{"id":185,"date":"2015-01-13T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/cross-country\/?p=185"},"modified":"2015-01-15T07:03:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T07:03:32","slug":"emelia-gorecka-wins-great-edinburgh-xcountry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/xc\/news\/emelia-gorecka-wins-great-edinburgh-xcountry.htm","title":{"rendered":"Emelia Gorecka wins Great Edinburgh XCountry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emelia Gorecka provided the highlight of the day for the GB & NI team at the Great Edinburgh XCountry winning the senior women\u2019s race by over seven seconds.<\/p>\n

Battling strong winds, sleet and tough conditions underfoot, the 20 year old won her first senior career title in impressive fashion from Europe\u2019s Fionnuala Britton, who matched last year\u2019s performance with a second place finish.<\/p>\n

Gorecka said: \u201cA lot of people said after the European Cross Country Championships \u2018what happened?\u2019 I just had to put it behind me and the best way to bounce back is have one of the best performances of my career. Particularly with the conditions and not knowing how I was going to run, I couldn\u2019t have wished for anything better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t decide to make a move until my coach shouted at me and as soon as he did that, the sleet started coming down but all I had to do was dig in and not go backwards. It was a case of strength and not speed today and I just had to stay strong and keep ploughing on.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo run domestic races is fantastic but to perform well on an international stage is what I want to start doing a lot more often and consistently. I\u2019ve started off on a brand new slate and that\u2019s what I wanted and I think that\u2019s the right mental attitude to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

After mixing it in the leading group over the first lap, European Cross Country champion Gemma Steel (John Nuttall) was unable to replicate last year\u2019s victory finishing in 11th place, with Lily Partridge (Woods) four places higher in seventh.<\/p>\n

In the senior men\u2019s race, Jonny Hay (Woods) and Charlie Hulson (Paul Roden) produced gutsy performances to finish third and fifth behind 2014 winner Chris Derrick. The British duo were sandwiched between four Americans for the majority of the race but fought hard to maintain their spots in the top five. Team captain Jonathan Taylor (Gordon Surtees) and Adam Hickey (Eamonn Martin) fought right to the end taking 11th and 12th place respectively.<\/p>\n

Following his third place finish, Hay said: \u201cI\u2019ve very happy \u2013 coming off the Euro Cross I knew I was in great shape so over Christmas it was about putting in some more miles. It\u2019s tough to know how the Americans are going to perform having not raced them since the end of the track season so place wise I wasn\u2019t sure where I was going to end up. Certainly coming third is a happy moment, so I\u2019m really pleased.<\/p>\n

In the junior women\u2019s race, just one place separated Phoebe Law (Richard Holt) and Harriet Knowles-Jones (Russell Tart) in fourth and fifth, with GB & NI 15 year old debutant Sabrina Sinha showing maturity beyond her years to cross the line in eighth.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her debut, Sinha said: \u201cI was the youngest in the field and I just came out here to enjoy myself and learn from the experience. I can\u2019t say how honoured I am (to represent GB & NI) and when the kit came it was like opening an early Christmas present.<\/p>\n

Jac Hopkins (Kevin Tobin) was the leading British athlete in the junior men\u2019s race finishing in ninth place with Euan Gillham (Robert Hawkins) a place behind in 10th.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was only disappointed because I wanted a top six position and I was in the mix of it all. To run 5.9km and get overtaken on the last 100 metres is a bit disheartening, but I\u2019m happy to be the first Brit home and that was one of my main goals considering I was the one that was called out at the start. To beat three of the European boys, who were top six in Bulgaria shows what I can do and it gives me a great deal of confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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