The XCR'15 season kicked off last Saturday with the cross country relays at Jells Park. Malvern was well represented with three complete teams for both the men's and women's competitions.
Conditions were almost perfect which made for good running, however this wasn't always reflected in the times as a course change at the western end added some extra distance.
With the relays attracting 344 teams, a record for the event, it was a tough competition with our teams finishing middle of the road. We did, however, have some excellent individual performances.
Tracey Austin had an outstanding run as the first leg of our Division 2 team, with her time of 22:00 being the sixth fastest overall. Nicki MacFarlane had a strong run with 25:55, as did Colette Hanlon with 28:56 in her XCR debut.
Shaun Green was our leading man with a time of 21:13, whilst Jaco Kukkuk and Francis Kaszmarek made big improvements over last year’s event with 23:55 and 32:24 respectively.
Thank you to Ash, Steve and Wendy for volunteering for AV duty.
