Jenny Leggatt No 6470, Beth Rogers No 6473

The Junior Women were represented by India Barwell (Lincoln Wellington, Rob Lewis), Amelie Lane (Wharfedale, Sally Malir), Beth Rogers (Ilkley, Sally Malir) and Jenny Leggate (Cambridge & Coleridge, Richard Park). All women were making their cross country debut for England.

The 5070m course of 3 laps with start and finishing straights was the same as previous years with each lap consisting of tight turns, sandy stretches, sharp hill climbs and manmade hurdles. Due to heavy rain in the week leading up to the race, the course was much muddier making it even more challenging.

India Barwell

The Junior Women all started positively and on the first lap India, Beth and Amelie were in the leading group with three Belgian athletes. Jenny was about 5 metres behind but ahead of the second pack. Towards the end of the first lap the pack began to break up and India took the lead with Amelie a few metres behind in 3rd, followed by Jenny and Beth who were in the top ten.

Amelie Lane

As the race entered the 3rd and final lap, India had company from SEAA representative Lauren Russell who had worked her way through the field and a battle between the two athletes began to unfold. Lauren briefly took the lead but with around 800m remaining India showed her strength to close the gap, sweeping past Lauren to retain back her lead and go on to cross the line in first place. Behind India, Amelie continued to run strongly to end up finishing a credible 4th pace. Not far behind Jenny was also finishing strongly and showed great form to finish 6th. Following a fast start Beth rallied well to finish 12th.

1st India Barwell – 19mins 20secs
4th Amelie Lane – 19mins 49secs
6th Jenny Leggate – 19mins 55secs
12th Beth Rogers – 20mins 25secs

Photo ID’s
India Barwell No 6465
Amelie Lane No 6471
Jenny Leggatt No 6470
Beth Rogers No 6473

India Barwell No 6465
Amelie Lane No 6471
Jenny Leggatt No 6470
Beth Rogers No 6473