Law and District Athletics Club enjoy cross country and road relay tests

Law and District athletes have been out in force recently competing in all weathers at the last cross country races of the season.

The much anticipated final cross country event, the National Championships, was held at Calendar Park, Falkirk, with over 2200 athletes competing from all over Scotland.

Twenty-eight Law athletes competed over the long, hilly course with the top performance of the day going to U17 Jessica Inglis, who finished in an impressive fourth place in a field of 67 in the 6.2k race.

Other results on the day were as follows: U13s raced over 3.2k with Olivia Inglis 29th, Isla Cameron 63rd, Freya Togneri 91st, Sarah Chambers 109th in a field of 120 girls and Cameron Chambers 24th, Blair Beverley 43rd and Jamie Mackie 61st in a field of 114 boys.

The U15s competed over 4.2k with Alayna McCann 45th and Kirsty Currie 112st in a field of 121 girls and John Frood 51st, Daniel Simpson 99th in a field of 139 boys.

U17s Neve Elliott was 38th, Yuki Faulds 60th and Ayumi Faulds 66th in the 6.2K with Logan Whitton 42nd and Ryan Kellock 46th in the boys race with a field of 97.

U20 Finn Milligan completed the 6.8k race finishing in 62nd place.

The biggest races of the day saw the seniors competing in large fields with 307 runners in the women’s 10k and 675 competitors in the men’s 10k.

Emily McNicol finished 17th, Reagan Binnie 59th, Elaine Boyle 108th, Lesley Graham 142nd, Jennifer Beattie 166th and Christine Neill 179th. Kieran Pugh finished 148th, Allan Neill 236th, Ross Hill 328th, Matthew Gillon 480th, Bobby Hill 566th, Mark Milligan 580th, Grant Kerr 590th, John O’Leary 624th, Pat Kelly 673rd and Jim Rowley 674th.

There was more great cross country running at the Scottish Secondary Schools cross country