DAVE ALEXANDER headed West Cheshire AC’s charge at the English National Cross Country Championships.
The distance-running ace covered the 12km course at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, in 215th position with a time of 42 minutes 35 seconds. He was joined in the men’s race that attracted 1,300 finishers, by club colleagues Jeff Kettle (427th in 46:20), Andrew Clague (433rd in 46:24), and David Hough (1,121st in 60:40).
Megan McEveley competed for West Cheshire AC in the under-13s girls event and posted 180th position in a time of 16:51 for the 3km course.
West Cheshire AC’s Mark Lathom completed the U13s boys 3km course in a time of 10:09 for 138th position.
Yousef Khalifa, Matthew Pagan, Laura Rigby, Olivia Montez-Brown, Ross McCormick, Danielle Erskine and Andrew Gore warmed up for West Cheshire’s track and field season with appearances at Sport City in the Manchester Indoor Open Meeting.
Khalifa clocked 8.16 seconds in the under-17s men’s 60m and long jumped 4.49m.
Fixtures this weekend include the West Cheshire AC Schools Cross Country Race Series Final Round at Stanney Oaks Track, Ellesmere Port, on Saturday (10am start with free entry), while the Wilmslow Half Marathon takes place on Sunday, the same day as the Village Bakery Half Marathon at Wrexham.
