MIDLAND CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS.

STAFFORD COMMON

   History repeated itself in the Midland Cross Country Championships at Stafford Common when Holly Avil won the under 17 girls race for Rugby & Northampton. Her victory by three seconds made her the Club’s first Midland Champion since Leonna Widdicks won at a snowy Sutton Coldfield on exactly the same date 11 years ago. On that occasion Widdicks won the under 13 race, but this time it was Avill who showed Her class by defeating  Sutton Coldfields Jordan Kinney to claim the title. 

The under 15 girls squad won a well deserved bronze medal (pictured below when Lucy Hall led them home in 8^th Place with 18.40.She was backed up by Noelle Supple ( 18^th  in 19.30 ), Kellie Leonard ( 28^th in 19.49 ) and Emily Waugh  ( 34^th  in 20.01 ).

  Charlotte Inwood had a superb run to finish in 5^th place in the under 13 girls race and Also helped her team to finish in 5^th spot. The under 17 men just missed out on a medal in 4^th position, but  Josh Cardwell had a good run to lead them home in 26^th place with 26.38. While his brother George finished 13^th in the under 15 boys section with 16.37, closely followed by Luke Robinson  ( 16^th  in 16.54 ). Jack Hall was the highest placing  for the club in any of the male races when he claimem 11^th place in the under 13 boys race with a time of 12.15.

The Senior Men equalled their best ever placing from nine years ago when they finished 8^th. Leading them home was Matt Almond who achieved the best ever placing by a Northampton runner when he crossed the line in 38^th place with 44.47. Paul Birch had an excellent run in 60^th spot  with  46.34 and Brendan Moen continued His recent good form to claim 94^th spot in 48.41. Terry Egan was running in his  20^th  Midland Champs  and sneaked into the top 100 For the 12^th  time  in 98^th spot  with  49.08.Completing  the Mens team was  Brian Summers ( 145^th in  51.35 ) and  Jamie Sewell ( 173^rd in  52.46 ).

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