Scottish Schools XC

Scottish Schools XC - Irvine 14/03/09
Several athletes braved the ferocious winds at Irvine to post some good results.

Performance of the day came from David Vernon (Nithsdale AC) in the Group B Boys Race. Still recovering from illness, he finished in a silver medal position, just 4 seconds off Ross Matheson in 1st place. He covered the 5.2K course in 18:08.

Also running well was Chris Ponton (Nithsdale AC), who finished an excellent 15th. He covered th 4K course in 16:36 to mark the last XC race of the season in style. Also in the Group C Boys race were Stuart Murray and Jamie Paisley (Langholm Academy) who were 25th and 41st respectively.

In the Girls race, Danielle Beattie (Nithsdale AC) continued her form after a foot injury, finishing 20th. Her time was 13:45. In the same race, Jacqueline Pringle (Stewartry AC) finished 84th.

In the Group B Girls Race, Stephanie Lawrie (Nithsdale AC) battled to a 64th place. She was lying in about 45th place but had to stop due to breathing difficulties on the second lap. Despite finishing strongly, she couldn't claw back all those lost places but it was still a decent run.