8:00am Friday 5th March 2010
LEIGH Harriers’ 16-year-old talent Laura Riches has been selected to represent English Schools Athletics Association at the World Cross Country Championships in the Slovak Republic on April 19 and 24.
Riches is only the fourth Leigh Harrier to win an England schools’ vest in cross country and the first in a world championships.
The news must have inspired her teammates at the national cross country championships at Leeds’ Roundhay Park on Saturday, as all athletes gave fantastic performances.
Peter Riley finished in an encouraging fifth place from a field of more than 2,000 runners in the senior 12km race.
In the younger age groups, 15-year-old Shannon Johnson ran outstandingly in the girls’ under 15s race, finishing in 12th place out of 340 participants.
Leigh’s under 15s boys’ team saw Ryan Moore finish in an encouraging 34th place, while Adam Howarth was an improving 113th place.
Rebecca Howarth ran her first senior women’s national championship race and finished in 48th place despite a calf injury preventing her form performing her best.
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