Charlie Copp 24th, Laurence Ward 32nd, Jake Page 41st and Elliot Cameron 61st.
Olivia Meikle placed really highly in the senior women’s race over 4k – coming 66th and 17th u20. Kate Kitchin backed her up in 226th and 36th v40.
The final race and biggest field of the day were the senior/ junior men. Andrew McWilliam led the field to the first corner and was rewarded with a fine 20th overall and bronze in the u20 category. Behind him came Rowan Taylor in 9th u20 and Innes Wright a few seconds back in 13th. The men’s team was completed by veteran Andy Brown who was 12th in his age category with team finishing 12th.
Well done to club member Harry Henriksen finishing 9th overall representing Edinburgh University.
It was also great to see Christian Graham at the event spectating, hopefully we’ll see more of him at training over the coming weeks and months as his recovery progresses.
Overall another great day out for Lasswade cross country team.
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