THIS year’s Scottish National Cross Country Championships took place on Sunday at an incredibly muddy Callendar Park in Falkirk.

Heavy overnight rain had saturated the course making it a true test of cross country running with the course holding so much water that the venue owners actually considered cancelling the Championships on the morning of the event. Fortunately they agreed to a move of both the start and finish areas which allowed it to take place. The area immediately in front of Callendar House where the finish area is usually positioned was flooded with about a foot of water lying which made for a makeshift bathing area for athletes washing themselves down after racing. This year saw yet another record amount of entries with no fewer than 2330 entered.

Performance of the day for Seaforth was the fifth place finish of Morven Hubbard in the U13 girls which was closely followed by U15 girl Rosie Davidson who came home in seventh place.

The Senior Men had once again the opportunity to compete against Olympian Callum Hawkins who set out his stall early in the race and claimed his second National title.

Results:

U13 Girls 3.2km

5th

Morven Hubbard 12:17

37th

Islay Hubbard 13:30

U15 Girls - 4.2km

7th Rosie Davidson 14:40

32nd Emma Frew 16:08

47th Isla Kirk 16:39

U13 Boys 3.2km

17th

Alex Crooks 11:55

56th Euan Bell 12:45

57th Sam Drummond 12:45

U15 Boys

59th Logan Cotter 15:03

Did Not Finish Greig Oakley No Time

U17 Men

13th Lewis Ross 23:22

43rd Declan McGhee 24:35

64th

Aidan Copland 26:03

Senior Men10km

96th

Kenneth Neill 40:34

381st

Laurence Baker 48:11

403rd Alasdair Meldrum 48:57

558th Iain Pettigrew 55:04

589th Peter Laing 57:08

593rd Stuart McColm 57:23