Belgrave Harriers’ ladies and Shaftesbury Barnet’s males received the senior titles on a busy day of racing in Mansfield
Belgrave Harriers retained their senior ladies’s trophy, with their anchor runner Kate Axford quickest general, whereas Shaftesbury Barnet added the lads’s title on the Saucony English Cross Nation Relay Championships at Berry Hill Park in Mansfield on Saturday (Nov 2).
With 5 podium locations, Aldershot had been adjudged the very best general membership, whereas Chelmsford had three podium locations within the younger athletes’ races.
Situations had been just about excellent for the racing regardless of slightly early drizzle, in stark distinction to the climate and going final 12 months.
Senior ladies’s begin (David Hewitson)
Ladies
The story was a lot the identical as final 12 months as Belgrave Harriers retained their title and Aldershot took each minor medals.
Such was the prevalence of the holders that even when Aldershot had put their finest three runners of their A-squad they’d nonetheless have solely completed second. Because it was, their B crew simply held on to 3rd from a fast-finishing Bea Wooden for Cambridge & Coleridge.
Belgrave had a gradual begin with Nadine Donegan again in sixth, as Herne Hill’s Lucy Jones stole the early honours. She mentioned: “That’s the finest run that I’ve had in years and is a credit score to the coaches on the membership.”
Then Sarah Astin, a member of the profitable crew final 12 months, took Belgrave as much as the lead mid-race with a 9:53 clocking. She mentioned: “I felt robust and saved preventing.”
This was forward the Aldershot B crew’s Amy Griffiths, whose 9:49 stood because the second better of the race.
Amy Griffiths (left) and Sarah Aston (David Hewitson)
It was then left to former hockey participant Kate Axford to finish the job, as she did final 12 months, with the quickest lap time of 9:36 for the 3km lap.
Belgrave’s anchor mentioned: “I felt like I wanted to push however it’s so good to be in a crew race.”
British Athletics Cross Problem races after which a doable Euro Cross spot are hopes in Axford’s diary for the following two months.
Kate Axford (David Hewitson)
Aldershot’s A squad then referred to as on Niamh Brown to salvage some delight on their third and closing stage and her 9:53 spilt was equal third quickest with Astin and Blackheath’s Niamh Bridson-Hubbard, who gained 5 slots on the final lap to sixth.
Deeper within the area there have been notable runs from Amelia Quirk, who ran a ten:07 for Bracknell, and Jess Warner-Judd, who ran an encouraging 10:01 time mid-race for Blackburn after struggling focal epileptic seizures throughout races earlier this 12 months.
The Olympian mentioned: “I wanted a outing because it’s been three months since my analysis and I’ve in all probability all the time had epilepsy as my sister has it and it runs in a household.”
Senior ladies’s begin (David Hewitson)
Ladies (3x3km): 1 Belgrave 29:40 (N Donegan 10:12, S Astin 9:53, Ok Axford 9:36); 2 AFD 30:38 (M Jordan-Lee 10:12, Ok Estlea-Morris 10:34, N Brown 9:53); 3 AFD B 30:53 (P Roessler 10:20, A Griffiths 9:49, Ok Brown 10:44); 4 Cambridge & Coleridge 30:56 (L Shanahan 10:29, Ok Lowery 10:34, B Wooden 9:54); 5 Loughborough College students 31:02 (C Dannatt 10:24, E Muzio 10:31, E Parker 10:08); 6 Blackheath & B31:07 (C Sharp 10:20, M Squibb 10:55, N Bridson-Hubbard 9:53); 7 Belgrave B 31:22 (I Wolsey 10:17, Ok Popadich 10:45, S Hicks 10:21); 8 Sale 31:23 (L Armitage 10:20, J Spilsbury 10:54, M Davies 10:10); 9 Herne Hill 31:31 (L Jones 10:00, H Keenan 11:11, S Tooley 10:21); 10 Studying 31:54 (L Church 10:03, N Harris 10:48, E Howsham 