Bradford and district are set to have seven runners in the English Schools Cross Country Championships at Chelmsford on March 10.

They qualified for selection at the Yorkshire finals at Northcliffe Playing Fields, Shipley.

Normally the first eight runners in each event are selected to represent West Yorkshire in the national finals.

And Bradford not only had individual winners in the junior boys and intermediate girls events, they also lifted both those team events.

Alistair Brownlee (Bradford Gramm-ar) spearheaded the junior boys' effort by triumphing, as did Louise Geldart (Beckfoot) in the intermediate girls.

Dean Cunningham (Oakbank), who was second, and fourth-placed Nick Howard (Bradford Grammar) also made the junior boys side, and Louise Naylor (Thornton Grammar) joins Geldart in the intermediate girls line-up after her seventh place.

Completing Bradford's magnificent seven at Chelmsford are Sam Clegg (Oakbank), eighth in the intermediate boys' race, and Grace Bendle (Bingley Grammar), third in the senior girls.

Bradford won the junior boys race with 54 points, the intermediate girls taking their event with 71 points.

Clegg's eighth helped Bradford to second in the intermediate boys race with 79 points. Bradford were also second in the senior boys race with 100 points.

Their worst placing was fourth in the junior girls race with 114 points.

The senior girls' team only had two finishers, unlucky Gillian Robertson (Ilkley Grammar) coming ninth. There was no team event in this section.

Bradford district placings - Junior boys: 1 Alistair Brownlee (Bradford GS) 15min 54sec, 2 Dean Cunningham (Oakbank) 16-03, 4 Nick Howard (Bradford GS) 16-07, 13 Sean Mitchell (Salt GS) 16-46, 15 Richard Stack (Oakbank) 16-53, 19 Jack Wilson (Salt GS) 17-34, 20 Ben Stevens (Bradford GS) 17-40, 21 Leo McSweeney (Bradford GS) 17-45. Team race: 1 Bradford 54 pts, 2 Calderdale 65, 3 Leeds 65.

Junior girls: 11 Jill Harrison (Woodhouse Grove) 12-15, 12 Bethany Stainland (Girls' Grammar School, Bradford) 12-23, 17 Vicky Walker (Bingley GS) 12-52, 19 Hannah Rugen (Beckfoot) 12-53, 26 Emma Drake (Oakbank) 13-36, 29 Joanne Taylor (Beckfoot) 14-04. Team race: 1 Leeds 62, 2 Wakefield 87, 3 Calderdale 113, 4 Bradford 114.

Intermediate boys: 8 Sam Clegg (Oakbank) 21-56, 10 Ben Ross (Bradford GS) 22-15, 12 Thomas Lawson (Bradford GS) 22-34, 13 Robin Mann (Bradford GS) 22-36, 16 Michael Stowell (Thornton GS) 22-58, 20 Robert Daly (Bingley GS) 23-28, 21 Jonathon Robinson (Bradford GS) 23-33, 25 Luke Johnson (St Bede's) 24-30. Team race: 1 Kirklees 42, 2 Bradford 79.

Intermediate girls: 1 Louise Geldart (Beckfoot) 13-47, 7 Louise Naylor (Thornton GS) 15-22, 12 Becky Holmes (Bingley GS) 15-59, 15 Emma Hollindrake (Oakbank) 16-33, 17 Charlotte Leng (Oakbank) 16-48, 19 Esther Trofa (Oakbank) 16-59, 22 Kaisleigh Greenham (Oakbank) 17-20. Team race: 1 Bradford 71, 2 Calderdale 104.

Senior boys: 14 Nick Greenbank (Ilkley GS) 27-38, 15 Adam Walker (Bingley GS) 28-11, 16 Harry Fisk (Ilkley GS) 28-28, 17 Matthew Excell (Bradford GS) 28-57, 18 Miles Ratcliffe (Bradford GS) 29-48, 20 Andrew Cawthron (Bradford GS) 30-13, 21 Michael Peel (Bradford GS) 32-56. Team race: 1 Leeds 53, 2 Senior girls: 3 Grace Bendle (Bingley GS) 14-31, 9 Gillian Robertson (Ilkley GS) 17-56.

No team result.