Ayr Seaforth athletes compete at EK

Mar 27 2009 by Mike Wilson

AYR Seaforth had eight athletes competing in the Scottish Junior Road Race Championships at East Kilbride. It was a day of near misses as the club took two fourth places and a fifth place.

Under 13 athlete Emma Vallely came closest to a medal. Sitting third for most of her 3000m race, she was beaten on the line into fourth place. However, her final race of the season served to demonstrate her talent and capability of performing at national level.

The under 15 boys’ race over 4500m once again had a top quality field. First home for Seaforth was Finlay Rae in fifth with another fine performance. He should travel with confidence this weekend to Wales for the British Schools Cross Country International where he will lead the Scottish under 15 boys’ team as national champion.

Second home was David Carter who, recovering from a recent illness, ran strongly to take 30th place. The other notable performance came from relative newcomer David Ellis. Competing for the first time on the road, David finished an excellent 38th to help the Seaforth boys finish fourth in the team competition.

In the same race, Euan Webster finished a creditable 44th while Kelvin Walker, also competing for the first time this season, had a strong debut to finish 48th. Other athletes competing were under 13 duo Ben Stevens and Christiano Santos who finished 58th and 64th respectively.

Results: U13 girls: 4. Emma Vallely 11:44; U13 boys: 58. Ben Stevens 12:31;64. Christiano Santos 12:41.

U15 boys: 5. Finlay Rae 14:47; 30. David Carter 16:37; 38. David Ellis 17:12; 44. Euan Webster 17:26; 48. Kelvin Walker 17:52; Team: fourth.