OTAGO CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS, Saturday 17 July 2004
Waikouaiti Racecourse
There were some fantastic results for Leith at the Otago cross-country championships at Waikouaiti racecourse on Saturday. This also incorporated the Leith Cross-Country Championships.
For the fourth year in succession, Sarah Bryant won the Women’s under-20 event, completing the 6000m in an impressive 21min 40sec.
Close behind, taking second place in 22min 02sec was Kirsty Morris. Natalie Cobby (fifth, 23min.28sec), Laura Scoones (seventh, 25min 26sec) and Emily Scoones (ninth, 25min 54sec) also ran well in this event.
New member Conor Delahunty convincingly won the Open 4000m by almost two minutes in 14min 46sec.
Jan Craig was Leith’s best runner in the Masters Women’s 6000m taking third place in 22min 53sec.
Nicky Samuels was a creditable third place in the Senior Women’s 8000m with third place in 31min 15sec. Fifth was Alison Bradshaw in 32min 45sec.
The evergreen Richard Hendry won the Master’s Men’s 8000m in a very convincing 29min 05sec, with Brian Pascoe (fourth, 29min 46sec), Ray Knox (fifth, 30min.29sec), and Rod McCall (sixth, 30min 48sec) helping Leith win the teams title.
An outstanding performance by Marc Boulle gained him the Masters Men’s 50 championship. Boulle strode strongly around the 8000m to cross in 30min 05sec. The durable Graham Anderson was fourth in a respectable 31min 59sec.
Neale McLanachan was Leith’s best-performing runner in the Senior Men’s 12,000m event, placing ninth in 41min 46sec. Congratulations to McLanachan on his selection to the Otago team.
Morgan Shields won the Boys under-13 1500m in 07min 32sec.
Leith also won the trophy for best overall teams results
EDMOND CUP, Saturday 26 June 2004
Wingatui Race Course
In the men’s four-lap race Ian Thomas was the first Leith runner home in 6th Position with a time of 37min 28sec. Second Leith runner was Andrew Lonie (38:20) in 8th position followed by Neale McLanachan (38:51) in 9th position. The team of Thomas, Lonie, McLanachan, Brian Pascoe, Ray Knox and Marc Boulle finished second.
Jan Craig was first Leith runner home in the women’s two-lap race in 8th position with a time of 21min 48sec. The team of Craig, Cate Shields (24:14) and Allison Perry (24:24) finished third.
Showing good form in the master’s men’s 50 two-lap race Dave McLean came third in a time of 19min 47sec. The team of McLean, Peter Ford (20:19) and Graham Anderson (20:21) secured an excellent first position.
Natalie Cobby superbly in the women’s under 20 two-lap to win in a time of 23min 12sec from Laura Scoones 2nd (23:49) and Rachel Sloan 3rd (24:30). They won the team event with this great performance.
Jessica Shields won the one lap women’s under 17 race in a good time of 10min 38sec.
In the fun relay event, the Leith 2 team of Richard Hendry, Allan Funnell and Andrew Perry ran superbly to win in 27 minutes
NZ SECONDARY SCHOOLS XC CHAMPS, Saturday 19 June 2004
Wingatui Racecourse
Angus Taylor was the most successful of all Leith members that competed in the NZ Secondary Schools Cross-Country Championships at Wingatui on Saturday.
Conditions were tough for the entrants, as the course was very muddy and wet in several stretches, with demanding undulations also part of the challenge.
Running for John McGlashan College in the Junior Boys 4km race, Taylor was a very impressive seventh out of a field of 157, finishing in 14mins 02secs.
He ran well in the arduous conditions to stay close to the leading bunch, but was unable to close the gap, despite a strong effort.
Running for Otago Girls High were Natalie Cobby, Emily Scoones and Laura Scoones.
All three girls put in a gutsy effort to all finish in respectable placings in the field of 132.
Emily Solsberg also ran well competing in the NZ Senior Women’s 4km event
BARNES CROSS COUNTRY, Sunday 30 May 2004
Kettle Park, Dunedin
Leith runners put in a superb effort in blustery, chilly conditions to win the Men’s Teams title at the Barnes Cross-Country event at Kettle Park on Sunday.
Bill Kenny was the first Leith runner to complete the four-lap five km course, finishing fifth overall with a running time of 25min 28sec and a time placing of 82nd.
Finishing directly behind Kenny was Graham Anderson in sixth place in 21min 45sec and 58th time placing.
Keeping up his good current form was Ben Carpenter, finishing eighth in 21min 17sec and 51st time placing.
Richard Hendry was 14th in 20min 04sec and 28th time placing, while Marco Draganoff ran a swift 18min 52sec for 15th time placing.
Sealing the win for Leith was Marc Boulle, also timing 20min 04sec and 29th time place.
Leith women also ran strongly to claim third place in the women’s team’s three-lap event. Cate Shields was fourth in 19min 22sec.
Alison Bradshaw was 15th to finish in an impressive 16min 06sec for fourth time placing. Nicky Samuels was 16th and the fastest Leith woman, taking second-fastest time placing with a superb 15min 23sec.
