Max & Edel top finishers at National XC
Lothian Running Club were well represented in Saturday’s National Cross Country Championships at Callendar Park in Falkirk.
No fewer than 1520 athletes completed the course despite muddy conditions and that is more than 120 over the previous record of 1398 set in Perth back in 1995.
The club’s top performers in the Senior Men’s and Women’s races were Max McNeil and Edel Mooney, Max finished in an excellent 13th place in the Men’s race with Edel turning in an equally impressive performance in crossing the finish line in 12th position in the Women’s event.
In the Men’s team competition Lothian were in the top half finishing 19th of the 40 teams.
Club results:
Girls Under-13[3200m] 116th Mhairi Eades [19m07s]123 Completed.
Boys Under-13[3200m] 142nd Louis McDonald [17m 18s].151 Completed.
Senior Men[12,000m] 13th Max McNeil [40m 21s], 135th Colin Partridge [46m 45s], 173rd Euan McInnes [47m 31s], 282nd Andrew Fish [50m 35s], 307th Donald Shaw [51m 26s], 395th Kenton Jones [54m 29s], 399th Stephen Malcolm [54m 35s], 419th Finlay Slane [55m 20s], 512th Jim Alexander [61m 12s], 537th Kenny Mearns [63m 26s]. 566 Completed.
Senior Women[8000m] 12th Edel Mooney [30m 46s], 116th Lynne Murray [36m 51s], 136th Chritine MacVarish [37m 40s], 157th Saran Jones [38m 48s]. 248 Completed.