11:04); 11 Leeds 32:02 (D Corradi 10:40, E Curran 10:49, S Stockton 10:34); 12 Thames Valley 32:13 (C Buckley 10:07, N Edmunds 11:19, L Sterritt 10:48); 13 Loughborough B 32:21 (A Coffey 10:46, C Younger 10:45, J Norkett 10:51); 14 Thames Hare & Hounds 32:36 (E Weir 10:38, B Murray 11:13, C Hammett 10:45); 15 Belgrave C 33:08 (M Corden-Lloyd 10:53, S Hewitt 11:04, M Canham 11:12); 16 Mansfield 33:14 (L Coleman 10:35, H Gill 11:33, N Yates 11:07); 17 WSEH 33:17 (A Barbour 10:13, N Thompson 11:12, Ok Clutterbuck 11:53); 18 Charnwood 33:24 (Ok Parker 11:13, Juliet Potter 10:56, A Seager 11:15); 19 Peterborough & Nene Valley 33:30 (G Holloway 11:03, H Knight 11:26, M Peel 11:03); 20 Salford 33:37; 21 Herts Phoenix 33:42; 22 Loughborough 33:57; 23 Norwich 34:01; 24 Trafford 34;14; 25 Rotherham 34:25; 26 Metal Metropolis 34:18; 27 Hallamshire 34:25; 28 York 34:30; 29 Tonbridge 34;35; 30 Blackburn 34:35
Quickest lap: Axford 9:36; Griffiths 9:49; Astin/Bridson-Hubbard/N Brown 9:53; Wooden 9:54
92 groups completed
Males’s begin (David Hewitson)
Males
Shaftesbury additionally got here from behind after the primary lap, as Isaac Hirschman-Chandler was approach down in sixteenth after their 5km two-lap opener.
Liam Dee then moved them as much as sixth by midway earlier than Dylan Thomas lastly took the black and white striped vest to the entrance on the penultimate lap. Then it was Jamie Dee who accomplished the job and a cushty 19-second victory over Bedford & County. He mentioned of his team-mates: “They did all the work.”
With a constant squad who had been all inside 12 seconds of one another, Bedford had a gradual begin earlier than hitting the silver medal place with one stage to go. Then Harry Brodie took over from their quickest man Ben Alcock’s 15:00, earlier than Jack Goodwin confirmed their medals on the end with a 15-second margin over 2023 champions Cambridge & Coleridge.
Not one of the main groups to complete troubled the timekeepers a lot on the primary lap and none of their runners had been within the high half-dozen quickest runners.
Males’s begin (David Hewitson)
These honours had been led by Morpeth’s Rory Leonard, whose 14:31 took them from ninth to fourth on the ultimate stage. Earlier, the north easterners had Scott Beattie run 14:48 for equal sixth quickest however they sorely missed their long-serving Carl Avery who, mentioned Leonard, had run a 2:17:09 private finest marathon just a few days earlier in Frankfurt.
Earlier within the race, the Milton Keynes Distance Venture’s Wheeler twins, Charles and George, had held the entrance of the sector. Charles ‘received’ that first 5km leg with a 14:45 time that was to stay the third finest time of the race.
He mentioned: “I’ve been coaching in Fort Romeu and right here determined to push from the highest of the hill.”
Rory Leonard (David Hewitson)
He was simply forward of York’s Angus McMillan who was quickest final 12 months and who was additionally given 14:45 for equal third finest general, albeit just a few hundredths down.
After his effort George mentioned he had paced the Valencia Half-Marathon to 8km six days earlier at 59-minute tempo, then waited for 2 minutes earlier than pacing the 65-minute tempo runners to the end. Brother Charles had received the Wolverton 5 every week earlier to move the 5-mile rankings for the 12 months at 23:04.
Their membership then fell away as Shaftesbury, Bedford and Aldershot’s Ellis Cross, who ran a 14:48 break up, went by way of.
Considerably additional down, the previous double English Nationwide champion James Kingston ran 14:42 for second quickest on the day after transferring from nineteenth to ninth.
