On December 7^th Pitreavie athletes picked up individual and team medals at the East District Cross Country Championships in Dundee. In the first race U13 girls, congratulations to Iona Crawford who won the bronze medal with Zoe Nicolson 13^th, Jemma Jamieson 28^th and Kym McAlpine 36^th giving the girls 4^th place overall. Up next in the boys race, Alex Johnston also won bronze with Josh Spence 46^th and Conor Allan 51^st placing the team 11^th. Well done to all.

In the U15’s race Emily Nicolson finished in a well placed 5^th with Leah Davie 8^th and Sophie Nethery 18^th giving the girls the silver team medal, Emily and Leah winning their third and Sophie her second team championship medal of the season.  The U15 boys had good runs with Tyler White finishing 15^th, James Adam 19^th and Andrew McNair 40^th, the team 7^th overall.

In the U17’s mens Evan Ross finished well in 24th. The U20 men’s team consisting of Ben Potrykus (11^th), Scott McAlpine (17^th) and Jack Lawrie (23^rd) picked up the silver team medal.  Rebecca Burns was our sole senior lady finishing in a well placed 18^th out of 106 runners and Neil McLachlan representing the men finishing 161^st out of 214 runners.

Well done to all those who took part in very cold conditions and also a big thank you to all the supporters.

Other News

Congratulations and good  luck to Aidan Thompson and Kathyn Pennel who have been selected to represent Scotland at the Celtic Cross Country races in Antrim on January 4^th and also to the following athletes who are representing the East in the Inter-District Championships on 11^th January in Edinburgh – Iona Crawford, Zoe Nicolson, Alex Johnston, Emily Nicolson, Leah Davie and Aidan Thompson.

The final East League Cross Country Meeting is being held at Broxburn on 18^th January (parking at Broxburn Academy EH52 6AG) and hope we can once again have a great turnout to maintain our strong team positions. See below start times:

Once again, any questions, please ask.

Sandra and Kenny

Written by Sandra Davie