Lothian Running Club round-up

Apr 8 2010 West Lothian Courier

LOTHIAN Running Club fielded four full teams and one incomplete team at the annual Scottish Athletics Road Relay Championships at Livingston on Saturday where the ladies’ B were the highest-placed finishers.

Chloe Cox ran the opening leg in which she finished in 10th place before she handed over to Jocelyn Moar who maintained a similar position.

The baton was next passed onto Louise Crilley to run leg three. She improved a place by claiming 9th before the final leg was run by Edel Mooney – the only survivor of the quartet who took silver medals 12 months ago. Edel produced a good run to haul the team up to a creditable finishing position of seventh.

Six places further back in 13th were the A team of Yvonne Crilley, Jill Horsburgh, Christine Milne and Lynne Murray.

The men’s A squad of Robert Inglis, Scott Nelson, Alistair Robertson, Darren Thomson, Joe Robertson and Alan McIntosh finished in 27th spot with the B sextet of Peter West, Harry Mulholland, Steve Dempsey, John Malcolm, Steve Lawrie and Robin Morris coming home in 43rd.

The trio of Ted Finch, Ian Leggett and Ian Hall ran as an incomplete team.

Three club runners contested the Bellhaven Best Dunbar Boundary 10k Race on Saturday.

Brian Reid placed 72nd, Marie Storrie was 102nd overall and 13th female with Colin Banham 163rd.

Meanwhile Lothian Running Club's Sarah Inglis completed a successful weekend competing at the Isle of Man Easter Athletics Festival by emerging as the overall women's champion, and to put the icing on the cake her Edinburgh University Hare and Hounds women's team were also crowned winners of the overall team prize.

The festival, which has become a traditional event for university teams from all over Great Britain, takes the format of three races: a 10k, a Hill Race and a 5k.

Sarah got off to a good start with victory in the 10k on Friday night. She covered the course, which was based around Port Erin and Port St Mary, in 35 minutes 56 seconds.

She followed up her 10k win with victory in the Peel three-mile Hill Race on Saturday afternoon.

Sarah led home a field of 54 runners in a time of 17 minutes 53 seconds, 8 seconds clear of hill specialist Sula Young, Hunters Bog Trotters, with last year’s overall female winner Emma Raven, Leeds University, back in third.

The third and final race in the series was a 5k along Douglas Promenade on the Sunday morning.

On this occasion the Lothian runner had to settle for second place.

Sarah covered the out and back course in 17 minutes 52.3 seconds, however victory went to Emma Raven, Leeds in 17 minutes 14.1 seconds.

When all the results of the weekend were tabulated Sarah with two wins and a second place had a total of four points which ensured her of the overall title, two more than last year’s champion Emma Raven who had six points with Sula Young HBT third with nine points.

In the overall team event a total of six points gave the Edinburgh Uni's women's team the title ahead of fellow Scots HBT on nine points with Durham Uni Old Girls third on 10 points.