Eastbourne Rovers dominated at the first fixture of the Sussex Cross Country League at Goodwood on Saturday 14th October.
Joshua Webster – storming run to finish 2nd – U13 boys race
Joshua Webster showed his incredible turn of pace to finish 2ndin the under 13 boys’ race. Byron Roberts finished close behind in a strong 4th and Archie Franklin 6th to easily clinch 1stteam by 5 points from closest rivals Brighton & Hove. Coach Jenny Brown quoted ‘It’s great to see the Under 13 athletes being inspired by the success of the older athletes over the last few years. Their performances so early in the season are very encouraging’.
Eleanor Strevens – 1st in the U20 women’s race/ 3rd overall
Talented athletes Daisy Connor (1st), Freda Pearce (2nd) & Evie Lennard (12th) stole the top team spot by a vast 15 points from Brighton & Hove in the Under 15 girls’ race.
Fin Lumber – Fry showed courage in the under 15 boys race by heading straight to the front of the field in the Under 15 boys’ race. He was overtaken by up-and-coming athlete Jacob Trotman from Lewes but managed to finish strongly in 3rd. Thomas Petherick held position well for 7th with Jonah Messer 9th and George Armstrong – Smith 10th.
Eastbourne took the team top spot from Lewes by 1 point. Fin and Jonah are only the 1st year in their age group, so the team win is even more impressive.
Jonah Messer – Under 15 boys race – 9th
Eleanor Strevens had a courageous run, heading to the front of the pack from the gun in the women’s race. She placed 1st in her under 20 age category and an impressive 3rd overall.
Fintan Pearce – 3rd – Under 17 boys race
Other worthy mentions go to Chyna Wai who continues her fine start to the season placing 7th in the Under 13 girls’ race. Fintan Pearce continued his purple patch placing 3rd in the under 17 boys’ race closely behind Finlay Goodman and Thomas Matthews of Brighton & Hove. Fintan is creeping up the leader board with each race so an exciting season could be in prospect for the talented Eastbourne athlete. Isabelle Chappell placed 14th under 17 girl so has started her season in positive fashion.
Chyna Wai- 7th – Under 13 girls race
Next up for the Eastbourne athletes was the South of England relays held at Wormwood Scrubs on Saturday 21stOctober…..report to follow next week.
Results
Under 13 Girls – Chyna Wai – 7th 12:52, Grace Luford – Brown 26th 14:28
Under 13 Boys A Team – 1st Team. Joshua Webster 2nd 11:12, Byron Roberts 3rd 11:16, Archie Franklin 6th 11:33. B Team – 8th. Jacob Edleston 22nd 12:49, Xavier Bray 26th 13:03, Charlie Davey 33rd 13:45, Jackson Walker 13:49.
Under 15 Girls A Team – 1st Team. Daisy Connor 1st 15:06, Freda Pearce 2nd 15:15, Evie Lennard 12th 17:03. B Team 11th.Chae Wai 24th 17:56, Katherine Brown 37th 19:01, Grace Allitt 41st 20:11
Under 15 Boys A Team – 1st Team. Fin Lumber – Fry 3rd14:15, Thomas Petherick 7th 14:25, Jonah Messer 9th 14:33, George Armstrong – Smith 10th 14:39
Under 17 Girls – Isabelle Chappell 14th 20:44
Under 17 Boys 4th Team – Fintan Pearce 3rd 16:28, Ilya Korchev 12th 17:03, Kaleb Berhane 22nd 17:47, Dermot O Rourke 35th 18:35
Under 20 Women – Eleanor Strevens – 3rd overall & 1st in age category.
Under 20 Men – James Stephen 10th 27:34, Benjamin Brown 11th 27:40.
Senior Men – Division 2 – 1st Team- Luke Tomsett 12th 27:11, Richard Davis 13th 30:06
Veteran Women 5th Team – Sue Fry 3rd V45 21:00, Anna Chaplin 14th V45 23:46, Flick Webster 16th V45 24:23, Katie Arnold 5th V35 21:28, Heather Jenner 6th V35 21:38.