Angus Taylor again demonstrated his class by claiming fastest time of 8min 57sec in the two-lap Boy’s under-17 race.
In the Women’s two-lap under-17 event, Jessica Shields was also first to finish with the fastest time of 11min 18sec. Renee Hodges finished seventh and gained a sixth time placing of 13min 05sec
LEITH CROSS-COUNTRY RELAYS, Saturday 15 May 2004
Wesleydale
Running in his first ever event as a harriers club member, Dave McLean ran like a man possessed to inspire the Leith Masters Men’s 50-plus team to victory at the Leith Cross-country relays at Wesleydale on Saturday. He completed the muddy, undulating two km course in 8mins 05secs, which was also the fastest individual time in the Men’s 50-plus grade. Following on from McLean, club president Steve Smith (8.43) and stalwarts Ed Stevens (8.46) and Graham Anderson (9.06) ran brilliantly to finish with a total time of 34.40. The Leith 2 MM 50-plus team finished fifth.
In the Masters Men’s race, Leith 1 were second in 31.27, following typically determined runs by Richard Hendry (8.05), Ray Knox (7.45), Brian Pascoe (7.45) and Marc Boulle ((7.52). Leith 2 gained third place in 32.53, thanks to good runs by Rod McCall (8.03), Stu Hodges (8.17), Peter Hughes (8.16) and Glen Ferguson (8.17).
In the three km Open Men’s race, Leith 1 and Leith 2 were fourth (1hr 04mins 14sec) and eighth (1:11.38) respectively.
In the Open Women’s race, Leith 1 gained a well-deserved second placing. Nicky Samuels (8.15), Kirsty Morris (8.20), Meredith Molloy (9.18) and Alison Bradshaw (8.40) put in a mighty effort each, for a total time of 34.33. The Leith Women’s 2, 3, 4, and 5 also competed.
In the Masters Women 35-plus race, Leith 1 were third in a very respectable 41.06, after fine runs by Jan Craig (9.15), Cate Shields (11.19), Clare Pascoe (10.57) and Jan Brosnahan (9.35). Leith 2 finished fifth
LOVELOCK RELAYS, Saturday 1 May 2004
University Oval, Dunedin
There were two impressive second placings and a third by Leith teams in the Lovelock relays on Saturday.
The Leith Masters Men 1 team came second in the Masters Men’s race, in 29mins21secs. Marko Draganoff started well with a time of 4.38, followed by gutsy runs from Marc Boulle, Rod McCall, Ray Knox and Chris Sole. Brian Pascoe put in a determined final leg of 4.53 against tough competition, to gain the team second place. Leith Masters Men 2 was fifth.
The Leith Senior Men’s 1 team placed a respectable fourth in the Men’s A race, with a time of 27.49. A key feature of this was Angus Taylor’s superb time of 4.29, which gave him fastest Schoolboy time overall. Leith Senior Men 2 team was fourth in the Men’s B grade, in 32.28.
The Leith Senior Women 1 team was second in the Women’s A grade, in 20.37. Julia Scoones ran well first, in a time of 5.05, with Kirsty Morris, Alison Bradshaw and Nicky Samuels also putting in fast times. Leith Senior Girls 1, finished eighth and the Leith Senior Women 2 team tenth.
In the Women’s B grade, Leith Senior Girls 2 was fourth in 26.21 and Leith Senior Women 3 sixth in 28.01.
Leith Masters Women 1 was an impressive third in the Masters Women’s race. Jan Brosnahan was the second fastest veteran woman overall in 5.41, Debbie Lloyd ran 6.44, Jan Coffey 6.44 and Jan Craig the third fastest veteran woman overall, in 5.47
CLUB MILE, Saturday 17 April 2004.
Chingford Park
Neale McLanachan was in scintillating form to win the club mile on Saturday in tough, muddy conditions. The tenacious McLanachan burst off strongly from the start, to win comfortably in 4mins 52 sec. In second place was the very talented teenager Angus Taylor, who finished in 4.56.
Marko Draganoff was third overall and first in the Men’s 40-plus in 5.08. Richard Hendry was fourth overall and second in the Men’s 40-plus in 5.12.
Graham Anderson, 12th overall, showed plenty of strength to win the Men’s 50-plus in 5.55, with Ed Stevens, 13th overall, second in 6.00.
In the con-current Maiden Mile, there was a desperate battle between Andrew Perry and Grant McDougall. Andrew put in a powerful final sprint to finish ahead of Grant in 5.41 and 10th overall, with McDougall finishing in 5.43 and 11th overall.
Julia Scoones effortlessly won the Women’s Mile in 5.34, ahead of Kirsty Morris who was second in 6.02.
Taking third place overall and first Masters Women was Jan Craig, in 6.07. Alison Bradshaw was fourth in 6.10, while Jan Brosnahan was fifth in 6.16.
In the Children’s 400 metres, Liam McCall ran strongly to win in 1.50, with Reuben Knox second in 2.16 and Isaac McCall third in 2.20. Erin Knox was fourth in 2.29
