To say it was raining is an understatement for the first East league cross country meeting of the season. We had a fantastic turnout and the rain did not dampen spirits. In total we had 52 athletes competing and a summary of the highlights are below:

In the U11 age group we had an amazing 12 girls taking part and with Jenny Gillanders, Sarah Coutts and Jennifer Bryon finishing 2^nd, 3^rd and 11^th respectively giving Pitreavie first place for the team. The other U11’s  many of them competing in their first cross country were Skye Marshall (14^th), Beth Aitken (21^st), Katie Gostick (22^nd), Eilish Deswarte (24^th), Abby Chisholm (25^th), Rowan McTavish (36th), Kerry McNulty (44^th), Fleur Drummond (46^th) and Sinead Best (48^th). Well done girls!

The U11 boys didn’t manage a team however finished in a fantastic 3^rd for Lewis Blair and 6^th for Gregor McPherson out of 49 runners. Well done boys and hope we can attract some more runners in this age group for next time.

In the U13’s once again a great entry for both girls (5) and boys (7). Iona Crawford continued her fantastic track success in cross country finishing in 1^st position with Zoe Nicholson 8^th, Lucy Telfer 31^st, Tegan Gostick 32^nd and Kym McAlpine 51^st. The girls team are sitting 4^th overall.

The U13 boys had also great success finishing 5^th overall with Alex Johnston 2^nd, Kip McTavish 8^th, Arran Robertson 39th, Josh Spence 40^th, Cameron Pearson 47^th, Findlay Pearson 51st and Liam Gillan 55^th…great effort boys!

The U15/U17 girls managed to finish in a superb 1^st position with great runs from all – Leah Davie (5^th), Emily Nicolson (8^th), Sophie Nethery (12^th) and Sophie Telfer (21st). A special mention must go to sprinters Hannah Gillan, Isla Sinclair and Sarah Allan who completed in their first cross country since U11 and finished in 44^th, 46^th and 47^th respectively – and still managed a smile at the end!

The U15 boys team also had a great race, consisting of James Adam (14^th), Tyler White (15^th), Dylan Thomson (21^st), William Cain (24^th), Andrew McNair (25^th), Ben Grant (30^th) – the boys sitting well placed in 4^th team position.

Congratulations to Penny Hicks our sole lady runner finishing in an impressive 86^th  out of 103 runners.

Aidan Thompson finished in 2^nd position closely behind his Edinburgh rival in the U17 mens race and was followed by Corey Smith (27^th) and sprinter Cameron Sinclair (32^nd)  the team 5^th overall.

Finally in the mens race we had 9 runners with the team finishing in a great 13^th position. First home was Ben Potrykus (44^th) followed by Owain Williams (69^th), Scott McAlpine (89^th), Jeff Farquhar (105^th), Neil McLaclan (168^th), Steven Perry-Clyde (191^st), Jack Lawrie (203^rd) and Laurance Leask (218th), Campbell Blair (229^th)

A fantastic start to the cross country season and well done to all. Hopefully we can encourage others to give it a try.

Next up is the National Cross Country Relays in Cumbernauld and good luck to all those participating.

Written by Webteam