The English National Cross Country Championships takes place at Harewood House, Leeds, on Saturday,
And Sunderland Harriers, Houghton Harriers and Sunderland Strollers, will all be in attendance.
Ian Byett, secretary of the English Cross Country Association, said: “Entries for this year’s Saucony English National Cross Country Championships are again good, on the last count at 8,018, this is down on last year’s huge figure of 9,565 at Parliament Hill, but the second highest for a Northern venue since 2000 and just 72 down on the number that entered at Roundhay Park, Leeds in 2010.
“The Senior Women’s entry is the third biggest ever and once again there are over 3,000 entries in the Senior Men’s event so the scene is set for another good championship.”
Entries for each age group are: Under-13 Boys 556, Under-13 Girls 532, Under-15 Boys 507, Under-15 Girls 510, Under-17 Men 419, Under-17 Women 320, Junior Men 354, Junior Women 249, Senior Men 3052 and Senior Women 1519.
Sunderland Strollers are the only city club with teams in both the men’s and women’s events.
Teams are: Houghton Harriers AC: Tom Atkinson, David Coulson, Lee Dover, Rory Graham, David Gribben, Innes Hodgson and Shaun McGrath....
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