Internationl Duty

Three of Cumbria's finest were called up for International Duty at the end of the season. Abbie Hetherington, Laura Park and Tom Farrell.

After her 7th place finish at hot and sunny Stanford Hall, Abbie was selected to run for England's Junior Girls team for the Home Nations match at Bangor, Wales the following weekend. Abbie improved her overall position in the England team and finished 6th overall with a time of 13.59. This helped the England team to an emphatic win over Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Tom Farrell and Laura Park were unable to run at the English Schools Cross Country Final because they were at UKA's holding camp preparing for the IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships in Amman, Jordan.

Laura finished a highly credible 75th and was part of the most successful Great Britain team who were just narrowly beaten to 4th place by Japan.

Tom Farrell was the second European over the finish line and finished 58th overall. A fantastic result which augers well for the future. We look forward too seeing all three return to the track this summer.

English Schools National Cross Country Final 2009

Congratulations to all those who represented Cumbria at the National Final. A hot and sunny day saw some outstanding individual performances and some great team results. Two of Cumbria's top runners, Tom Farrell and Laura Park ,were unable to run at the Championships due to being selected for Great Britain to race at the World Championships in Jordan that weekend. Despite this Cumbrian runners stepped up to the mark and excelled again!


Results:
Junior Girls
Abbie Hetherington 7th 11.14 (Selected for England to Run at Home Nations Match)
Hannah Bethwaite 39th 11.51
Eilidh Sproul 156th 12.34
Olivia Miller 186th 12.43
Brogan Stewart 243rd 13.01
Beth Dutson 252nd 13.03
Sally Addison 303rd 13.29
Sarah Dawkins 333rd 14.52

Team Result - 20th overall



Junior Boys
Alistair Weymouth 21st 15.45
James Knox 22nd 15.46
Theo Messenger-Jones 94th 16.31
Sam Storey 147th 16.45
Ross Campbell 168th 16.53
William King 172nd 16.55
Thomas King 244th 17.23
Simon (DNF)


Team Result - 12th overall

Intermadiate Girls
Ellie Wilson 85th 18.02
Laura Valiant 117th 18.19
Jennifer Huck 172nd 18.53
Charlotte Richards 182nd 19.00
Vicky Johnston 194th 19.05
Jodi Hebson 203rd 19.12
Robin Goodfellow 240th 19.34
Kim Little 304th 20.41

Team Results- 27th overall

Intermediate Boys
Matthew Grieve 15th 18.17
Patrick Vicary 90th 19.24
Harry Earl 95th 19.29
Peter Harrison 100th 19.31
Joss Addison 122nd 19.41
Rory Addison 152nd 19.56
Sam Fisher 201st 20.21
Tom Doyle 260th 20.53

Team Result- 10th Overall

Senior Girls
Rosie Stuart 40th 19.11
Charlotte Arter 96th 20.11
Elizabeth Wignall 115th 20.33
Claire Pogson 177th 21.27
Antonia Bamford 226th 22.14
Christina Wiejak 254th 22.57
Felicity Steven 269th 23.34
Kate Donavan 276th 23.40

Team Result- 22nd overall

Senior Boys
Josh Thompson 209th 27.09
Tom Hinton 224th 27.31
Nial Till 244th 27.53
Mark Crawley 301st 32.59

A big thank you must go to all the team managers who give up their time for free to support the event. They do a fantastic job of making sure all the athletes run at their best on the day. We look forward to seeing all of you there next year!