SKYRAC AC’s Abdimajiid Darood is a under-15 boys’ Yorkshire champion after a superb victory at the Yorkshire County Athletics Association Cross Country Championships at Lightwater Valley near Ripon.
On a fast and dry course Darood pipped Keighley and Craven’s Samuel Headley and Barnsley AC’s Sonny Boy Hughes for the title, winning a coveted Yorkshire vest and the chance to represent Yorkshire at the UK Inter-County championships.
Also bringing back a Yorkshire vest and a place at the Inter-County championships – which only gets awarded to the first eight finishers in each category – was Skyrac’s Charlotte Rawstron, who finished fifth in the under-15 girls’ race.
In the senior races, Amy Hartley was the first Skyrac runner home for the women in 74th place.
Chris Thornton was Skyrac’s first man, finishing just inside the top 50 in a time of 34.59.
The senior men’s team also finished a very respectable 14th place out of 37 teams.
Skyrac AC results:
Under 13-girls: Sophie Beaumont, 48th (11.33), Matilda Jacques, 49th (11.34), Jessica Rawstron, 56th (11.51).
Under-13 boys: Rafferty Mirfin, 16th (9.28).
Under-15 boys: Abdimajid Darood, first (14.51), Ben Hill, 16th (16.03).
Under-15 girls: Charlotte Rawstron, fifth (15.07), Kaitlyn Townend, 46th (19.06).
Under-17 men: Theo Jacques, 15th (22.05).
Senior women: Amy Hartley, 74th (36.45), Jenny Beaumont, 93rd (38.25), Arifa Chakera, 120th (40.30).
Senior men: Chris Thornton, 47th (34.59), Joe Woodley, 57th (35.41), Alex Stewart, 93rd (37.38), Andy McCue, 111th (38.44), Mark Beaumont, 148th (40.30), Todd Stewart, 150th (40.37), Steven Porteous, 284th (48.34).
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