28 / January / 2012
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North District X-Country League
It was another successful day for the Inverness team in Elgin this time with some tremendous individual and team success in all age groups.In the U11 girls race it was nearly a clean sweep with Josie Steele taking 1st place Charlotte Hill 3rd and Connie Campbell 4th and with Beth Maciver(8th)Jude Christensen(16th)Fiona Flockhart(29th)and Mhaira Nairn(30th)making up the other places it was a comfortable team victory over Moray and Forres Harriers.The U11 boys had a good 2nd place in the team race behind East Sutherland with Craig Wilson leading the way with a good 3rd place and Euan Macdonald(9th)Callum Tynam(10th)Pablo Alvarez-Icaza(11th)Jack Stirling(15th)and Matt Macfarlane taking up the other places for the team.The U13 girls and boys only had 4 runners in each team but it was good enough for the girls team to take 2nd place with Rachael Keith(7th)Mary Flockhart(8th)Megan Munro(9th)and Sophia Thom in 16th,for the boys Ali Velzian and James Geddes continued an impressive season with a 1st and 3rd place in with Joe Arnaud(7th)and Lewis Macfarlane(15th)helping to tie 1st with East Sutherland in the team race.Heather Campbell continued her good form winning the U15 girls race with Arianne Ross taking a good 6th place,the U15 boys were slightly off the pace with Andrew Johnstone(9th)being the first Harrier home with Cameron Lisle(10th)Gregor Maclennan(11th)and Paddy Macewen(12th)managing to take 2nd place in the team race behind a strong East Sutherland team.Mhari Maclennan continued her dominance in the U17 womens race taking 1st palce again to secure the District League Title but it was a clean sweep in the U17 mens race with Sean Chalmers taking 1st and the District Title,Finlay Maclennan taking 2nd and also securing 2nd place in the District League and Stuart Michael taking 3rd place on the day to take 1st place in the team race.The senior ladies continued their dominance with Melissa Whyte retaining her District League Title with another win making it five out five with one more race to go Roma Davidson(5th)Emma Atkinson(6th)Alison Wilson(8th)and Sue Cooper in 12th helped Inverness win the team race very comfortably.It was a better performance for the mens team this week with Alec Keith taking a very good 3rd place in a strong field with Paul Miller(7th) continuing his good form Andrew Macrae(15th)Stewart Wilson(25th)Graeme Campbell(31st)Alec Sutherland(34th)and George Mitchell(35th)all helping Inverness to a well deserved 3rd place in the team race just behind Forres Harriers and Highland Hill Runners.With only one more League match left to go in Nairn there are still medal chances in the team races and individual races to run for,the Inverness Club are hopeful of a good haul of medals coming North again this year.
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North District X-Country League
It was another successful day for the Inverness team in Elgin this time with some tremendous individual and team success in all age groups.In the U11 girls race it was nearly a clean sweep with Josie Steele taking 1st place Charlotte Hill 3rd and Connie Campbell 4th and with Beth Maciver(8th)Jude Christensen(16th)Fiona Flockhart(29th)and Mhaira Nairn(30th)making up the other places it was a comfortable team victory over Moray and Forres Harriers.The U11 boys had a good 2nd place in the team race behind East Sutherland with Craig Wilson leading the way with a good 3rd place and Euan Macdonald(9th)Callum Tynam(10th)Pablo Alvarez-Icaza(11th)Jack Stirling(15th)and Matt Macfarlane taking up the other places for the team.The U13 girls and boys only had 4 runners in each team but it was good enough for the girls team to take 2nd place with Rachael Keith(7th)Mary Flockhart(8th)Megan Munro(9th)and Sophia Thom in 16th,for the boys Ali Velzian and James Geddes continued an impressive season with a 1st and 3rd place in with Joe Arnaud(7th)and Lewis Macfarlane(15th)helping to tie 1st with East Sutherland in the team race.Heather Campbell continued her good form winning the U15 girls race with Arianne Ross taking a good 6th place,the U15 boys were slightly off the pace with Andrew Johnstone(9th)being the first Harrier home with Cameron Lisle(10th)Gregor Maclennan(11th)and Paddy Macewen(12th)managing to take 2nd place in the team race behind a strong East Sutherland team.Mhari Maclennan continued her dominance in the U17 womens race taking 1st palce again to secure the District League Title but it was a clean sweep in the U17 mens race with Sean Chalmers taking 1st and the District Title,Finlay Maclennan taking 2nd and also securing 2nd place in the District League and Stuart Michael taking 3rd place on the day to take 1st place in the team race.The senior ladies continued their dominance with Melissa Whyte retaining her District League Title with another win making it five out five with one more race to go Roma Davidson(5th)Emma Atkinson(6th)Alison Wilson(8th)and Sue Cooper in 12th helped Inverness win the team race very comfortably.It was a better performance for the mens team this week with Alec Keith taking a very good 3rd place in a strong field with Paul Miller(7th) continuing his good form Andrew Macrae(15th)Stewart Wilson(25th)Graeme Campbell(31st)Alec Sutherland(34th)and George Mitchell(35th)all helping Inverness to a well deserved 3rd place in the team race just behind Forres Harriers and Highland Hill Runners.With only one more League match left to go in Nairn there are still medal chances in the team races and individual races to run for,the Inverness Club are hopeful of a good haul of medals coming North again this year.
