Hood 3rd in Lisbon

Crosse Internacional Juniores - 01/02/09 Lisbon, Portugal
Nicola Hood (VP-Glasgow) marked her GB debut with a bronze medal against some of the best young XC runners from Portugal and Spain. Louise Small (AFD) lead the British team to a clean sweep of the top 4. Sophie Coleman (Phoenix) narrowly edged Nicola into 3rd place. Nicola's time was 15:33.

Team Leader John Nuttall was pleased with the approach of the GB & NI team.“The course wasn’t easy by any means. It was very wet and rutted and the weather was changing every ten minutes, but the athletes coped very well.” He said. “It’s a good bit of international experience for the athletes. They coped with it and acquitted themselves well and it should put them in good stead for the Inter-Counties and perhaps onwards to the World Cross Country Championships in Jordan in March.”