The Eastbourne Secondary Schools Cross Country Championships took place on Tuesday 10th October.
Talented runners from year groups 7-13 represented their schools on the flat but challenging course in Hampden Park.
Daisy Connor (St Catherine’s)- On her way to win the year 10/11 race
There were many participating from Eastbourne Rovers and some superb results across the board. Leading results were:
Lexie Mclean (St Catherine’s) stormed her way to victory in the year 8/9 race with Chyna Wai (Gildredge House) showing ever improving form, pushing hard for 3rd. This is encouraging as Chyna is just the 1st year in her age group.
Chyna Wai (Gidredge House) – 3rd Year 8/9 Race
The year 10/11 girls’ race had two of Eastbourne’s top athletes leading the way by a vast margin from the rest of the field. Freda Pearce (Cavendish) pushed teammate Daisy Connor (St Catherine’s) until the final stretch when Daisy managed to pull away to cross the line in 1st. Eastbourne’s Katy Brown (Ratton) also ran well with a confident run to finish well up the field in 6th.
Ilya Korchev (St Catherine’s)- Easy win in the Year 10/11 race
In the year 8/9 boys’ race, Fin Lumber – Fry (Ratton) dominated and led from the start to cross the line 1st. His Eastbourne Rovers teammates followed in succession with Jonah Messer (Cavendish) 2nd, George Armstrong – Smith (Cavendish) 3rd, Joshua Webster (Gildredge Park) 4th, Byron Roberts (Gildredge Park) 5th, Archie Franklin (Ratton) 6th and Adam Meyer (Cavendish) 7th.
Fox Andrews (Cavendish) – 4th Year 7 race
Grace Luford – Brown (Kings Academy/ Ringmer) had a fabulous race and strong finish to take 3rd. Fox Andrews (Cavendish) showed resilience in the year 7 race despite falling at the start, getting up and continuing to place a respectable 4th. Ilya Korchev (St Catherine’s) easily won the Year 10/11 boys race and Teddy Jones (St Catherine’s) had a strong run holding position to finish a fine 6th.
Next up for the Eastbourne squad was the 1st of the Sussex League Cross countries at Goodwood on 14th October, more news to follow on this next week…