Silver for Erika Oliveira Lima

(c)GL2011 gerard lenting: erika just arrived from Asuncion with a silver (team) medal.

Last weekend was the XC championship for South America. One runner from CNT Uberlandia went there as well. Erika, a youngster in the middle distance squad from Luiz d'Oliveria, had to run a 6k for the first time. At the NC the juniors had to run two kilometres less.

The travel to the Paraguayan capital of Asunción had some hick ups but on Sunday she did a good job finishing in the top ten.

With three titles for Brazil and Peru each they were the top nations at this 26th South American Cross Country Championships. In the women juniors Brazil, with CNT Uberlandia runner Erika Oliveira Lima, got silver in the team event.

6 Km - junior women.

1º Aleli Aparicio Armas (PER) 21:21
2º Florencia Borelli (ARG) 21:26
3º Jovana De la Cruz Capani (PER) 21:38
4º Patricia Lemos da Silva (BRA) 21:47
8º Erika Oliveira Lima (BRA) 22:44
9º Zeneide Soarez Lisboa (BRA) 24:03
Adriana CristinaSilva da Luz - Não completou

Team: 1-PER, 2-BRA, 3-PAR

source:
cbat.org.br
and
http://www.iaaf.org/WXC11/news/kind=100/newsid=59372.html