City of Sheffield Athletic Club -

Alton Towers - 19th February 2011. Despite the incredible amounts of mud, freezing cold and all manner of precipitation, our young athletes ran in good heart and spirit at Alton Towers round a demanding mud slide.
 
The highlight of the day saw our U13 Boys continue their impressive team performances taking a fantastic 4th place overall, beating City of York who stole the Northern title.  Our other complete team, U15 Girls, finished 12th overall, 1st in South Yorkshire.

The early races were run in bitterly cold and heavy conditions. The course deteriorated quickly, so much so that for the later races the course had to be altered considerably for safety reasons as a number of younger athletes (none of ours!) had to receive ambulance care.  The First Aid tent was reminiscient of the Somme, and all who attended will no doubt be hosing down every item of clothing, baggage etc that they took with them.  Congratulations to all who finished safely and remained cheerful throughout the day. Special thanks to the Shields family who made the mistake of staying later and helped to take down the soggy brown material that has been previously called a "gazebo."

 
City of Sheffield results are summarized below.  For full results please visit http://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/

Name	Age Group	Time	Position	Team Position
Jonathan Shields	U13 Boys	9:19	32nd	4th
Alfie Manthorpe	U13 Boys	9:34	58th	4th
Joe Hibbert	U13 Boys	9:36	60th	4th
Evan Webb	U13 Boys	9:59	109th	4th
Emily Simpson	U13 Girls	18:24	299th	-
Joseph Lancaster	U15 Boys	18:51	81st	-
Eleanor Curran	U15 Girls	16:43	60th	12th
Eve Pound	U15 Girls	17:01	73rd	12th
Anina Atkinson	U15 Girls	17:36	122nd	12th
Sophie Taylor	U15 Girls	18:08	175th	12th
Calvi Thompson	U17 Women	25:39	100th	-
Beth Ansell	U17 Women	25:44	104th	-
Susannah Curran	U17 Women	30:53	195th	-