It was the final round of the North Midlands Cross Country Championships, que the Pocket Rocket
Today (Saturday 13th Jan) Amelia Chrispin travelled to Wollaton Park in Nottingham to represent Newark AC in the final of a four-race series, in the North Midlands XC League.
The North Midland XC League is open to all UKA affiliated clubs based in Notts, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire, Rutland, Northants & Cambs aged U11 to VET. Amelia was taking on some very good runners including several county XC medalists as well as two County XC Champions from their respective counties.
Amelia was racing in the U13G category and after three races was 2nd in the table, 1 point behind the leader.
The gun went off and as per usual the athletes set off at a frenetic pace with a tough 3km, 2 lap, course ahead of them. Amelia ran a solid first lap and was in 2nd place running with a Derbyshire athlete, around 70m behind the leader.
She continued to run well and worked hard to pull clear of the 3rd placed girl. With around 600m to go Amelia was still 70m behind the leader and it looked like she was running for 2nd place, but she decided to pin her ears back and go for home. She really pushed herself, gaining all the time, and passed the leader,with around 50m metres to go, finishing in a fantastic 1st place. The run, regardless of the position, was her best performance so far this season.
After the results had been ratified and the series scores added up, she was really pleased to be presented with the 1st place North Mids XC League U13G trophy for her efforts. A fantastic result after four tough races.
