Inter Counties Schools XC - Staffs Uni

A handful of junior SAC athletes were invited to represent Shropshire Schools at an Inter Counties Cross Country Fixture this past weekend.

Luke Howes and Ross Kirby made their debuts for the team in the Year 7 race, both lads enjoying the experience of the step up in competition. Ross finished 23rd with Luke, who struggled with an ankle injury bravely finishing in 30th, for 3rd & 4th Shropshire runners home for 5th team.

Debutant George Speakman joined the experienced Ben Ashcroft in the Junior Boys race, and both ran mature races with strong finishes to pick off vital team places in the final straight. Ben was home in 14th, with George 8 seconds further back in 18th, for the first 2 Shropshire scorers home. Again Shropshire finished 5th in the team standings.

Full results can be found on the Stoke AC website:

http://www.stokeac.org.uk/results/2009-11-21-intercounties-schools.pdf


Our athletes were a credit to themselves and the club, lets hope this bodes well for the finale of the SYAL Cross Country League and for the masses of juniors coming through at the moment.