MAJOR medal glory was celebrated by Ayr Seaforth AC at the Inter District Cross Country Championships which were held at a bitterly cold Holyrood Park on Saturday.

First up from Seaforth, representing Scotland West was U15 runner Emma Frew in the opening race of the day.

Owing to a section of the course being waterlogged there was a change made which resulted in the 4k race being run over 4 x 1k laps. Emma ran a very good race, coming home in second place with a time of 15:24 to earn the silver medal and also a gold team medal.

The next race was the senior women's race which saw U20 athlete Kirstin Oakley running her first senior cross country event.

This was a 6k race which was 4 x 1.5k laps taking in the area of rougher ground adjacent to the 1k lap. Kirstin ran an excellent race coming home in 18th place from 50 athletes in a time of 24:12 to win a team bronze

Next up from Seaforth were double U13 girls debutants Morven Hubbard and Rosie Davidson, having earned their first selections at this level as a result of their excellent runs in last month's West District Championships.

The girls had a tough 3k race waiting for them with Morven leading the way to finish in 12th place with a time of 12:28 and Rosie coming home 22nd with a time of 12:52

The final race of the day featuring Seaforth athletes was the 6k Junior Mens race featuring the U17and U20 Celtic Nations athletes which had Rhys Sim and Fraser Stirling competing. After a gruelling race Rhys finished in 16th place with a time of 22:00 and Fraser in 25th with a time of 22:3

After their races, the Seaforth contingent were able to watch top male and female athletes from Great Britain, Europe and the USA compete in the remaining races with the main race giving the 4000 spectators the chance to seee Mo Farah. the reigning Olympic champion in action.