Carl Avery led home a total of 357 runners in the Sunderland 5k on Saturday 7 May. The race formed part of the popular Sunderland City Runs, which also included a 10k and half-marathon on the Sunday and was blessed this time round with some decent weather.
Now getting back to his competitive best, Avery clocked a time of 14 minutes 25 seconds, just ahead of Hallamshire Harriers Tommy Power and Jamie Hall, who were only one and three seconds behind him respectively. Four other team mates lined up alongside Avery, and all made the top 50. George Rudman was 7th in a new personal best of 14m 46s, with Under 17 Will Devere Owen coming home 9th in 15m 11s, a whole minute faster than his previous best time. Andy Lawrence was 17th in 15m 51s and Over 45 veteran Graeme Thorpe 48th in 18m 2s. The following day’s 10k was won by Billingham Marsh House Harrier Liam Aldridge in 31:18 with homeboys Liam Taylor and Stephen Jackson 2nd and 3rd in 31:52 and 32:20. Aly Dixon was 1st female home in 35:32 with Imogen Bungay 2nd in 37:35 and fellow Elswick Harrier Robyn Naylor 3rd in 40:48. For Morpeth, Shaun Land was 38th in 38:04 and Gary Hall 114th in 43:10. Conrad Franks won the half marathon in 1:08:53 with well over four minutes to second place James McKenzie of Heaton (1:13:27). Gemma Tiller-Moses of Charnwood took the women’s title in 1:19:46. Morpeth’s Andy Leeson was 120th in 1:35:02. Comments are closed.
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