Shaftesbury Barnet winners (David Hewitson)
Males (4x5km): 1 Shaftesbury 60:11 (I Hirshman-Chandler 15:17, L Dee 14:56, D Evans 14:58, J Dee 15:02); 2 Bedford & County 60:30 (E Blythman 15:12, B Alcock 15:01, H Brodie 15:12, J Goodwin 15:07); 3 Cambridge & Coleridge 60:45 (T Eager 14:56, J Escalante-Phillips 15:02, J Grey 15:30, C Elson 15:18); 4 Morpeth 60:51 (A Brown 16:02, S Beattie 14:48, P Winkler 15:32, R Leonard 14:31); 5 Aldershot Farnham & District 61:00 (C Charleston 15:31, J O’Connell 15:08, E Cross 14:48, S Eglen 15:36); 6 Highgate 61:05 (S Ghafari 14:59, J Allen 15:24, A Lepretre 15:04, R Poolman 15:39); 7 Bracknell 61:13 (R Harvie 15:28, S Halsted 15:18, B Wills 15:36, Z Seddon 14:52); 8 Hallamshire 61:25 (A Manthorpe 14:52, T Energy 15:20, D Haworth 15:40, A Heyes 15:34); 9 Tonbridge 61:34 (B Murphy 15:36, J Higgins 15:42, T Higgins 15:36, J Kingston 14:42); 10 Ashford 61:40 (L Small 15:10, A Hasan Ogeto 15:11, W Zerom 15:57, J Small 15:23); 11 Newham & Essex Beagles 61:50 (O Adedeji 16:04, F O’Brien 15:39, C Brisley 15:00, J Cann 15:09); 12 Salford 62:04 (A Ediker 15:27, D Barratt 15:44, R Smyk 15:36, C Davidson 15:19); 13 Highgate B 62:15 (T Fawden 15:37, P Chambers 15:36, F Grierson 15:30, J Younger 15:33); 14 Metropolis of York 62:21 (A McMillan 14:45, J Tucker 16:11, T Shaw 15:51, D Neary 15:34); 15 Leeds 62:28 (J Sagar 15:32, M Bostock 15:48, E Bovingdon 15:33, R Allen 15:37); 16 Milton Keynes Distance Venture 62:37 (C Wheeler 14:45, G Wheeler 14:56, M Nicolle 15:56, M Lovell 17:01); 17 AFD B 62:49 (T Chandler 15:29, L Stone 15:36, L Prior 15:54, T Doran 15:52); 18 Birmingham U 63:41 (T Bilyard 15:30, O Good 15:14, J Geddes 17:05, L Rawlings 15:54); 19 Gateshead 63:50 (L Minale 15:32, C Johnson 14:53, L Liddle 16:27, D Richardson 17:01); 20 Bristol and West 63:54. 21 Tonbridge B 63:58; 22 Leeds B 64:00; 23 Mattress C B 64:22; 24 Mansfield 64:30; 25 Highgate C 64:32; 26 Newark 64:54; 27 Norwich 65:00; 28 Blackburn 65:02; 29 Radleigh 65:14; 30 Shaftesbury B 65:29
Quickest lap: Leonard 14:31; Kingston 14:42; C Wheeler/McMillan 14:45; M Ramsden (B’burn) 14:46; Beattie/Cross 14:48
146 groups completed
Junior males’s begin (David Hewitson)
Junior males
Radley received the under-20 males’s race. however solely simply, as Peterborough & Nene Valley’s Harry Hewitt virtually caught them on the road.
That they had gone forward mid race on their 3km lap when Johnny James improved Oliver Conway’s fifth place to the pinnacle of the sector after which Quinn Miell-Ingram completed issues off as all three ran inside six seconds of one another.
Hewitt constructed on earlier work by Sebastian Beedell, to virtually snatch victory after an 8:42 timing that took the quickest lap of the race honours.
Earlier, Brighton Phoenix B crew’s Alexander Sproston had stunned with a 3rd spot and an 8:47 break up behind stage one ‘winner’ Sam Mills’ 8:44 for Leeds and Norwich’s Henry Jonas’ 8:46.
Mills, who was his membership’s solely runner mentioned: “It was nearer than I might have wished, however immediately was a great sharpener.”
