A big first weekend of the year for the club has seen a Club Record fall, some superb cross country relay performances and a team of Harriers compete in the South West Cross Country Championships. Each celebrated in their own post we will start with the South West XC Champs:
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Sheppard who took an impressive Bronze in the senior women’s race. Kaitlyn has had a strong cross country season so far competing for her uni over in America so it was brilliant to see her back on home soil in the club vest. A tough race saw her battle hard to the line finishing 4th overall and 3rd senior.
In the U15 boys race Jack Shingler ran well to finish in 14th place with Sebastian Sheppard having a strong run in 41st. Theo Litman and Lucas Oliveria finished in 27th and 51st in the U13 boys race. Matilda Lawton impressed with a 20th place finish in the U13 girls race and Niamh Pettingell finished well in 46th. Our U11 boys came out in force and definitely showed their class with both Freddie Miles and Fraser Elliott finishing within 20 seconds of 1st place in 6th and 8th respectively. The team showed brilliant depth with Grayson Chapman in 46th, Otis Oakes in 55th, Elliott Harte in 64th and Rupert Lawton in 82nd.
