Two Scottish athletes got here to the fore as the most recent spherical of the British Athletics Cross Problem arrived north of the border for a packed day of motion within the shadow of Scone Palace, on the outskirts of Perth.
For Megan Keith, it was a case of her persevering with to construct on the spectacular off-road momentum she has been constructing in recent times, her senior ladies’s victory including extra honours to a winter which has already seen her win U23 silver on the latest European Cross Nation Championships.
For Jamie Crowe, nevertheless, his commanding win within the senior males’s race was the most recent step on the street to restoration after what has been a 10-month spell on the sidelines with damage.
The pair stood out within the remaining two occasions of a day the place Cross Problem factors, Scottish Inter-District titles and even doubtlessly locations on the aircraft to Australia for subsequent month’s World Cross Nation Championships had been up for grabs.
Keith is already a well-travelled athlete however admitted she would dearly like to be chosen to compete for Nice Britain in Bathurst. She additionally raced as if aiming to show some extent.
Although the rain stayed away till nearly as quickly because the races had completed, a testing course was nonetheless lowered to treacle by the point the senior occasions rolled round. This did little to halt Keith’s progress, nevertheless. Operating for the Scottish College students staff, she coated the 8km route in 28:58 to return residence 14 seconds away from West’s Fionnuala Ross, whereas World Mountain and Path Operating Championships medallist Scout Adkin was third in 29:16.
East of Scotland took the Inter-District staff prize from the Scottish College students, with West touchdown bronze.
“I’ve been to some cool nations within the final yr and half, because of cross nation!”
Megan Keith – Euro U23 XC silver medallist – on her win on the British Athletics Cross Problem in Perth and the potential of a visit to Australia for the World XC Champs 💥💬
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This time final yr, Crowe was nonetheless revelling in having made his first senior look for Nice Britain on the European Cross in Dublin, contemplating his subsequent strikes after working the London Marathon the earlier autumn and making his remaining preparations for successful the second Scottish Nationwide Cross Nation title of his profession.
Not lengthy after that victory in Falkirk, nevertheless, destiny stepped in and a stress fracture to his sacrum (a bone linked to the pelvis) introduced his working profession to a halt. The damage meant relaxation – lots of it – and Crowe even quipped that his canine can be relieved to see him again working, on condition that essentially the most he may do by way of weight-bearing train was to take his canine chum for very common walks.
Jamie Crowe (Bobby Gavin)
His efficiency in Scone was removed from pedestrian, nevertheless, as he clocked 24:55 to see off his East of Scotland team-mate and world mountain working medallist, Kristian Jones, who completed in 25:06. James Kingston of Tonbridge, who had made lots of the early working with Crowe, was third in 25:11.
Not surprisingly, East took the Inter-District staff title with the Scottish College students touchdown silver and West of Scotland bronze.
“I had huge hopes of getting a very good summer season however they got here crashing down.”
Jamie Crowe on his convincing win on the British Athletics Cross Problem in Perth 🔥🏴
He spent 10 months out with damage 🤕
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Most of the U20 athletes had been working with the World Cross Nation in thoughts, on condition that the Nice Britain selectors had introduced that Scone would successfully be serving as a trial.
Euro Cross staff gold medallist Ed Fowl, winner of the Cross Problem occasion in Cardiff, seized his likelihood and had clearly given his everywhere in the 6km course to provide a superb win in 18:56. It was definitely a well-travelled trio who made it on to the rostrum because the Poole AC man got here residence forward of Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow’s Sam Hodgson (19:09) and Taunton’s Joe Ponter (19:16).
“Every time I’ve taken a step again and it’s been a very huge studying expertise.”
Ed Fowl topped the U20 podium on the British Athletics Cross Problem in Perth 🔥
He now desires of being on the aircraft to Bathurst for the World XC Champs 🇦🇺
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The ladies’s contest was a tighter affair however, after third and second-placed Cross Problem finishes earlier this season, Megan Harris made it a primary because the Chelmsford athlete crossed the road first in 21:47 simply forward of North of England’s Rebecca Flaherty (21:48) and Giffnock’s Hannah Driving (21:49).
The Inter-District U17 contests happened inside these races, with Amy Teasdale taking the person gold to guide West of Scotland to the staff prize, whereas Reiss Marshall ran out males’s champion to assist East staff to the staff honours.
“I simply consider me once I was youthful realizing the place I’ve needed to be and make it [that dream] true.”
Megan Harris on the sensation of ending on high of the U20 podium on the British Athletics Cross Problem in Perth 🔥💬
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The U15 ladies’ gold went to Zara Redmond of West, with East popping out on high within the staff contest, whereas West had been additionally capable of rejoice the victory of Tristan Robin and the staff title.
Cerys Wright of East gained the opening race of the day, the U13 ladies race, main her staff to gold, whereas Rhuairdh Laing took West to the highest of the staff podium.
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