Quinn Miell-Ingram (left) holds off Harry Hewitt (David Hewitson)
U20 (3x3km): 1 Radley 26:39 (O Conway 8:52, J Johnny 8:57, Q Miell-Ingram 8:51); 2 Peterborough & Nene Valley 26:39 (T Preston 8:58, S Beedell 9:00, H Hewitt 8:42); 3 AFD 26:55 (M Pickering 8:53, J Pearce 9:02, O Smith 9:01); 4 Invicta East Kent 27:09 (J Keir 8:59, A Dack 9:01, J Stevens 9:11); 5 Chelmsford 27:20 (W Steadman 9:09, J Grange 9:09, R Tuck 9:03); 6 Shaftesbury Barnet 27:23 (S Greenstein 9:02, R Gayer 9:15, G Stubbs 9:07); 7 Blackburn 27:29 (D Thompson 8:57, B Stratton 9:26, D Smith 9:07); 8 Brighton Phoenix 27:31 (O Wallek 9:26, S Stapley 9:06, M Waterworth 9:00); 9 Taunton 27:47 (D Fisher 9:01, N Heal 9:38, D Millard 9:09); 10 Wirral 27:47 (A Poulston 9:29, W Sutcliffe 8:58, E Brady-Jones 9:20); 11 Cambridge & Coleridge 27:51 (C Benyan 9:21, L Conway 9:12, E Taylor 9:19); 12 Vale Royal 27:53 (R Worth 9:11, J Wilson 9:32, I Leydon 9:11); 13 Chelmsford B 28:00 (W Nuttall 9:10, G Martin 9:19, F Rattray 9:32); 14 Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow 28:02 (F McGrath 9:02, G Thomas 9:19, S Colley 9:41); 15 Ipswich H 28:02 (S Tilley 9:05, M Fisher 9:15, I Fothergill 9:43); 16 AFD B 28:05; 17 Loughborough 28:12; 18 Phoenix 28:16; 19 Blackheath & B 28:24; 20 Tonbridge 28:27
Quickest lap: Hewitt 8:42; S Mills (Leeds) 8:44; H Jonas (Norw) 8:46; A Sproston (Phoe B) 8:47; N Campion (Mattress C) 8:49; Miell-Ingram 8:51
66 groups completed
U17 males’s begin (David Hewitson)
Underneath-17 males
Salford Harriers received the under-17 males’s occasion over three 3km laps and needed to depend on second leg runner Evan Grime’s race third finest 9:02 and anchor leg man Jack Marwood’s 9:07, to see off Blackheath & Bromley.
Blackheath additionally got here by way of from a way down and needed to thank Jed Starvis and at last Joseph Scanes for his or her silvers.
Earlier, the quickest laps had been posted on the opener and it was Metropolis of Norwich’s Matthew Clark, with 8:57 and Matthew Drummond-Clark’s 9:00, whose occasions had been the very best of the race.
One of many largest gainers of the day had been Chelmsford’s Jacob Hurrell, whose equal third finest time of 9:02 took his membership up 30 locations to ninth on stage two.
Jack Marwood (David Hewitson)
U17 (3x3km): 1 Salford 27:40 (B Burton 9:33, E Grime 9:02, J Marwood 9:07); 2 Blackheath & Bromley 27:59 (J Hill 9:28, J Starvis 9:15, J Scanes 9:17); 3 Preston 28:09 (M Drummond-Clark 9:00, M Fraser 9:06, L Kane 10:04); 4 Mansfield 28:14 (J Ryan 9:10, E Holden 9:41, J Nugent 9:23); 5 Tonbridge 28:24 (O Head 9:32, E Prendergast 9:36, T Bawtree 9:16); 6 Metropolis Of Norwich 28:26 (M Clark 8:57, M Parsley 9:56, W Percival 9:33); 7 Trafford 28:33 (P Aron 9:13, T Austin 9:41, F Dobson Emmas 9:39); 8 Herts Phoenix 28:35 (B Murphy 9:37, L Dunham 8:56, M Benveniste 10:03); 9 Blackburn 28:35 (O Gill 9:21, S Aspey 9:34, J Wooden 9:42); 10 Chelmsford 28:56 (A Kelly 10:06, J Hurrell 9:02, H Wright 9:50); 11 Chiltern 28:59 (A Hughes 9:21, A Suleyman 9:59, J Holdsworth 9:41); 12 Rotherham 29:04 (M Bacon 9:13, D Reeve 9:59, A Bedford 9:52); 13 Bromsgrove and Redditch 29:05 (S Hembry 9:34, W Hembry 9:56, G Wagstaff 9:36); 14 Hercules Wimbledon 29:10 (N Fernandez 9:48, A McGuigan 9:35, P Panchev 9:48); 15 WGEL 29:17 (H Stockill 9:39, O Eaton 9:48, L Norden 9:51; 16 WSEH 29:17
Quickest lap: M Clark (Norw) 8:57; M Drummond-Clark (Prest) 9:00; Grime/Hurrell 9:02; Fraser 9:06; Marwood 9:07
75 groups completed
Underneath-15 boys
Cambridge & Coleridge had their Finn MacLennan residence second on the primary 2km stage with a 6:38 break up earlier than Harry Cantell took them into the lead and Harrison Pearson completed issues off.
