Primary Scottish Schools’ Cross Country Championships

​Hutchie Cross Country teams had their final competition of the year at the weekend.

The Scottish Schools Cross Country Championships were held in Kirkcaldy on Saturday 27^th of April.

The P6 and P7 runners competed over 1800m on a challenging course. The first race of the day was the primary 6 girls race.

Hutchie came 5^th in the team competition and it was really positive to see 2 runners in the top 20 out of large field of 123 runners. Edie ran well in 15^th place and she was chased well by team mate Aneesa in 16^th place.

The highlight of the day was the P6 boys’ team and the runners can add Scottish Schools Cross Country Champions to their list of success this year.

It was a delight to see the boys collect the trophy after training and running so well all year. Ben, Myles, Hamish, Cameron, Murray, Logan and Struan made up the team.

This was a competitive race with 136 entries. Finishing in the top 20 were; Ben (10^th), Myles (16^th) and Hamish (17^th). The primary 7 girls put in a good effort around the course.

The primary 7 boys placed 5^th. Lewis led his team and secured a top 20 finish (17^th ) out of 116 runners.

Well done to all runners at the event.