Silver medal for girls’ relay team at the East Districts

The East District Cross Country relay championships took place at the beginning of last month at Mossilee Farm, Galashiels.

Although the weather was kind, the course was very challenging – with a long, steep hill near the start of the 2.5k loop, as well as a climb again to the finish.

Three runners made up a team, each from a different age category: one under-13, one under-15 and one under-17.

Team East Lothian (TEL) had fantastic representation at this event with two girls’ teams and four boys’ teams.

The girls’ A team consisted of Freya Brown, Cerys Wright and Olivia Robbins.

Cerys Wright, Olivia Robbins and Freya Brown took silver on the challenging course

Brown had a strong run to put the girls in third place after her leg, while Wright then ran very well, clocking the fastest time on the day for an under-13 girl. That moved the team up to second place. Robbins held this position on her leg and the team were rewarded with a superb silver medal.

Sula Russell, Morven Kenny and Rachel Stevens made up the girls’ B team and finished in a strong seventh place (out of 24 teams).

Wright, Brown, Kenny and Robbins were all in the top 10 fastest times for their respective age categories.

Jamie Smith, Alfie Pugh, Matthew Connolly, Jacob Lamb, Josh Cooper, Ben Krieves, Thomas Gornall, Joe Smith, Jake Page, Howie Allison and Innes Wright were among the boys representing Team East Lothian

In the boys’ race, Team East Lothian A team finished in fifth place thanks to strong runs from Jacob Lamb, Howie Allison and Innes Wright.

Josh Cooper, Joe Smith and Jamie Smith finished in ninth place.

Lachlan Baillie, Ben Krievs and Thomas Gornall finished in 20th, while Alfie Pugh, Matthew Connolly and Jake Page ended the day in 21st place (out of 27 teams).

Lamb, Allison, Smith and Wright all produced top-10 fastest times for their age category.