Nonetheless, their lead boy was solely tenths of a second down on Burton’s Ewan Withnall’s leg ‘profitable’ time that was additionally rounded as much as 6:38, however the membership slipped again as Herne Hill got here by way of. Withnall mentioned: “I pushed it all the approach after he slowed round a nook.”
Teddy Murphy was shut for Dacorum on the primary leg and his 6:39 was third finest general and their eventual third place yielded their first nationwide medals after an unlucky disqualification for allegedly being paced within the English highway relay at Sutton Park 4 weeks earlier.
Harrison Pearson (David Hewitson)
U15 (3x2km): 1 Cambridge & Coleridge 20:15 (F MacLennan 6:38, H Cantell 6:50, H Pearson 6:47); 2 Herne Hill 20:32 (C Holmes 6:43, L Roch 6:59, T Clerkin 6:51); 3 Dacorum 20:39 (T Murphy 6:39, T Pritchard 7:05, O McDonald 6:56); 4 Southport Waterloo 20:44 (W Delamere 6:47, E Clark 7:16, C Nonetheless 6:42); 5 Hallamshire 20:44 (E Hannay 7:02, H Kirkman 6:59, T Thake 6:44); 6 Blackheath & B 20:59 (J Shaw 7:04, D Horgan 7:00, Ok Farrell 6:56); 7 AFD 21:00 (J Procopakis 7:06, D Orbell 7:02, B Rivero-Stevenet 6:54); 8 WG&EL 21:04 (D Arnold 7:07, G Watkins 6:52, L Freedman 7:05); 9 Macclesfield 21:28 (J Eire 6:49, G O’Donnell 7:20, T Wooden 7:19); 10 Burton 21:30 (E Withnall 6:38, L Shaw 7:37, L Boyce 7:17); 11 VP&TH 21:33 (Ok Hussein 7:05, M Robert Sancho 7:13, A Lessard 7:15); 12 Herts Phoenix 21:40 (J Summers 7:08, S Mazur 7:16, F Hollings-Yates 7:17); 13 Metropolis Of Portsmouth 21:43 (O Knipe 6:49, J Klepacz 7:42, L De Giovanni 7:13); 14 Bracknell 21:48 (B Lucas 7:40, E Langley-Aybar 6:54, J Legg 7:14); 15 Tonbridge 21:48 (C Warren 7:08, E Brooks 7:21, S Galliard 7:20); 16 Charnwood A C 21:51; 17 Trafford 21:53; 18 Herne H B 21:53; 18 Lincoln W 22:02; 20 Tonbridge B 22:10
Quickest lap: MacLennan/Withnall 6:38; Murphy 6:39; Nonetheless 6:42; Holmes 6:43; Thake 6:44
69 groups completed
Underneath-13 boys
The title went to Preston Harriers by seven seconds over Liverpool, after Jack Turner took them forward mid-race after which Harry Hopkinson completed issues off.
The quickest laps went elsewhere and had been all on the primary 2km stage.
There, it was Wakefield’s Thomas Hastings who edged it with the quickest time of seven:13, over Solihull & Small Heath’s Zak Rush (7:14) and North Shields Poly’s Noah Penfold.
