Here is our newest round-up from this previous weekend’s South of England and Midlands Counties Cross-Nation Relays.
SOUTH OF ENGLAND CROSS-COUNTRY RELAYS, Wormwood Scrubs, London, October 18
Males
Belgrave Harriers got here out on high within the males’s race, with second stage runner Raif Serif – following on from Henry Hart’s second spot on leg one – working the quickest break up time of 12:17 for his or her 4km distance.
Will Perkin led Thames Valley Harriers by way of the primary leg with a 12:28 break up, which ended up because the second-best time total. Simon Coppard then prolonged the Belgrave lead over TVH and these two golf equipment have been round a minute and a half away from the remaining, who have been led dwelling by Chiltern Harriers.
Nonetheless fewer groups completed than in recent times.
The under-20 males’s race noticed simply eight groups compete and it was Michael Clark who was quickest on the opener for winners Metropolis of Norwich, with an 8:07 clocking for the 3km circuit. They have been pressed mid-race by Hercules Wimbledon however held on by seven seconds.
Males (4x4km): 1 Belgrave 50:51 (H Hart 12:32, R Serif 12;17, S Coppard 12:55, C McNally 13:06); 2 TVH 51:18 (W Perkin 1228, C Fielding 12:39, M Cameron 12:59, R Bradford 13;11); 3 Chiltern 52;43 (S Bossi 12;44, H Cox 13:08, A Davidson 13:37, A Aldred 13:12); 4 Newbury 53:25; 5 Bracknell 53:40; 6 Belgrave B 53;56; 7 TVH B 54:09; 8 Hillingdon 54:21; 9 London Heathside 54:26; 10 Herne Hill 56:46
Quickest: R Serif (Belg) 12;17; W Perkin (TVH) 12;28; H Hart (Belg) 12:32; C Fielding (TVH) 12:39; S Bossi (Chilt) 12:44; N Faulkner (TVH B) 12:47
Simply 30 groups completed
U20 (3x3km): 1 Norwich 25:43 (M Clark 8:07, J Dorbin 9:08, W Percival 8:27); 2 Hercules Wimbledon 25:50 (T Houses 8:53, A mcGuigan 8:27, P Panchev 8:28); 3 WG&EL 27:18 (W Muffett 9:05, A Ward 9:13, A O’Driscol 8:58); 4 TVH 28:35; 5 Dacorum 28:57; 6 Chiltern 29:11
Quickest: M Clark (Norw) 8:07; L Moore (TVH) 8:26; A McGuigan (HW)/W Percival (Norw) 8:27; P Panchev (HW) 8:28; T Houses (HW) 8:53
Ladies
It ended up being an in depth senior ladies’s race over three 3km circuits of the Scrubs and, after Mia Waldmann had given Studying AC a primary stage benefit with a 9:33 clocking, it was Herne Hill who got here by way of to win by simply 14 seconds.
Studying had elevated their lead mid-race due to Victoria Hiscock however they may not maintain on as Sarah Grover snatched the title for Herne Hill with a 9:38 break up.
Hosts Thames Valley appeared set for third place total for a lot of the race till a final lap chase by Belgrave’s Alex Barbour’s quickest total lap, of 9:19, virtually snatched the bronze medals, but it surely was to not be.
Jac Heller, the 2024 English Faculties steeplechase third placer, was the excellent runner within the junior ladies’s three stage race over the 3km lap. Her 9:53 opener for Windsor stood up because the quickest under-20 time as her membership held on to win by 16 seconds.
They have been later chased dwelling by Crawley, who had the Wormley twins Charlotte and Lauren attempting to make up floor. They fell quick however did sufficient to carry off Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets for the silver medals. While the ladies’s lap was marketed as being 3km in size, time prompt that it was barely shorter.
