LASSWADE ATHLETIC CLUB

The National Cross Country Relays took place in Cumbernauld on Saturday.

The weather was dry, however there was a strong wind and sections of the course were quite muddy from rain earlier in the week. Lasswade had four complete teams competing, one young female, two young male and one complete men’s team (we also had an incomplete men’s team of three).

The first race was the young females and Lauren Dickson had a very good run to finish 18th out of the 65 starters. On our second leg it was Sophie Miller who ran well to hand over in 22nd to Amy Smith.  Amy ran a steady race to come home in 18th position.

Next it was the young males race where we had two teams competing.  Matthew Smith and Thomas Snodgrass led the teams off with both boys running well to finish 24th and 32nd respectively out of the 74 starters. On our second leg Jamie Cousin took over from Matthew and Callum Graham took over from Thomas. Jamie and Callum ran well with Jamie in 16th place when handing over to Ross Henderson for the final leg and Callum in 48th when handing over to Callum Clark. Ross ran a solid race to finish 22nd and Callum also ran well having just started training again after having been out injured for a few months.   

The next race for us was the mens race.  There were 128 teams starting, although only 99 complete teams finished the race. Martin Gore and Paul Elliott led the Lasswade men off and ran well to hand over in 56th and 69th respectively. Niall Sheehan took over from Martin and produced the Lasswade performance of the day pulling back a massive 34 places to hand over in 22nd place. On the same leg Ross Finlayson took over from Paul Elliott and pulled back a couple of places to hand over to Kirk Smith in 67th.  Paul Benham took over from Niall and despite suffering from cramp in his calf  handed over in 24th place.  On the final leg Ben Mitchell was the anchor man taking over from Paul and he ran a solid leg to finish in 28th place. Well done to everyone who took part.

For full results please click here

The first of this seasons East District Cross Country League races was held at Stirling University on 15/10/2011.  There were 24 Lasswade athletes taking part in all age groups from Under 11  to Senior Men and Women. Unfortunately we had incomplete teams in some of the age groups which meant that we incurred penalty points.

Our Under 11 boys and girls fielded complete teams and there were fine performances with our highest placed runner in the boys race, Fraser Judge finishing 6th and our highest placed girl Natasha Selkirk finishing 5th with her sister Nicole close behind in 8th.  The teams finished 7th and 6th respectively.

Our Under 13 boys also fielded a complete team and finished 12th team.  In the girls race we were unable to field a complete team, however Rachel Hutchison had a strong individual run to finish 14th.

In the Under 15 boys race  the team finished 6th with Jamie Cousin leading them home in 16th place. The Under 15 and Under 17 girls are incorporated in the same race,  Amy Frankland showed her strength in finishing 6th overall with Amy Smith in 11th and Sophie Miller 31st.  The team finished in 2nd position, our highest team placing of the day.

Ross Henderson the only Lasswade runner in the Under 17 boys race produced a fine performance to finish 12th.

Lorna Rice was also a lone performer in the women’s race finishing 78th.

The men’s race over three laps was a good race with a group of  four runners, including our own Ross Matheson in the group and Barney Phillips also Lasswade just behind in 5th position.  It was only on the final lap that gaps began to appear with Andrew Crichton breaking clear to win with Ross  finishing 2nd and Barney pulling back one position to finish 4th.   Paul Benham on the comeback trail was our next finisher followed by Ben Mitchell and then Paul Elliott.  The men finished 11th team but clearly have the potential to finish much higher with a full team.

Overall the men are sitting 5th in the league and the women 8th. Well done to everyone!

For full results please click here.  

For your diaries the next League Match is at Livingston on 20/11/2011.

The East District Cross Country Relays took place at Camperdown Country Park in Dundee on Saturday 08/10/2011.

Lasswade had two young female teams finishing 12th and 17th and  two young male teams that finished 11th and 20th. There were some strong performances and a great team effort by all involved. Well done to all who took part.

The women’s team was incomplete with only Karen McKinlay representing the women on the day. Great effort Karen – Well done!

The men’s team put in a great effort and finished a creditable 7th team which could be our highest finishing position ever in the men’s event!    

For a full list of results click here