Strong start to the XC season from the Young Athletes

The North West London Young Athletes first fixture of the season on Saturday was a chance for Heathside's youngsters to shine at Horsenden Hill. Despite the wintery weather with a cold wind lashing across the venue, there was a good turnout with plenty of strong performances. Over 280 young athletes from 10 different clubs competed on Saturday, a very high turnout reflecting the 'Olympic' effect.  Indeed the Under 11s girls' race had its largest ever entry, with 48 finishers! 

Performances of the day were from Rachel Seckl  and Yanna Raykov who took  first and second place respectively in the Under 17's race, and with Olivia coming in sixth the first team prize was theirs.
Lucy Carter had a strong run in the Under 15’s, coming in fourth place, followed by Lauren and Genevieve who achieved top 20 positions resulting in a third team position. 

For the boys James Wooldridge came second in the Under 17’s race finishing only seven seconds after the winner and sixth place was ably taken by Max Robertson. In the Under 15’s Johnny Naylor also  put in a solid performance to finish 13th. 

It is great to see such a high quality turnout from all our young athletes during half term week  and after such a convincing start we are looking forward to a successful cross country season from the Heathside juniors. 

U17 Boys  (4700m)
2nd James Wooldridge 17min 17sec
6th Max Robertson 17min 52sec

U15 Boys (4000m)
13th Johnny Naylor   15min 13sec
24th M Dietrich 16min 24sec
34th N Falco-Cordes 17min 29sec
35th L Brocklehurst 17min 39sec

U13 Boys (3000m)
19th L Gray 12min 02sec
31st Zeb Taylor-Breen 12min 53sec

U11 Boys (2000m)
18th O Selby 8min 30sec

U17 Girls
1st Rachel Seckl 16min 31sec
2nd Yanna Raykov 17min 19sec
6th O Laidler 18min 20sec

U15 Girls (3000m)
4th Lucy Carter 11min 25sec
11th Lauren Gee 12min 17sec
13th Genevieve Weston 12min 23sec
17th Molly Harrison 13min 13sec
24th D Wright-Spinks 14min 42sec
27th G Wright-Spinks 15min 52sec

U13 Girls (2000m)
7th Maya Raykov 8min 44sec
8th M Sharman 8 min 44sec
20th I Harvey 9 min 32sec

U11 Girls (1200m)
8th E Sharman 5min 43sec
24th E Conlon 6min 20sec

Team positions
Girls U11 – 8th
Girls U13 – 4th
Girls U15 – 3rd
Girls U17 – 1st

Boys U11 –13th
Boys U13 – 10th
Boys U15 – 6th
Boys U17 – 3rd