Ayr Seaforth scoop cross country medals galore

Dec 3 2010 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

AYR Seaforth had a strong contingent of 24 athletes competing at the Ayrshire Cross Country Championships at Cumnock.

Between them, they amassed a fantastic six individual titles and three team titles as well as a further five silver and five bronze medals.

At under 11, Yvonne Hoffin made an excellent cross country debut in the girls’ race to pick up a silver medal. The Seaforth boys were dominant and occupied the top four places.

Ewan McLevy had an excellent run to take the title narrowly from Daniel Martin. Steven Martin took bronze while Greg Oakley made an excellent debut to finish fourth.

The under 13 races saw Seaforth take another two individual titles. Kirstin Oakley and Connor Gracie both dominated from start to finish to record excellent individual victories.

Lisa Rennie demonstrated her continued improvement to take silver while Christie Hutton put in a good performance to finish fifth and help the girls take the team gold medal

The under 15 girls race saw Louisa Kelly continue to make excellent progress to finish fourth while Leigh McLevy finished in a commendable seventh.

Seaforth's under 15 boys put in an excellent shift over 4½ kilometres with Ben Steven leading them home in second, closely followed by Andrew Black in third and Shaun Rennie in fourth to comfortably take the team title.

Finlay Rae dominated the under 17 men's race with training partner Euan Webster taking an excellent silver. Under 17 woman Sarah Cassells fought hard for bronze while Lauren Goldie finished a strong fourth.

Seaforth took both under 20 titles. Louise Hill Stirling ran well to take the women's title and was second female overall. Andrew Rae put in an excellent performance over 9 kilometres to win the male race and finished seventh overall. Greg Templeton, Laurence Baker, Alex Dunlop and Tom McCulloch all helped Seaforth to a deserved team bronze.

Results: Under 11 girls: 2. Yvonne Hoffin 6:16; Under 13 girls: 1. Kirstin Oakley 13.25; 2. Lisa Rennie 14.27; 5. Christie Hutton 15.15; first team.

Under 15 girls: 4. Louisa Kelly 14.26; 7. Leigh McLevy 16.14; Under 17 women: 3. Sarah Cassells 22.37; 4. Lauren Goldie 23.51; Under 20 women: 1. Louise Hill Stirling 27.36.

Under 11 boys: 1. Ewan McLevy 5.39; 2. Daniel Martin 5.40; 3. Steven Martin 5.54; 4. Greg Oakley 6.07; first team; Under 13 boys: 1. Connor Gracie 13.48.

Under 15 boys: 2. Ben Steven 19.23; 3. Andrew Black 19.27; 4. Shaun Rennie 19.56; first team; Under 17 men: 1. Finlay Rae 24.01; 2. Euan Webster 26.04.

Under 20 men: 1. Andrew Rae 38.36; Senior men: 11. Greg Templeton 40.40; 15. Laurence Baker 41.50; 16. Alex Dunlop 43.25; 20. Tom McCulloch 45.29; third team.