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Over 300 runners from around the country descended on\u00a0Gorebridge\u00a0at the weekend to take part in the 36th<\/span>\u00a0annual\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0AC Open\u00a0Cross Country\u00a0Meeting.\u00a0\u00a0An\u00a0army of\u00a0volunteers\u00a0had arrived early to prepare the course and set up for what turned out to be\u00a0an excellent days\u00a0racing.\u00a0 With little rain the previous week, and a rare appearance by the sun,\u00a0the\u00a0course was\u00a0well set up for runners and spectators alike.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The boys Under 11\u00a0race\u00a0was next up, and had another strong field. First home was\u00a0Giffnock\u00a0North runner Craig\u00a0Shennan, in a time of 6m 00s. Following\u00a0him\u00a0home\u00a0was\u00a0 Haddington\u00a0East runner\u00a0Innes Wright, with Thomas Hilton, of\u00a0Moorfoot, coming home third. After recent wins in the Midlothian Schools and East District Cross Country\u00a0events ,\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0runner, Andrew McWilliam put in another strong performance coming home in 8th<\/span>\u00a0spot. Next up for\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0was Shane\u00a0Majekodunmi, with strong runs from Ewan Meldrum, Ben Harley, Rory\u00a0Stobbie, Jude Anderson and Cian\u00a0murray\u00a0in their first outings for the club. The Team prize was taken by\u00a0Moorfoot\u00a0runners, followed by\u00a0Giffnock\u00a0North and\u00a0Airdrie\u00a0Harriers, with\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0in 5th<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Under 13 girls were next up, with their race covering 2 laps of the track. Katie Johnson, of Edinburgh AC, was\u00a0givien\u00a0a stern test by\u00a0Pitreavie\u00a0runner Anya Morrison, before finally prevailing to\u00a0take\u00a0 a\u00a01 second victory. Third spot went to East Lothian runner Bridget Harley. First home for\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0was Olivia Meikle, with Amy Mclaughlin, Skye Foster and Sophie Edwards all coming home in good times behind. Team prize went to\u00a0Pitreavie\u00a0again, with\u00a0Moorfoot\u00a0and\u00a0Lawfield\u00a0and District behind. Another good showing by the\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0team saw them finishing 5th<\/span>\u00a0overall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Harmeny\u00a0 Top three in the Girls Under 15\u00a0race\u00a0were Daisy Cumming of\u00a0Dunfermline, Aimee Anderson of\u00a0Airdrie\u00a0and\u00a0Corstorphine\u00a0runner Georgia Ledingham. Abby McGlone was the lone\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0runner in the field, finishing strongly in 12th<\/span>. Team prize went to\u00a0Corstorphioine, followed by\u00a0Airdrie\u00a0and\u00a0Moorfoot. In the boys Under 15\u00a0race,\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0runner,\u00a0Harry Henriksen once again proved far\u00a0too\u00a0strong for the rest of the field, romping home almost a minute ahead of the\u00a0rest\u00a0in\u00a0a time of 17m26s. Law & District runner Donald Gilchrist’s second spot helped his team to the team prize for the Under 15 boys.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Cera Gemmell wa The\u00a0mens\u00a0senior race was won\u00a0by Grant Sheldon of Cambuslang Harriers, followed by Cameron\u00a0Richardson\u00a0of\u00a0Cumbernauld. First\u00a0Veteren\u00a0was\u00a0HBT runner Dave Wright, with Portobello’s Jake Harper first in the over 50s. Senior team prize went to HBT, with the\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0team of Jamie Darling, Martin Gore and Andrew McGlone coming second. Peter Ness and David Scott completed a strong turn out from the\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0team on the day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Full results\u00a02017:<\/strong><\/p>\n LAC X-Country Results 2017 Final Format (2)<\/a><\/p>\n Please note we are still running down a couple of results that may need to be added to the final results. We will get this done ASAP. In the meantime apologies for any omissions, and please get in touch if you are missing a result from the current list.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Updated\u00a0results now available via the link at the bottom of the article Over 300 runners from around the country descended on\u00a0Gorebridge\u00a0at the weekend to take part in the 36th\u00a0annual\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0AC Open\u00a0Cross Country\u00a0Meeting.\u00a0\u00a0An\u00a0army of\u00a0volunteers\u00a0had arrived early to prepare the course and set … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.lasswade-ac.org.uk\/club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/L-R-Hannah-Harley-Abbie-Foster-Eloise-Scott-2nd-team-u11s-300x225.jpg\")
First up on the day was the girls under 11\u00a0race. Taking in one lap of the course, and covering\u00a0one mile\u00a0it proved to be the closest race of the day. Over 50 girls lined up\u00a0on the start line, but the course soon had them well spread. As the finish line came up 4\u00a0girls\u00a0were left fighting it out for the top spot. Chloe Hill of\u00a0Larkhill\u00a0Harriers had just enough to take first in a time of 6m 25s. Just a second behind the winner, and\u00a0seperated\u00a0by less than a second was the trio of\u00a0Carys\u00a0Gibb, Adele Street and\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0AC runner Abbie Foster. Not far behind Abbie was fellow\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0runner Hannah Harley, finishing in a time of 6m 32s. A good turnout by\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0runners also included fine performances from Eloise\u00a0Scott, Sophie\u00a0Birse, Sophie Winters, Amy Rutherford and Matilde Buxton.\u00a0In\u00a0the team race, based on the top 3 performances of each team,\u00a0Pitreavie\u00a0came out just ahead of\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0AC, with\u00a0Moorfoot\u00a0in 3rd<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.lasswade-ac.org.uk\/club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSCF3966-300x225.jpg\")
runner took\u00a0top spot in the Boys Under 13,\u00a02 mile\u00a0race, finishing in a time of 11m 38s. First\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0runner home was Ross Wolfenden in 5th<\/span>. Good\u00a0performances\u00a0from Alec Miller, Alastair Scott and Alasdair Brown put the\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0boys into third spot in the team prize, behind\u00a0Pitreavie\u00a0and\u00a0Moorfoot.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.lasswade-ac.org.uk\/club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSCF3965-300x225.jpg\")
s dominant throughout in her race, taking top spot in the Under 17 women for Team East Lothian. In the same combined race Lauren\u00a0Dickson,\u00a0of\u00a0Lasswade, took top spot in the Under 20s..\u00a0The senior\u00a0womens\u00a0race was won by Carnethy athlete Charlotte Morgan, with\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0runner Keira Murray running well to come home in second. First veteran runner home was Lisa McDonald, with Sue Ridley winner of the over 45s group. The\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0team of Keira Murray, Julia Cunningham and Ellen\u00a0Kristoffersen\u00a0took second spot behind Edinburgh AC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.lasswade-ac.org.uk\/club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSCF3985-300x225.jpg\")
In the\u00a0mens\u00a0Under 17s James\u00a0Gillon and\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0Runner,\u00a0Magnus\u00a0Tait, spent much of the race side by side. Gillon proved to be too\u00a0strong\u00a0in the final lap though, taking the top spot for Law & District.\u00a0 Another\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0athlete, Euan Hood ran well in third, with team mate Daniel Kelly a few places further back in 6th<\/span>. The trio of performances by the\u00a0Lasswade\u00a0runners was enough to take the team\u00a0prize.\u00a0 Moray runner Cameron Main took top spot in the\u00a0Mens\u00a0under 20s, followed by Forbes Jackson of\u00a0Cumbernauld.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.lasswade-ac.org.uk\/club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/seniors-race-300x225.jpg\")
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