Harry Hopkinson (David Hewitson)
U13 (3x2km): 1 Preston 22:31 (A Yates 7:23, J Turner 7:24, H Hopkinson 7:44); 2 Liverpool 22:38 (B McEvoy 7:15, M Myles 7:52, S Lambert 7:31); 3 North Shields Polytechnic 22:59 (N Penfold 7:15, P Davies 7:43, T Hale 8:02); 4 Hercules Wimbledon 23:14 (I Derian 7:43, T Hennigan 7:47, M Harrison 7:45); 5 Wakefield 23:31 (T Hastings 7:13, H Tolson 8:11, S Swan 8:08); 6 Blackheath & B 23:37 (E Aldridge 7:28, Z Poulier 8:06, D Mein 8:03); 7 Bingley 23:44 (T Griffiths 7:52, T Jebb 8:03, C Porteous 7:50); 8 VP&TH 23:48 (H Dimmock 7:52, L Togher 8:08, M Cinesi 7:49); 9 Solihull & Small Heath 23:59 (Z Rush 7:14, J Larkin 7:57, A Albarel 8:49); 10 WSEH 24:03 (A Evans 7:28, F Fraser 8:07, F Grehan 8:28); 11 Wirral 24:07 (F Reese 7:48, T Smout 8:06, R Boyd 8:14); 12 Bedford & County 24:12 (T Harper 8:29, H Nevzat 7:53, E Gibbs 7:50); 13 Derby 24:15 (O Segal 7:35, W Saunders 7:55, T Newboult 8:45); 14 Studying 24:21 (W Could 7:55, I Paviour 8:27, N Mazieres 8:00); 15 Affect 24:27 (E Victor 7:40, M Inman 8:36, H Myerson 8:11); 16 Lincoln Wellington 24:34; 17 Sale 24;36; 18 Hallamshire 24;37; 19 Milton Keynes 24:39; 20 Preston B 24:40
Quickest lap: Hastings 7:13; Rush 7:14; McEvoy/Penfold 7:15; Yeats 7:23; Turner 7:24
55 groups completed
Junior ladies’s begin (David Hewitson)
Junior ladies
Birmingham College had dominated the Manchester College relays every week earlier and right here did the identical.
They led from the beginning after Eleanor Strevens gave them a primary lap lead over Cambridge & Coleridge’s Jenny Leggate on their 2.5km lap, with a 3rd quickest 8:28, earlier than admitting: “I didn’t really feel my finest.”
Alice Bates then saved them forward earlier than World Cross runner Jess Bailey completed issues off with the second quickest under-20 lap of 8:07.
The margin of victory was over a minute and greater than sufficient to see off the problem of St Albans Striders, whose anchor leg runner was Paris Olympian Phoebe Gill.
Gill’s closing time of 8:05 was sufficient to take the quickest lap plaudits and she or he mentioned: “I felt fairly good”, including on her winter plans: “I’ll do the leagues earlier than Christmas after which transfer indoors over 400m.”
For St Albans, Antonia Jubb had moved them as much as eighth earlier than Gill simply introduced them residence for silver forward of Holly Weedell’s Vale Royal.
Jess Bailey (David Hewitson)
U20 (3×2.5km): 1 Birmingham U 25:08 (E Strevens 8:28, A Bates 8:34, J Bailey 8:07); 2 St Albans Striders 26:16 (S Jacobs 8:59, A Jubb 9:14, P Gill 8:05); 3 Vale Royal 26:17 (E Bushill 8:41, G Roberts 9:03, H Weedall 8:33); 4 WSEH 26:27 (J Ridley 8:38, E Bartlett 8:49, R Clutterbuck 9:01); 5 Salford 26:38 (F Murdoch 8:58, E Platt 8:42, S Roiditis 8:59); 6 WSEH B 27:03 (E Davey 8:58, J Heller 8:52, C Dewar 9:14); 7 Cambridge & Coleridge 27:12 (J Leggate 8:35, R Inexperienced 9:48, I Mansley 8:51); 8 Rotherham 27:41 (L Harris 9:04, A Fearn 9:06, M Walsh 9:33); 9 Birmingham U B 27:47 (H Blundy 8:49, W Baker 9:19, E Yelling 9:40); 10 Loughborough 28:21 (E McLennan 8:55, C West 9:41, A Younger 9:46); 11 Sheffield & Dearne 28:22 (H Davies 9:34, G Brown 10:02, E Inch 8:48); 12 Dacorum 28:23 (P Grey 9:22, L Collis 9:48, I Frost 9:14); 13 Epsom & Ewell 28:28 (S Lomas 9:21, L Brown 9:54, A Bloomfield 9:14); 14 Salford B 28:39 (E Bartalotta 9:23, N Mason 9:49, I Appleby 9:28); 15 Chelmsford 28:47 (L Morgan 10:18, Ok Beaton 8:49, R Vinton 9:41); 16 Preston 28:59; 17 Gateshead 29:01; 18 Derby 29:13; 19 Tonbridge 29:42; 20 York 29:44
Phoebe Gill (Martin Duff)
Quickest lap: Gill 8:05; Bailey 8:07; Strevens 8:28; Weedell 8:33; Bates 8:34; Leggate 8:35
33 groups completed
U17 ladies’s begin (David Hewitson)
Underneath-17 ladies
The in-form membership on this age group are Lincoln Wellington’s trio and after Isla Porter needed to simply concede to on the opener, Religion Taylor and, lastly, Ellarose Whitworth noticed them residence for victory over Aldershot.
