Ashleigh was second in the Reebok 2003/2004 series, with 104 points behind Swansea's Non Stanford.

The surprise winner of the Under 17 race was Ashleigh Gayle Murray (Pitreavie AAC) who defeated Non Stanford (Swansea Harriers) with an impressive front running performance.  The girls were the first home in both age groups, with Sarah Ponsford (IIF Group) first under 20 and third overall.  

It was another race where the Under 17s demonstrated their strength competing against older athletes with six of the first eight all Under 17.

Murray, who came second to Stanford at the Under 15 Girls race at the Reebok UK Inter-Counties in March, was delighted with her performance. Despite a spiking injury in the early part of the race she went straight into the lead on the first lap and extended it to 50 metres by the line.

She finished in 14:53 with Stanford second in 15:19. Ponsford clocked 15:28 as first Under 20.

Ashleigh-Gayle Murray selected for GB Juniors

Ashleigh-Gayle Murray has been rewarded for her excellent victory at the Reebok Liverpool Cross country this season with selection for the Norwich Union GB Junior team to face Portugal and Spain in the annual Lisbon Junior Cross Country International on Sunday 23 January.

Ashleigh-Gayle Murray competed for the first time for the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland Junior Team at the annual junior international cross country match in Lisbon, Portugal last weekend. Still only 15 Ashleigh stepped up to the Under 20 age group and performed excellently.
Far from being overawed on her GB debut Ashleigh came home a brilliant 8th place in the race in a time of 13 minutes 11 seconds.

To make the Ashleigh's debut complete GB won the team prize with 10 points to Spain's 12 and Portugal's 26.

Pre-race: The top two athletes in the Under 17 Women’s standings compete in Belfast, Siobhan Coleman (Pitreavie AAC) and Jessica Sparke (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies).  Also in the field are two athletes who attended the recent Norwich Union sponsored ‘On Camp with Kelly’ with Kelly Holmes in South Africa, Non Stanford (Swansea Harriers) and Danielle Walker (Royal Sutton Coldfield).  Stanford won the first race of the Series in Falkik where Walker was fourth.  Stanford was also second in the fourth race in the series in Liverpool, behind Ashleigh-Gayle Murray (Pitreavie AAC) who also races in Belfast.