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Mar 2023
Harrogate teenager crowned national cross-country champion
Eighteen year old Harrogate student, George Couttie, has been crowned winner of the senior boys race at the English Schools’ AA Cross Country Championships.
The event in Nottingham saw hundreds of sixth form pupils representing both schools and clubs from across the nation.
The races were split into age groups – junior, intermediate, and senior – with 100 boys competing in the senior category.
George, who studies at Harrogate Grammar School, won the senior's 7km race by a 5-second lead, with a time of 0:19:12.
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George is currently studying for his A-Levels, after which he will study sports science at the University of Charleston, in West Virginia, on a sports scholarship.
He is coached by Joanne Day at Harrogate Harriers and is hoping to run for Great Britain in the future.
Alice Couttie, George’s mother, said he has competed most weekends over the winter:
Eve Whittaker, another member of Harrogate Harriers, also competed and ranked fourth place in the senior girls’ race.
She completed the 5.9km race with a time of 0:16:25.
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