Saturday 27th February 2016 saw the English National Cross Country Championship held at Donnington Park. The conditions were ideal for cross country.
First off for the club was the junior women’s 6km race. Rachel McGoldrick finished in 66th place in 25:58.
Representing the under 13 boy’s in the 3km race; Michael Brussels ran superb to finish 216th in 15:08 and Charlie Roberts finished strong in 258th in 15:25. Both boys competed in their first National championships and gained experience from the race, well done!
Gemma Connolly ran in the senior women’s 8km championship, completing the race in 96th place in 35:21.
Steve Anders, Jake Healy, Andy O’Connor and Ian White all covered the distance of 12km in the senior men’s race. Steve finished in 680th place in 56.08 and Jake finished in 1294th place in 1:04:55 whilst Andy completed the race in 1330th in a time of 1:05:36 and Ian White finished in 1381st in 1:06:47.
Well done to those who travelled to represent the club in the National Championship. Hopefully all of the hard work from the cross country season will pay off in the track season this year!
Team manager- Helena.