That first leg had seen St Edmunds Pacers’ English Colleges 800m fifth placer Bella Taylor simply squeeze residence forward, as the 2 ladies had been the second and third quickest of the race. Regardless of the just about excellent going underneath foot, Taylor mentioned: “There was muddy nook.”
The quickest break up went to Aldershot’s Katie Pye who moved her membership up from ninth to the silver medals with an 8:30 quickest lap as Chelmsford took third from Windsor.
Ellarose Whitworth (David Hewitson)
U17 (3×2.5km): 1 Lincoln Wellington 26:33 (I Porter 8:42, F Taylor 9:07, E Whitworth 8:44); 2 AFD 26:58 (M Jobbins 9:12, Ok Ealden 9:17, Ok Pye 8:30); 3 Chelmsford 27:36 (L Wilkin 9:04, D Stollery 9:05, S Shipton 9:28); 4 WSEH 27:46 (M Fieldsend 8:56, G Colley 9:18, Y Grant 9:33); 5 Cambridge & Coleridge 27:47 (Ok Shaw 9:02, C Hughes 9:16, I King 9:30); 6 Stoke 27:53 (G Burge 9:17, T Thursfield 8:54, D Cowden 9:42); 7 Warrington 27:58 (I Wharton 9:07, H Hull 9:52, E Heavey 9:00); 8 Salford 8:00 (S Hutchinson Thompson 9:31, J Wright 9:01, D Slattery 9:28); 9 Rotherham 28:01 (G Turner 9:15, G Igoe 9:06, I Waugh 9:41); 10 Milton Keynes 28:28 (S Chapman 9:03, L Webb 9:56, Ok Webb 9:30); 11 VP&TH 28:58 (L MacDonald 9:28, M Panoutsou 10:02, R James 9:28); 12 Wreake & Soar Valley 29:14 (R West 9:25, L Donaghey 10:19, V Rudkin 9:32); 13 Liverpool 29:20 (B Hughes 9:38, I Doran 9:54, E Redmond 9:49); 14 York 29:27 (Ok Setchell 10:03, I Madden 9:47, S Robertson-Dover 9:37); 15 Saint Edmund Pacers B 29:37 (I Moore 9:40, A Winstanley 9:57, T Wooldridge 10:01); 16 Cornwall 29:37; 17 Preston 30:04; 18 Norwich 30:06; 19 Derby 30:07; 20 Milton Keynes 30:13
Quickest lap: Pye 8:30; B Taylor (St Ed) 8:41; Porter 8:42; Whitworth 8:44; Thursfield 8:54; Fieldsend 8:56
40 groups completed
Underneath-15 women
Aldershot had been adjudged the very best general crew over the ten races however their solely win got here within the under-15 women’ race and so they did it coming from behind because of Poppy Visitor and Kitty Scott with the quickest two laps of the three by 2km race.
It was Visitor’s 7:23 who moved them from ninth to second with a stage left to run and she or he mentioned: “I wasn’t certain that I might get her,” however all was then okay as Scott’s 7:10 general quickest lap sealed the win, regardless of her saying: “I used to be scared!”
This victory was over a constant Chelmsford whose Jorjia March secured the silvers over Windsor, whose Kara Gorman had ‘received’ the primary stage ‘race’ within the age group’s third finest time of seven:24. This was after Chelmsford had an early lead earlier than dropping out over the second half of the stage.