Ladies (3x6km): 1 Herne H 29:10 (S Tooley 9:41, D Hey 9:50, S Grover 9:38); 2 Studying 29:24 (M Waldmann 9:33, V Hiscock 9:42, E Saunders 10:09); 3 TVH 29:25 (Ok Olding 9:46, E Burfitt 9:59, L Sterritt 9:39); 4 Belgrave 29:28 (S Haileselasie 10:05, A Gandee 10:02, A Barbour 9:19); 5 Herne H B 31:13 (Ok Balme 9:50, H Keenan 10:02, J Wedmore 11;20); 6 London Heathside 31:46 (E Bond 10;21L Browne 10:43, H Barnes 10:40); 7 Belgrave B 31:51; 8 Highgate 32;18; 9 Belgrave C 33:11; 10 Clapham Chasers 33;15
Quickest: A Barbour (Belg) 9:19; M Waldmann (Learn) 9:33; S Grover (Herne H) 9:38; L Sterritt (TVH) 9:39; S Tooley (Herne H) 9:41; V Hiscock ((Learn) 9:42
33 groups completed
U20 (3x3km): 1 WSEH 31:10 (J Heller 9:53, A Passos 10:52, Y Grant 10:23); 2 Crawley 31:26 (L McClaren 10;12, C Wormley 10:49, L Wormley 10:24); 3 VP&TH 31:39 (L MacDonald 10:11, R James 10:59, M Panoutsou 10:28); 4 Highgate 33;22; 5 Crawley B 34:09; 6 Studying 34:20
Quickest: J Heller (WSEH) 9:53; L Delvendahl (Excessive) 10:10; L MacDonald (VP&TH) 10:11
Simply seven groups completed
Younger Athletes
Havering needed to come from behind to win the under-17 males’s race and it was solely on the third and remaining stage that Freddie Rowe took them to the tape with the quickest 3km leg of 8:14, though the space was most likely a bit lower than marketed.
In an in depth under-15 boys’ race, Theo Creed’s 5:55, for his or her 2km lap, gave Hercules Wimbledon a small early lead earlier than Max Harrison and James Fraser barely elevated their benefit to the road.
After being an in depth fifth on the opening lap of the under-13 boys’ race, Shaftesbury Barnet got here by way of to win comfortably from Studying AC.
There was a brand new title on the leaderboard within the under-17 ladies’s championship as Eastbourne Rovers got here by way of to win on the third and remaining lap due to Daisy Connor’s 9:36 quickest mark.
Earlier, it had been Chelmsford’s Jorja Marsh who had led the primary stage runners dwelling, with a second finest 9:38, however they then slipped again as Windsor firstly took the general lead mid-race earlier than conceding to winner Eastbourne.
Windsor did, nonetheless, safe the under-15 ladies’ title after Kara Gorman’s 6:49 for his or her 2km circuit had given them a primary stage benefit that they held to the top.
On their remaining lap, Zoe Allan’s 6:53 ensured a profitable margin of greater than a minute with the age group third finest effort.
While Guildford & Godalming have been a cushty second positioned under-15 membership, Isabella Buchanan got here from a good distance again to safe bronze for Hy AC with the quickest age group time of 6:32.
It was the favourites Brentwood Beagles who simply received the under-13 ladies race over three 2km laps and had their Madison Kindler anchor them dwelling with the quickest time of 6:49.
U17 Males (3x3km): 1 Havering 25:51 (S Horsley 8:45, F McClaren 8:51, F Rowe 8:14); 2 Eastbourne Rovers 26:01 (T Petherick 8:51, F Lumber-Fry 8:34, G Armstrong-Smith 8:35); 3 WG&EL 26:11 (H Stockill 8:39, L Norden 8:51, O Eaton 8:40); 4 Herne H 26:24; 5 Dacorum 26:29; 6 Bracknell 26:36
Quickest: F Rowe (Hav’g) 8:14; T Murphy (Dac) 8:26; C Holmes (Herne H)/B Lucas (Brack)/F Lumber-Fry (E’brne) 8:34; C Reed (Hill) 8:35
22 groups completed
U15 (3x3km): 1 Hercules W 19:04 (T Creed 5:55, M Harrison 6:36, J Fraser 6:32); 2 Lon H 19:20 (C Nicholson 5:56, J McGuire 6:43, A Kirk 6:40); 3 Bracknell 19:25 (O Pullen 6:51, J Legg 6:27, E Langley-Aybar 6:06); 4 Herne H 19:28; 5 WSEH 19:55; 6 Eastbourne R 19:58
Quickest: T Creed (HW) 5:55; C Nicholson (Lon H) 5:56; E Langley-Aybar (Brack) 6:06; A Duan (Herne H) 6:20; M Lamy (VP&TH) 6:25; J Legge (Brack) 6:27
30 groups completed
