The first of this seasons East District Cross Country League races was held at Stirling University on 15\/10\/2011.\u00a0 There were 24 Lasswade athletes taking part in all age groups from Under 11\u00a0 to Senior Men and Women. Unfortunately we had incomplete teams in some of the age groups which meant that we incurred\u00a0penalty points.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0our highest placed girl Natasha Selkirk finishing 5th with her sister Nicole close behind in 8th.\u00a0 The teams finished\u00a07th and 6th respectively.<\/p>\n
Our Under 13 boys also fielded a complete team and finished 12th team.\u00a0 In the girls race we were unable to field a complete\u00a0team, however Rachel Hutchison had a strong individual run to finish 14th.<\/p>\n
In the Under 15 boys race \u00a0the\u00a0team\u00a0finished 6th\u00a0with Jamie Cousin leading them home in 16th place.\u00a0The Under 15 and Under 17 girls are incorporated in the\u00a0same race,\u00a0 Amy Frankland showed her strength in finishing 6th overall with Amy Smith in 11th and Sophie Miller 31st. \u00a0The team finished\u00a0in 2nd position,\u00a0our highest team placing of the day.<\/p>\n
Ross Henderson\u00a0the only Lasswade runner in the Under 17 boys race produced a fine performance to finish 12th.<\/p>\n
Lorna Rice was also a\u00a0lone performer in the women’s race finishing 78th.<\/p>\n
The men’s race over three laps was a good race with a group of \u00a0four runners, including our own Ross Matheson in the group\u00a0and Barney Phillips also Lasswade just behind in 5th position.\u00a0 It was only on the final lap that gaps began to appear with Andrew Crichton breaking clear\u00a0to win with Ross\u00a0 finishing 2nd and Barney\u00a0pulling back one position to finish 4th.\u00a0\u00a0 Paul Benham on the comeback trail was our next finisher followed by\u00a0Ben Mitchell and then Paul Elliott.\u00a0\u00a0The men finished 11th team but clearly have the potential to finish much higher with a full team.<\/p>\n
Overall the men are sitting 5th in the league and the women 8th. Well done to everyone!<\/p>\n
For full results please click here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n For your diaries the next League Match is at Livingston on\u00a020\/11\/2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first of this seasons East District Cross Country League races was held at Stirling University on 15\/10\/2011.\u00a0 There were 24 Lasswade athletes taking part in all age groups from Under 11\u00a0 to Senior Men and Women. Unfortunately we had … Continue reading