Alton Towers on Saturday 23/02/2008 5 Km (Under 17 Women)
The English Cross-Country Championships moved to a more central venue that was more popular with the runners as entries were up on the previous year. The venue chosen to host the event was Alton Towers Theme Park in Staffordshire. The course was on parkland adjacent to the park and included one particularly steep hill.
Fell runner Laura Park (Ellenborough AC) won the Under 17 Women's individual race by twenty seconds from Aldershot, Farnham & District AC's pair Charlie Purdue and Louise Small.
Laura Park (Ellenborough AC) Under 17 Women's champion
Park told Athletics Weekly "I knew I would be okay on the hills. I was in the lead for the first 600 then wanted someone to take it on. It was my aim to stick as close to Jo [Harvey U20] as possible."
Aldershot, Farnham & District AC won the team gold by a huge margin from Royal Sutton Coldfield AC, Aldershot packed their first four counters in the top twenty-one.