U13 (3x2km): 1 Shaftesbury Barnet 20:20 (H Henderson 6:55, D Pascall 6:44, L Ward 6:39); 2 Studying 20:48 (W Could 6:47, T Sawyer 7:24, M Mazieres 6:36); 3 Crawley 20:54 (F Nottage 6:50, T Kerr 7:07, Z Waggiani 6:56); 4 Hercules W 21:09; 5 Vale of Aylesbury 21:19; 6 Herne H 21:25
Quickest: N Mazieres (Learn) 6:36; L Ward (SB) 6:39; D Pascal (SB) 6:44; W Could (Learn) 6:47; F Nottage (Craw)/A Small (VoA) 6:50
35 groups completed
U17 Ladies (3x3km): 1 Eastbourne Rovers 29:41 (F Pearce 9:42, R Petrova 10:23, D Connor 9:36); 2 WSEH 30:09 (T Ferguson 9:54, R Road 10:05, G Colley 10:09); 3 Chiltern 31:20 (I Robinson 10:36, E Wildman 9:56, A Whitfield 10:47); 4 Chelmsford 31:30; 5 Brentwood Beagles 32;10; 6 Herne Hill 32;19
Quickest: D Connor (E’brne) 9:36; J Marsh (Chelms) 9:38; F Pearce (E’brne) 9:42
17 groups completed
U15 (3x2km): 1 WSEH 20:45 (Ok Gorman 6:49, H Lucas 7:02, Z Allen 6:53); 2 Guildford & Godalming 21:41 (J Allen 7:24, E Davenport 7:06, H Kalfoss 7:09); 3 Hy AC 21:57 (S Dixon 7:39, A Skelton 7:44, I Buchanan 6:32); 4 WSEH B 22:02; 5 Hercules Wimbledon 22:05; 6 Shaftesbury Barnet 22:24
Quickest: I Buchanan (Hy AC) 6:32; Ok Gorman (WSEH) 6:49; Z Allen (WSEH) 6:53
28 groups completed
U13 (3x2km): 1 Brentwood B 21:21 (S Davis 7:16, L Esterhuysen 7:25, M Kindler 6:49); 2 Herne H 22:10 (M Scriven 7:13, O Fisher 7:50, S O’Brien 7:06); 3 S London 22:29 (G Shade 7:23, I Errington 7:42, S Lange 7:23); 4 St Mary’s Richmond 22:48; 5 Hillingdon 23:17; 6 WSEH 23:28
Quickest: M Kindler (B’wooden) 6:49; S O’Brien (Herne H) 7:06; G Barclay (Hill) 7:09
26 groups completed
MIDLAND COUNTIES CROSS-COUNTRY RELAYS, Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, October 18
With three of the highest six quickest laps, within the males’s 4 stage race over 6km, Worcester took the title however have been briefly challenged by Wolverhampton & Bilston’s James Neilson mid-race, earlier than going away to win by getting on for a minute.
A quick lap was posted by Worcester’s Luke Jones on stage one however, late on, it was Luke Burgess who snatched bronze for Bristol & West with the perfect return of the day at 18:25.
Tipton Harriers, with Ian Willims’ 19:33 – the quickest leg total – took the Masters championship by greater than 4 minutes, as workforce mate Robertt Meredith ended up second quickest.
Males (4x6km): 1 Worcester 77:20 (L Jones 18:33, A Wilson-Spence 20:24, A Jeavons 19:01, S Davey 19:24); 2 Wolverhampton & Bilston 78:04 (J Bonser 19:29, J Neilson 19:05, R Hodgkiss 19:48, L Lambeth 19:44); 3 Bristol & West 78:09 (F Roach 19:34, L Gawler 19:24, W Christofi 20:48, L Burgess 18:25); 4 Halesowen 79:44; 5 Tipton 80:14; 6 Bromsgrove & Redditch 80:57
Quickest: L Burgess (B&W) 18:25; L Jones (Worc) 18:33; A Jeavons (Worc) 19:01; J Nielson (W&B) 19:05; G Buttery (Charn) 19:15; S Davey (Worc) 19:24;
34 groups completed
M40 (4x6km): 1Tipton 80:10 (D Perry 20:13, S Brookes 20:28, I Williams 19:33, R Meredith 19:58); 2 BRAT 84:29 (N Smith 23:08, M Pollard 20:43, R Vaughan 20:05, D Robinson 20:33); 3 Wolverhampton & Bilston 85:11 (L Maskew 20:31, P Marson 21:28, G Worrall 21:32, B Foster 21:42); 4 Sphinx 86:28; 5 Tipton B 88:19; 6 Telford 90:57
Quickest: I Williams (Tip) 19:33; R Meredith (Tip) 19:58; D Brewis (Sphinx)/R Vaughan (BRAT) 20:05
Ladies
There was additionally a wholesome profitable margin within the senior ladies’s occasion as Tipton additionally took that one after main all through.
Beth Tabor’s first lap effort of twenty-two:44 stood up because the quickest of the three-stage race, as Tipton teammate Catherine Holden second quickest.
Bristol & West had a gentle race till Elaina Gard’s 23;34 secured them silver medals on the ultimate stage.
Cheltenham & County took the Masters ladies’s title and had Petra Vymetalova put up second quickest time of the age group on the opening stage.
