LADIES GO EXTRA MILE FOR SUCCESS
Harriers team produce strong performance in national cross country
LADIES from Greenock Glenpark Harriers joined Scotland’s best relay teams at Cumbernauld to compete for national titles on a challenging 4,000m cross-country course.
Glenpark’s women entered two senior teams, a V40 team and a V50 team.
First off for the senior women’s A team was Ashley Anderson, right.
With limited training due to working night shift, Ashley finished well up the field in 49th position.
Team captain Marian Monk managed to move the team up four places to hand over to Sue Hewitson in 46th place.
Sue moved the team up a further 14 places to 31st. Ruby proceeded to run the fastest time of the day on the anchor leg to finish 30th in a 76-strong field.
This result was even more impressive as Sue and Marian are V40 and V50 vets respectively.
In the women’s B team, June Ann McKnight, above left, had an excellent run, handing over to Fiona Cushnaghan.
Fiona unfortunately fell twice but bravely pushed on and passed seven runners to hand over to Claire Monaghan.
Claire worked hard to move up a further five places before Rhonda White, left, with the fastest run for the team, moved up 10 places to finish a meritorious 53rd.
In the V40 race, Marianne McKay got a first leg run as she had already been braving the elements for the kids’ races earlier in the day.
Marianne handed over to Debbie McKenzie, who worked hard throughout the course and finished respectably against a very strong field.
Unfortunately, Debbie’s chip must have failed, so her finishing time wasn’t recorded.
Donna ran well to secure the team’s 23rd position for the V40s team.
It was fabulous to see a full V50 woman’s team running.
Mary Robinson and Charlotte McKay ran well to hand over to Alison Smart in 13th position.
Alison moved the V50s team up a further three places to finish 10th, another terrific performance for the club.
ATHLETICS