ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS Staged at Weald Park, Brentwood, provided CAC with the proverbial hat full of medals including five sets of that precious metal, four of which came from the male side of the club.
Good to see the senior men claim one of these as Ethan Reilly (21.06), Tom Rehal (20.45), Zack Bridgeland (21.06) and Greg Martin (21.04) finished 36 seconds up on Colchester Harriers with Southend placing third. Our `B` team comprising of veterans Sebastian Cirillo, David Fewell, Will Parrott and former Essex 400 metre champion Marcus Hunt finished 10th. The under 17 men via Joshua Eida (10.34), Jacob Hurrell (9.20) and Austin Kelly (10.31) gave them a victory over Havering by 18 seconds with Basildon a distant third. The under 15 boys team with Fred Ferman (10.53), Joe Delaney (10.37) and Jacob Parrott (10.53) gave them the title an advantage of 26 seconds over Southend with Brentwood third. Our `B` team of Oscar Stollery, Dan Pollard and Luke Wright finished in seventh position. In the under 13 boys it was again Chelmsford taking the title with Mason Sanford, Thomas Burgoyne and Joshua Dalton comfortably ahead of Southend by more than a minute with Basildon third. Wrapping up the male side in the veterans over 50 year class Dave Tullett, Peter Waite and Lee Martin took second place behind Ilford with Southend third.
The senior women`s event provided Chelmsford with their final win as Rachel Broome (25.17), Jodie Judd (25.19) and Megan Williams (24.35) triumphed over Colchester Harriers, Our `B` team of Lucy Nuttall, Sophie McCall and Molly Drane placed sixth, the junior girls and it was to be second places all the way as they had to concede to the Brentwood Beagles who have certainly come a force the past two seasons. In the under 13`s Isla Kehoe (12.24), Beatrix Cooke (13.28) and Georgia Matthews (12.44) took the silver medals as did the under 15`s with Lily Sanford (11.48), Erin Kelly (11.48) and Ava King (11.27), and in this class bronze medals came to CAC via Isabella Eida, Francessca Phillips and Hetty Harrison showing the depth of the squad. In the under 17`s Sienna Shipton (12.09), Harriet Matthews (12.08) and Daisy Stollery (11.21) again placed second.
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Report written by Roy Meadowcroft.