They then elevated their margin to greater than 4 minutes on the line however the quickest lap went elsewhere.
It was Vicki MacKay, who took that honour, for second positioned Wolves, on stage two with a nippy 22:33.
Ladies (3x6km): 1. Tipton 72:08 (B Tabor 22:44, C Holden 23:21, S Walker 26:05); 2 Bristol & West 73:13 (J Harbert 24:25, S Everitt 25:13, E Gard 23:35); 3 Halesowen 74:54 (L Collins 24:08, A Harrison 25:26, S Gill 25:20); 4 Nuneaton 75:38; 5 Sphinx 76:18; 6 Worcester 76:28
Quickest: B Tabor (Tip) 22:44; C Holden (Tip) 23;21; E Gard (B&W) 23:35; R West (Nun) 23:43; E Jones (BRAT) 24:00; E McKinley (Sphinx) 24:01
26 groups completed
W35 (3x6km): 1 Cheltenham & County 74:04 (P Vymetalova 24:26, E Balfe 24:47, J Fairbairn 24:52); 2 Wolverhampton & Bilston 78:08 (E Simmonds 27:29, V MacKay 22:34, L Tait-Harris 28:06); 3 Wolverhampton & Bilston B 9:46 (L Webster 27:50, D Braine 30:13, J Condon 37:45); 4 BRAT 1:45:33; 5 Northbrook 2:00:26; 6 Bromsgrove & Redditch 57:42
Quickest: V McKay (W&B) 22:24; P Vymetalova (Chelt) 24:26; E Balfe (Chelt) 24:47
Younger Athletes
While the senior races have been comparatively properly supported, medals went cheaply in lots of the younger athletes’ age teams.
The stand-out performer in these age teams was once more Cheltenham’s Archie Lane who, this 12 months, helped his membership take the under-17 males’s title by greater than a minute with a 9:11 break up for his or her 3km distance.
U17 Males (3x3km): 1. Leamington Biking & Athletics Membership 28:38 (Ok Halsey 9:42, A Lane 9:11, J Smith 9:46); 2 Telford 29:41 (S Ball 9:37, Ok Gilbody 10:01, R Brown 10:03); 3 Telford B 30:10 (L Howard 9:39, J Gaulder 10:23, A Pugh 10:09); 4 Nuneaton 31:27; 5 Worcester 33:00; 6 Nuneaton B 33:00
Quickest: A Lane (Leam) 9:11; S Ball (Telf) 9:37; L Howard (Telf B) 9:39
U15 (3x3km): 1 Hereford & County 35:18 (I Farrant 11:08, S Farrant 12:41, R Mathey 11:30); 2 Halesowen 41:13
Quickest: I Farrant (Right here) 11:08
U13 (3x3km): 1 Telford 34:42 (G Nicholls 11:26, F Bell 11:44, J Howard 11:34); 2 Cheltenham & County 35:08 (J Bradshaw 11:36, B Lewis 12:12, W Bell 11:21); 3 Hereford & County 36:57 (T Exton 11:37, J Slade 12:33, M Williams 12:48); 4 Hereford & County B 40:15; 5 Worcester 40:26; 6 Hereford & County C 41:09
Quickest: S Palmer (W&B) 11:01; W Bell (Chelt) 11:21; G Nicholls (Telf) 11:2w6
U17 ladies (3x3km): 1 Halesowen 36:15 (F Collins 11:58, Ok Welborn 12:19, L Hellingsworth 11:59); 2 Nuneaton 40:09
Quickest: F Collins (Hales) 11;58
U15 (3x3km): 1 Telford 35:35 (A Wooden 11:19, I Brannen 12:19, G Jones 11:58); 2 Cheltenham & County 36:02 (Ok Hodgkinson 12:09, M Cowley 11:58, B Watts 11:56); 3 Hereford & County 39:26 (S Reid 12:06, P Grundy 14:14, M Bakewell 13:08); 4 Wolverhampton & Bilston 40:45; 5 Nuneaton 40:49
Quickest: A Wooden (Telf) 11:19; B Watts (Chelt) 11:56; M Cowley (Chelt)/G Jones (Telf) 11:58
U13 (3x3km): 1 Worcester 36:50 (H Cooke 11:17, F Bidwell 12:21, Ok Harte 13:13); 2 Nuneaton 37:32 (A Drage 12:38, D Wileman 12:35, A Coats 12:21); 3 Cheltenham & County 38:04 (N Pettingell 12:48, A Church 13:14, J Bailey 12:03)
Quickest: H Cooke (Worc) 11:17; J Bailey (helt) 12:03; F Bidwell (Worc)/A Coats (Nun) 12:21
