East District Cross Country League 1 Results
By Chris Lake
23 October 2013
Nineteen athletes from Livingston & District AAC travelled to Stirling University on Saturday 19th October for the first round of the East District Cross Country League of 2013/2014.
With monsoon like conditions and a long trek from the designated car park to the start of the races, nearly as far as the junior races, everyone deserves a medal for their perseverance in such appalling conditions.
The various courses were both wet and treacherous with loose stone and rock on a difficult downhill stretch close to the finish.
101 boys and girls in the Under 11 category set off together on their 1.6K course. Isla Calvert led the girls home in 1st place with Helena Cutajar 34th. In the boys race Fraser Morris finished 7th, Alistair Marshall 8th and Jordan Welsh 39th. The boys team finished in 5th place overall in a very closely contested team race.
104 competitors set off in the Under 13 girls and boys race over 2.8K. In the girls race Sarah Calvert finished 3rd, Rachel Gibb 13th, Tia Henry 18th, Rebecca Calder 25th, Holly White 47th and Heather Scott 54th. With the top three places scoring in the team event the girls finished in 3rd place, close behind Team Border and Central AC.
The Under 15 girls raced together with the Under 17 girls over 3.2K. Hannah Mairs finished 34th in the combined standings. In the Under 15 boys, over the same course, Fraser Mclean finished in 40th place.
The Under 17 men ran alongside the Junior, Senior and Masters women over 6K. In the Under 17 mens race Andrew Mitchell finished 12th, Calum Mclean 30th and Alistair White 31st. In the combined womens race, Judith Hargreaves finished in 101st place.
In the combined Junior, Senior and Masters Mens race, over 250 competitors set off on the gruelling 9K course. 252 athletes finished the course with Steve Thomson in 123rd place and Ryan White, running in the Under 20 category, in 202nd place overall.
All athletes deserve credit for competing in such appalling conditions. Although the rain did relent for the final race of the day, all competitors nevertheless endured tough conditions.
All runners experienced the true nature of cross country running with mud, rain and the resultant cold having a distinct effect on performances.
Let's hope the next round at Alloa in November brings more hospitable conditions.
With monsoon like conditions and a long trek from the designated car park to the start of the races, nearly as far as the junior races, everyone deserves a medal for their perseverance in such appalling conditions.
The various courses were both wet and treacherous with loose stone and rock on a difficult downhill stretch close to the finish.
101 boys and girls in the Under 11 category set off together on their 1.6K course. Isla Calvert led the girls home in 1st place with Helena Cutajar 34th. In the boys race Fraser Morris finished 7th, Alistair Marshall 8th and Jordan Welsh 39th. The boys team finished in 5th place overall in a very closely contested team race.
104 competitors set off in the Under 13 girls and boys race over 2.8K. In the girls race Sarah Calvert finished 3rd, Rachel Gibb 13th, Tia Henry 18th, Rebecca Calder 25th, Holly White 47th and Heather Scott 54th. With the top three places scoring in the team event the girls finished in 3rd place, close behind Team Border and Central AC.
The Under 15 girls raced together with the Under 17 girls over 3.2K. Hannah Mairs finished 34th in the combined standings. In the Under 15 boys, over the same course, Fraser Mclean finished in 40th place.
The Under 17 men ran alongside the Junior, Senior and Masters women over 6K. In the Under 17 mens race Andrew Mitchell finished 12th, Calum Mclean 30th and Alistair White 31st. In the combined womens race, Judith Hargreaves finished in 101st place.
In the combined Junior, Senior and Masters Mens race, over 250 competitors set off on the gruelling 9K course. 252 athletes finished the course with Steve Thomson in 123rd place and Ryan White, running in the Under 20 category, in 202nd place overall.
All athletes deserve credit for competing in such appalling conditions. Although the rain did relent for the final race of the day, all competitors nevertheless endured tough conditions.
All runners experienced the true nature of cross country running with mud, rain and the resultant cold having a distinct effect on performances.
Let's hope the next round at Alloa in November brings more hospitable conditions.