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To answer your last question first, just passing in front of a fielder is NOT interference.
This is why we umpires get the BIG BUCKS! Judgement!
The runner has the obligation to avoid interfering with the fielder making a play on a batted ball. Interference is what the umpire judges it to be.
My rule of thumb is the higher the level of ball, the more that needs to be done by the runner to constitute interference.
In a 10u game, running one foot in front of the fielder would probably be called, where as in an 18u game it probably would not be called.
This situation is a HTBT, but I generally look for the reaction of the fielder to the runner passing in front of him/her to determine interference or not.
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