Match Report

There were three top 10 team finishes in the age group races for Team Southampton at the Southern Cross country Championships in London on Saturday.

In the Under 15 Boys race Scott Legg again performed well for the club with an overall 14th place finish. The rest of the team found it hard to get through an early bottle-neck of runners but Renato Veraj (67th), Chris Dennis (80th) and Jamie Knapp (84th) made up the four scoring team members to put the club into 9th place overall in the age group.

The Under 17 Women’s team went one place better in 8th with Sasha Mucci taking 26th place individually and beating some top class runners in the process. Lucy Bowers was 38th and Sasha’s sister Domi 61st, with Carol Thompson completing the team in 67th.

However the best team finish of the day for the club was the 6th place taken by the Under 17 Men’s team. Jon Slade (35th), Russell North (43rd), Olly Williams (74th) and Adam Justice (110th) all performed well over the hilly and very muddy course.

Individually it was another good day for Rebecca Gough who took a bronze medal for third place in the under 15 girl’s race, which was dominated by Hampshire based runners who took 5 of the top 10 places.

Alex Wall-Clarke ran well to take a 31st place finish in the U20 Mens race and there was another good run from Laura Brenton who took 16th place in the same age group for the Women. Other notable runs on the day were Owen Jones who took a very good 40th place in the senior Men’s race which had a huge field of over 800 runners competing. Martin Nottingham also ran well to take 42nd place in the Under 13 boys field.

Senior Men

Position	Name
398	N Wright
701	J MacInnes
817	P Stephens

Senior Women

Position	Name
125	S Gilbert

U15 Boys

Position	Name
118	D Goodwin
147	S Gallant

U15 Girls

Position	Name
121	K Brace
154	K Shafford

U13 Boys

Position	Name
95	A Bennett
107	G Whelan
124	H Fisher
148	M Pelligrini
168	J Whitcher

Team 17th

Please Note:
These results are based on information sent to me. Any problems with names / times / positions then e-mail teamsouthampton@hotmail.com