CAC Were Flawless at the National XC Relay Champs.

More medals at national level for Chelmsford at the English cross country relays at Mansfield.

It was silver for the under 15 girls whilst both the under 13`s and under 17`s were to come away with bronze.

Worthy of mention -  all ten races were to see Chelmsford being involved and I cannot remember this having been accomplished before at this level of competition.

Starting with the lower age  Isla Kehoe on the opening stage ran a time of 8m 04s coming through in fourth spot. Orla Martin (8m 24s) now gained one place which Beatrix Cooke (8m08s) retained to the finishing line.

With the under 15 girls it was to be second place throughout with Ezrah Harrold timed at 7m 25, Ava King 7m 38s and Jorjja March 7m 25s. It was a remarkable  performance from the `B` team to place 7th with Erin Kelly (7m 54s), Lily Sanford (7m 57s) and Francesca Phillips (7m 58s). Hetty Harrison (8m 30s) and Amelie Shipton (8m 11s) were in 30th spot  after the second stage for a `C` team but without a third member  progressed no further.

For the under 17`s Lottie Wilkin with 9m 04s completed the opening stage in 8th place with Daisy Stollery on 9m 05s improving to third spot which was to be retained by Sienna Shipton (9m 27s). Niamh Roberts and Jessica Walker had started for a `B`team and were in the top half of the field of 66 teams at close of second lap.

At under 20 level two teams completed the event Larna Morgan (10.17), Ruby Vinton (8.48) and Kezia Beaton (9.40) finished in 15th place whilst The `B`team led by Lucy Nuttall who had come through ahead of the `A` team with her    9m 40s were to finish 26th with Molly Drane (10.39) and Sophie McCall (10.43) completing the team.

To the senior women with Megan Harris (10.17), Teagan Rayner (12.19) and veteran Wendy King (12.59) a final placing of 33rd in a field exceeding the hundred can be seen as a positive for they had notable names missing.

The senior men also without normal selections but from the 164 teams starting out there 48th place may be considered satisfactory with Tom Rehal (16.15), Ethan Reilly (16.35),David Fewell (17.42) and Sebastian Cirillo (17.50)

From the male side of the club most successful were the under 20`s as Will Steadman (9.08), Joseph Grange (9.09) and Regan Tuck ( 9.02) placed 5th. Good showing from the `B` team of William Nuttall (9.09), Gregory Martin (9.18) and Finn Rattray (9.31) placing 13th and only 50 seconds down on the `A`team.

For the under 17`s Austin Kelly (10.05), Jacob Hurrell (9.01) and Harry Wright (9.49) finished tenth - 92 teams lined up. The under 15`s with Jacob Parrott (7.05), Daniel Pollard (7.33) and Oscar Stollery (8.00) took 29th place.

It might have been tongue in cheek when at the top of this report it was stated Chelmsford were involved in all events but sadly the under 13 boys could only muster one lad, with Mason Sanford completing the first lap in seventh place. Such a shame for it was only last month a trio took the Essex championship title.  

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Report written by Roy Meadowcroft.

Great results From Race 2 of the Essex XC League.

The second of the Essex cross country fixtures held at Basildon's Gloucester Park saw Chelmsford win three of the age categories. First of these was to be the under 13 girls as they were led home by Isla Kehoe with her second place. Beatrix Cooke was not far behind in sixth place and then Jessica Hobson 12th and Zenobia Williams 15th brought a total score of 35 points  - just three ahead of S S Atthletics with Brentwood a further three down.

The under 17 women saw a very easy victory for with only three scoring at this age level our trio were all in the first four finishers, Daisy Stollery won the event with a time 75 seconds ahead of the field. Jessica Walker placed third and Emma Cox fourth whilst Katie Cox was close by in reserve with a ninth place. Although far from full strength the senior men took their second win and look well set to take the second division title. Joseph Grange (under 20) led them home with a second place Callum Charleston in Chelmsford colours finished 3rd alas didn’t score as he’s a 2nd claim athlete with Tom Rehal sixth. Veteran Nick Hunter was next through in 78th spot with Thomas Murphy 81st, Peter Tullett 150th, Paul Grange 152nd, Marcus Hunt 162nd and Mick Bridgeland 206th from the finishers of 267 competitors.

The senior women this time round had to take second spot behind Havering, Rebecca Luxton, third, and again the leading veteran, had support from Rachel Broome 10th with Lucy Nuttall 19th and Sophie McCall 24th both under 20`s completing the scorers. There were other scorers however for Chelmsford were to take the veterans win as they had Wendy King 27th, Laura Durn 31st and Anna Nuttall 36th from the 139 finishers.

There was another good run by Mason Sanford as he won the under 13 boys race well clear of the field. With Jake Boarer 10th, Daniel Smith 27th and James Pollard 27th it was to be a third spot finish for the team. In other categories a full scoring squad was not available ,In the under 15 girls Francesca Phillips did well to finish second with Izzy Eida 4th and Stephanie Smith 13th. For the under 15 boys Daniel Pollard 15th Oscar Stollery 23rd and Khaya Fakazi 33rd lacked that vital fourth member whilst in the under 17 men only Austin Kelly finishing 8th represented Chelmsford.

Although not part of the league the under 11 year races receive  good support and it is pleasing to see Chelmsford well represented. In the boys Dylan Law took first place with Freddie Blacketer 3rd, Harris Fuller 7th, Arthur Cooke 12th, Toby Hatt 15th and Henry Ball 24th whilst the girls saw Leila Robinson again finish second. Hannah Hogben 8th, Bailey Kehoe 13th and Olivia Bilby 16th were other finishers.

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Report written by Roy Meadowcroft.

CAC Athletes Feature Heavily in the UK top 30 Rankings.

With the summer track and field season done and dusted a look at the UK RANKING LISTS show our athletes have a good showing in the top thirty throughout the age groups. Power of 10 do not have a separate list for seniors showing it as `Overall` thus the over 17 and 20 age groups are included.

Congratulations go to Jeremy Andersen, Joshua Babalolo and Jorjia March on topping the charts whilst there are five second places and three thirds. A further 20 in the top `10` chart. There is recognition that Jorjia`s performances were prior to her joining us from Barnet and also that Etty Sisson 400m was in the colours of Charnwood but are included as we welcome them as members of CAC.