Just two weeks after the National Road Relay Championships, Sale Harriers younger age groups once again shone — this time at the Northern Cross-Country Relays at Graves Park, Sheffield. Whilst the U15 Girls and Senior Women were the standout performers in the Northern and National Road Relays, it was the U15 Girls again, U13 Boys, and U11Primary section who stole the spotlight in this major cross-country championship. Well done to their coaches, team managers and parents.
U15 BOYS & GIRLS:
The U15 girls retained their Northern title thanks to ROBYN HEYWOOD YOUNG, MEGAN BOYER and BEA SOPER. Bea & Megan were also part of last year's champions title. (Bea was even part of the U13 bronze-medal-winning team way back in 2022!) The team’s strength in depth was evident, with four complete teams competing — a testament to the
section’s continued development. (They almost deserve the magazine’s front cover again!). Their U15 boys colleagues – GEORGE HORSFALL, OLIVER HOWELL, LENNY ALVES, 9 th place was one of their better results in recent years and is encouraging for the future.
U13 BOYS: They produced a brilliant performance to claim their first Northern title since 2019. The young stars, CHARLIE HODGSON, ARTHUR O’HARE and JOSHUA HOWELL showed tremendous talent and teamwork to secure victory by just eight seconds over Keighley & Craven AC and Warriors Pentathlon AC. A fantastic result and a proud moment for this growing section and their coaching team TRACY CAINE, ADAM MORAN & MATTHEW BEACOCK.
U11 BOYS & GIRLS:
They also shone! The U11 Boys – JACOB RENSHAW, JUDE ROGERS and JOSHUA LEONG won magnificent silver medals and delivered their Primary Section’s best result in this championship since they won the silver medals way back in 2019. Even better, their ‘B’ team in 8th place was this section’s best ever ‘B’ team result! The U11 Girls — CONNIE SUMMERS, POPPY DOWLING and DARCEY DAVENPORT also ran superbly to finish 5th, their age-groups best result since 2022. These performances highlight how strongly the Primary section is currently thriving!
OTHER NOTABLE RESULTS:
FLORENCE CONNOLLY, LUCY O’BRIEN and IMOGEN MORAN matched last year’s 8th place finish.
