It was a great day for the club at the Yorkshire Cross Country Championships at Huddersfield, with
the highlight being 2 individual winners, and 5 sets of team medals. Lauren Proctor won the
U15 Girl's title and Jack Hallas took gold in the U17 Men's race, leading the U17 Men's team
to victory.
The U13 Girls got the day off to a great start, with Olivia Radcliffe having an outstanding run
to finish 2nd, and with Libby Greatorex 10th and Bethany Sharp 18th the team did very well to
take the bronze medals.
U13 Girls Results
In the U15 Girls race Lauren Proctor was one of the pre-race favourites, and she convincingly
won the individual title. And with fine runs from Sally Smith in 6th, and Eleanor Richmond in
27th, the team were desperately unlucky not to win the team race, as they tied on 34 points with
Hallamshire, but lost the title on countback. Still they should be very proud of their silver
medals.
U15 Girls Results
We just had the one runner Catherine Hillarby in the U17 Women's race, but she ran creditably
to finish 18th.
U17 Ladies Results
In the Senior Women's race we had a good team result, finishing 3rd, and they were led home by
Julie Briscoe who finished a fine 8th. She was followed home by middle distance specialists Helen Singleton
and Kelly Johnson, in 13th and 18th places respectively. U20 runner Katie McHale was our next
finisher in 23rd place, and was the 2nd U20 runner home.
Senior Womens Results
The U13 Boys were outstanding in finishing 2nd team, with Jake Worton 6th, Jack Mitchell 7th,
Daniel Franks 20th & Jack Richmond 23rd finishing just 10 points behind the winning team.
We didn't have a complete team in the U15 Boy's race, but Ashley Raby ran solidly to finish 27th.
The U17 Men's team dominated their race, with Jack Hallas, Sam Bucknell and Ben Homer always in
the leading group, but Jack's strength told in the later stages as he won an exciting sprint
finish. Ben finished a strong 6th, with Sam not too far behind in 8th. Dale Worton never looked
happy in the mud, but came through strongly in the later stages to finish 16th and help clinch
the team gold medals.
The Senior Men had no star runners out, but packed well to finish 11th club, and were led home
by Carl Quinn in 99th place.
All Boys & Mens Results
Team Photographs from Chris Mitchell,
and
Race Photographs from Tony Audsley,
and yet more
Race Photographs from Howard Miller.
