NORTH Yorkshire ran out winners when the cream to the region’s young cross country athletes descended on Barnard Castle School.
Runners had to contend with rain, sleet and snow along with an increasingly difficult course which became increasingly heavy throughout the day.
Teams representing hosts Durham North Yorkshire, Cumbria, Northumberland and Cleveland took part in the annual Northern Schools inter-county cross country championships.
North Yorkshire finished 56 points ahead of their hosts, with Cumbria just four points behind in third place and Northumberland fourth.
Barnard Castle School’s Daniel Richardson, who two weeks previously had won the Durham schools race for year seven runners, finished an excellent fifth in the inter-county event, just 19 seconds behind winner Tom Slane, from Northumberland.
Performance of the day went to Cleveland's Josh Cowperthwaite in the senior boys’ race.
He lived up to the number one billing on his vest, destroyed the field and finished 43 second ahead of Cumbria’s Joe Dugdale.
Results
Minor boys (Y7): 1, Tom Slane, Northumberland; 2, Archie Gray, N Yorks; 3, Archie Bordewich, N Yorks.
Minor girls (Y7): 1, Sarah Smith, Cumbria; 2, Zoe Hill, N Yorks; 3, Gabby Hall, Cleveland.
Junior boys: 1, Fraser Sproul, Cumbria; 2, Kyl;e Rabjohn, N Yorks; 3, Daniel Sanderson, Cumbria.
Junior girls: 1, Anna Mason, Cumbria; 2, Olesia Winder, Cumbria; 3, Ines Curran, Northumberland.
Intermediate boys: 1, Archie Lowe, Cleveland; 2, Sam Charlton, Northumberland; 3, Patrick Haycock, Cleveland.
Intermediate girls: 1, Olivia Mason, Cumbria; 2, Rosie Woodhams, Cumbria; 3, Chloe Rylance, Cumbria.
Senior boys: 1, Josh Cowperthwaite, Cleveland; 2, Joe Dugdale, Cumbria; 3, Kieran Hedley, Northumberland.
Next up for the schools cross country runners is the English Schools championships, which will be held at Temple Newsham, Leeds.
In the County Durham team, Barnard Castle School’s India Pentland has been selected for the intermediate girls event.
Beth Wilson, also from Barnard Castle School, and Teesdale School’s Josh Mawer, have been picked as reserves in the junior girls and intermediate boys events.
