Teams ready for Home Countries XC
The weather points towards the summer, but the competition this weekend in Antrim still points towards the winter, with the Aviva Home Countries & Aviva Schools International XC taking place at the Greenmount Campus.
The fixture sees top junior and senior athletes from the four home nations compete and also has incorporated the SIAB Schools’ International cross country championships. Racing gets underway at 1.00pm with the junior girls race, with the senior men’s race finishing off things at 3.45pm.
Travelling teams are:
England
Junior Women
Grace Nicholls – Tonbridge AC, Jennifer Walsh – Spenborough AC, Hannah Walker – Decorum & Tring AC, Eleanor Wimshurst – Bristol & West AC
Junior Men
Andrew Combes – Tonbridge AC, Harvey Dixon – Aldershot, Farnham & Dist. AC, Jack Goodwin – Bedford & County AC, Paul Thompson – BRAT
Senior Women
Juliet Doyle – Charnwood H, Faye Fullerton – Havering & Mayesbrook AC, Emily Wicks – Aldershot, Farnham & Dist. AC, Laura Parker – Wells City H
Senior men
Adam Hickey – Southend AC, Steven Naylor – Woodstock H, Jonathan Pepper – Enfield & Haringey AC, TBA
Wales
Senior Men
Afan Humphries – Swansea, Rob Samuel – Eryri/Loughborough Uni, Hywel Care – Woodford Green, John Peters – Cardiff
Junior Men
Rowan Axe – Cardiff/Brunel Uni, Rhys Glastonbury – Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow/St. Mary’s Uni/Radl, Dewi Griffiths – Carmarthen Harriers, Steven Boyton – Deeside
Senior Women
Alaw Beynon-Thomas – Carmarthen/West Wales, Carol Glover – Swansea, Marilyn Kitching – Tattenhall, Caryl Jones – TROTS
Junior Women
Michelle Allen – Cardiff AAC, Natasha Cockram – Cwmbran, Abbie Oliver – Deeside AAC, Natalie Allen – Cardiff AAC
Scotland
Senior Men
Ross Houston (Central AC), Stuart Gibson (Cambuslang Harriers), Michael Gillespie (Shettleston Harriers), Chris Wilson (Cambuslang Harriers)
Senior Women
Rosie Smith (Hunters Bog Trotters), Christina Rankin (Kilbarchan AAC), Sarah Hood (Edinburgh AC), Melissa Whyte (Inverness Harriers)
U20 Men
Matthew Gillespie (Shettleston Harriers), David Vernon (Victoria Park City of Glasgow), Lachlan Oates (Shettleston Harriers), Alexander Hendry (Central AC)
U20 Women
Sarah Inglis (Lothian RC), Natalie Sharp (Kilbarchan AAC), Josephine Moultrie (Victoria Park City of Glasgow), Beth Duff (East Kilbride AAC)
Northern Ireland team TBA