Kitty Scott (David Hewitson)
U15 (3x2km): 1 AFD 22:09 (M Robertson 7:38, P Visitor 7:23, Ok Scott 7:10); 2 Chelmsford 22:28 (E Harrold 7:25, A King 7:38, J March 7:26); 3 WSEH 22:31 (Ok Gorman 7:24, Z Allan 7:35, T Ferguson 7:33); 4 Sale 23:20 (O McManus 7:58, R Heywood-Younger 7:41, B Soper 7:42); 5 AFD B 23:34 (Ok McBride 7:33, N Walmsley 7:43, A Rattray 8:19); 6 Rotherham 23:45 (M Schofield 7:51, H Bacon 7:54, M Holmes 8:00); 7 Chelmsford B 23:51 (E Kelly 7:55, L Sanford 7:58, F Philipps 7:59); 8 Wreake & Soar Valley 23:53 (M Mullett 7:34, E Hart 8:00, S Evans 8:20); 9 York 24:01 (B Lewis 7:25, L Davey 8:24, H Lovett 8:13); 10 Hercules Wimbledon 24:08 (I Harrison 7:45, B Eminson 8:21, F Harper-Tee 8:03); 11 Blackheath & Bromley 24:13 (A McDonagh 7:56, E Debruyn 7:52, S Mossi 8:25); 12 Derby 24:18 (O Lee 7:27, A Lincoln 8:18, S Wheeler 8:35); 13 Mansfield 24:24 (C Whysall 7:53, L Mason 7:53, M Slack 8:39); 14 Sale B 24:25 (M Boyer 8:06, C Wetters 8:06, I Anderson 8:14); 15 Birtley 24:26 (O Murphy 7:34, Ok Graham 8:29, N Graham 8:24); 16 Kettering 24:29; 17 Stoke 24:31; 18 Tonbridge 24:35; 19 Lincoln W 24:38; 20 Leeds 24:46
Quickest lap: 1 Scott 7:10; Visitor 7:23; Gorman 7:24; Harrold/Lewis 7:25; March 7:26
71 groups completed
Underneath-13 women
It was shut on this age group over a 2km loop however Madison Kindler secured the gold medals for Brentwood Beagles with a closing stage 7:25.
This was not solely the age group quickest but in addition noticed her membership up from tenth, to a slender win over Lincoln Wellington whose Holly Norris was third finest general with a 7:53 effort.
Earlier, Ellie Blackhurst had ‘received’ the primary stage for Preston Harriers with a 3rd quickest general time of seven:57.
Madison Kindler (David Hewitson)
U13 (3x2km): 1 Brentwood Beagles 24:19 (A Twydell 8:28, S Bickerstaff 8:27, M Kindler 7:25); 2 Lincoln Wellington 24:21 (A Ronnie 8:15, E Goulsbra 8:14, H Norris 7:53); 3 Chelmsford 24:37 (I Kehoe 8:04, O Martin 8:24, B Cooke 8:09); 4 Saint Edmund Pacers 24:51 (S Bolton 8:00, I Johnson 8:25, A McVittie 8:27); 5 Warriors Pentathlon 4:57 (E Beddow 8:19, D McVicar 8:22, I Beddow 8:16); 6 Liverpool 25:07 (M Ford 8:30, D Rushton 8:13, H Friends 8:25); 7 Hallamshire 25:15 (C Bailey 8:35, N Watkinson 8:40, J Thake 8:01); 8 Bracknell 25:21 (H Lucas 8:09, M Hamilton-Martin 8:56, T Davies-Dixon 8:16); 9 Mansfield 25:26 (O Wright 8:07, E Clifton 8:21, M Manson 8:59); 10 Herne Hill 25:30 (M Millar 8:34, I Carter 8:44, S O’Brien 8:14); 11 Corby 25:31 (E Griffiths 8:00, M Moore 8:55, F Ives 8:37); 12 Bingley 25:33 (B Bailey 8:29, C Pedley 8:42, H Carter 8:23); 13 Derby 25:51 (C Hodge 8:07, J Lenton 8:37, A Wheeler 9:08); 14 Portsmouth 26:07 (R Baker 8:58, F Klepacz 8:14, E Fowler 8:56); 15 Stoke 26:21 (M Edwards 9:08, M Forrester 8:51, Z McNamara 8:24); 16 Saint Edmund Pacers B 26:30; 17 Wreake 26:30; 18 Blackheath & B 26:32; 19 WSEH 26:45; 20 Warriors B 26:40
Quickest lap: Kindler 7:25; Norris 7:53; E Blackhurst (Prest) 7:57; Bolton/Griffiths 8:00; Thake 8:01
63 groups completed
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