Talk:English Cross Country Association

Winning Medallists
The first athlete known to have won the ECCA National Cross Country Championships is Walter Hesketh (born 3 October 1930) who won the Youths Championship in 1948 in Sheffield and went on to win the Junior Championships in 1950 and 1951 beating the famous Gordon Pirie, before winning the Senior Championships in Birmingham in 1952 aged 21. Walter also set the English and UK All-comer's records at 5 miles and 6 miles at White City, London on August 6th 1951. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.225.69 (talk) 19:11, 24 February 2013 (UTC)