Harriers teams show up well in West relay event

Oct 17 2008 by Laura McLachlan, Lennox Herald

JOHN McArthur battled a muddy and hilly SAAB Salmon Trail race to finish 19th last week – picking up cuts and bruises along the way.

The 10-mile race at Mugdock Park saw John come home in 1:09.36, while Marina McCallum came in a more conservative time of 1:41.01.

On Saturday, Harriers travelled to Irvine for the Scottish Athletics West Districts Cross Country Relay Championships where there were four main races in the programme.

The first race was the Young Females in which there were two teams running a distance of 2500m. The 'A' team had Kirsty Alexander (11.15) running first leg then Chloe Wright (11.50) on second leg, finishing with Diane Nicholson (12.39). Total time was 35.44.

The 'B' team was incomplete but Miren Wright (11.41) and Kirstie Kelly (12.35) both ran well.

The next race was the Young Males, running the same distance.

First leg in the 'A' team was Connor Shields (11.13) followed second leg by Tony Dolan (9.39) and third leg Peter Bowman (8.35) in a total time of 29.27.

The 'B' team had Keir Martin (12.21) followed second leg Scott McDade (11.54) and third leg Mark Busby (10.26) in a total time of 34.41.

Senior/Junior Females were up next running 4000m each leg. Unfortunately the club didn't have a full team so first and only leg went to Marina McCallum who ran a respectable 18.01 to finish well up in the field.

Lastly was the Senior/Junior Males who again all ran 4000m. The 'A' team had first leg Paul Carroll (14.38), then second leg Iain Robertson running Clydesdale's fastest leg in 14.11, followed third leg by young David Brown (14.51) and lastly John Foley (15.20). Total time was 59.00 which gave them 19th place out of 46 teams.

The 'B' team had first leg Gary Dick (14.55), then young Ryan Nelson (16.32), Bobby Young (15.56) and lastly Peter Rudzinski (18.14) in a total time of 65.37 to finish in 37th place.