As many of the senior club headed south for the Brampton to Carlisle Road Race the club's young athletes were closer to home at the familiar venue of Drumpellier Park in Coatbridge. There was a fantastic turnout of 23 youngsters which means the club had over 50 runners racing on the one day .
The damp conditions made for some good cross country running and first to the starting line were the Under 11 boys and girls over a 1.2k course. Ryan McParland was the best placed Harrier of the day finishing second in this race only two seconds behind the winner in a time of 3:05. Debutant Jonathon Anderson followed in 3:24 and was closely pursued by Kevin McGurk (3:31) while Jack Nobile (4:03) also put in a fine performance. Ryan,Jonathon and Kevin were further rewarded with the 2nd team prize just behind Ron Hill Cambuslang Harriers.
Emma Lawton running in this race for the fourth year in a row took 29 seconds off last years time taking third place in a time of 3:27. Cliona Campbell continued some excellent running and crossed the finishing line on 3:40 with Kate Kane running consistently in 3:59. These three girls were the second team at the recent Lanarkshire Road Relays and on this occasion went one better to claim gold medals as first team. The girls beat Airdrie Harriers and Ron Hill Cambuslang to the title of Lanarkshire Champions.
In the same age group Anna Fegan surprised everyone running a superb 4:15 while 7 years old Hannah McLellan took part in this event for the first time with a fantastic 4:22 .
Although the club would not win any more medals there were robust performances in the 2.5 k Under 13 races from Caitlin Campbell (10:50),Nicole Sharp (10:55),Lynsey Thomson (10:55),Olivia McAdams (13:47) and Caitlin Kean (13:47).
In the boys race there was debuts for brothers Aaron and Amlar Sumal running 11.00 and 11.32 respectively. Fastest Under 13 boy for the club was Alistair Crawford (9:32) while Drew Gordon (11.02) continues to improve.
The Under 15 Boys were well represented with Paul Mullen (13:27),Andrew McGurk(13:40),Ian Rae (14:01) and Connor White (15:53) over a tough 3.7k course.
The next race scheduled for the young athletes (U13,U15,U17's) on Saturday 4th December at the Royal Academy in Irvine for the West District Cross Country Championships.
Many thanks to all the parents/carers of the club's young athletes for supporting Calderglen Harriers.
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