Cross Country Relays
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National Cross Country Relays, Mansfield: Saturday 5th November
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Another great day for C&C. A day that was filled with rain and mud and more medals!!!!
Our u15 girls did us proud again finishing a fantastic 3rd place. The race started very well with Charlotte Murphy running a fine race to bring the team home in 13th with a time of 7 min 41 secs. The first leg is the toughest leg of the day because of the start, so we were all pleased with Charlotte's performance. She handed over to Claire Wilson just 19 secs behind the leader. Claire yet again ran a superb race to bring the team home in 3rd overall in a time of 7 min 33 sec. Claire handed over to Hollie Parker who is now recovered from her recent illness, and she ran a very good leg to bring the team home in the Bronze medal position and also ran 7 min 27 sec to run the 8th quickest time of the day. With 78 completed teams finishing this was truly a National championship race. We also had good runs in our 'B' team with Diana Chalmers running 8 mins 21 secs and Katie Scholey who ran 8 min 24 secs but with no 3rd leg runner so could not finish a completed a team.
The u15 boy's did very well to finish 19th. Coming in the top 20 of the Nationals is an outstanding achievement from a team that has never competed together in a relay competition. Oliver Cantrill ran very well coming home in 31st overall not a badachievement as he and 5 fellow athletes took a tumble not long after the start! Oliver ran a time of 7 min 17 secs and handed over to Thomas Heylen who pulled the team up to 18th with a very good time of 7 min 13 secs.Thomas then handed over to Thomas Blatch who brought the team home in 19th with a time of 7 min 21 secs. Thomas Blatch did well just to run today due to a bad football injury sustained last week, well done Thomas. It has to be said that all three boys finished with 7 secs of each other and all 3 will still be in this age group next season, bring on the medals next year boys!
Our u13 girls ran very well to follow up on the great performance at the National road relays. Amy Chalmers ran the first leg for C&C. She produced the quickest leg of the day for us and brought the team home in 8 min 4 secs for 32nd place. Amy then handed over to Lauren Murphy who produced her best performance in a C&C vest to power her way through the field to bring the team home in 22nd place with a time of 8 mins 14 secs. Lauren handed over to Alice Newcombe on the last leg who battled well to bring the team home in 21st place overall in a time of 8 mins 19 secs. Well done girls.
We had two runners who made the trip in the u17 men's category. Dan Cade ran the first leg and ran a very credible 10 min 52 secs for his leg. Dan then handed over to Kieran Woods who battled his way through the field to finish in 10 min 27 secs. I am sure that this team would have been in the top 40 with a third member to complete the team. I would like to praise Dan and Kieran for sticking to the task today, well done lads.
The above clearly shows that the youth within C&C is going in the right direction and that more success is just around the corner. Today would not have taken place without all the help received from all the parents who travelled to Mansfield and supported our athletes, many thanks to all.
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Congratulations to Ed Aston who took Bronze in the UKA Senior Indoor 800m championship, and to Ben Kelk who made the final of the 60m high Hurdles.
Well done also to Katie Reynolds, Jessica Fox and Hollie Parker for their gold medals in the ECAA championships, to Catriona Marriot for her silver and bronze (200m and 60m), and to Ben Snaith for his silver (400m).
Well done to Joseph Ebanks, who qualified as an individual for the National final of the under 15 Boys Sports-hall allrounder competition.
Congratulations to Hollie Parker for her double gold in the SEAA Indoor championships, and also to Oliver Cantrill (gold), Louis Rawlings (Silver) and Ben Kelk (Bronze).
A huge success for C&C in the Cambs AA crosscountry championships - winning first team in most of the age-groups and 2nd team in the others, and a number if individual winners. Well done everyone who competed.
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