Saturday, October 15th marked the start of the cross country season with the first Chiltern League match taking place in Oxford. The weather held and we had some excellent results.
The standout performances came from:
• Luca Dolan (U11 boys) who came in 5th place followed by his 6 team mates
• Paul Gregory was 1st in the vet 60 category
• Fresh from his European Long Distance Triathlon success, Kieran Lindars was the first senior man home in 32nd place
• U20 athlete Ewan Maxwell was the second senior man home and was 6th in his age group
Other notable performances:
• The U11 girls achieved 9th place with Erin Rogers leading her 3 team mates home.
• We had a record number of U13 girls running (12) with new member Gabriella Cheung first Vale athlete in. A 5th place for the team.
• A 5th place for the U15 girls team
• The senior men had a fantastic 14 athletes taking part and they finished in 8th place .
• Archie Lynch , another new member was our sole representative in the u17 and finished a creditable 21st.
• The U13 boys had an excellent 7 athletes competing and they achieved 6th place on the day.
Wherever you came in the race you are important. Every one of you contributing to our overall position .
After match 1 we are sat in 9th overall. Well done to all who took part and we are looking forward to the next match which takes place in Milton Keynes on Saturday November 12th.
Full results can be found at the following link:
