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With the National Cross Country Relays taking place at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, at what has become their customary venue, Morpeth’s Junior and Senior Men’s teams produced respectable performances, with both outfits making the top 20.
The three stage and three kilometre Junior Men’s race for Under 20s was won by Aldershot, Farnham and District in a time of 26 minutes 29 seconds, with Morpeth clocking a cumulative time of 28:19 for 19th place out of some sixty nine teams. Loughborough University student Will de Vere Owen took the first leg, recording 9:02 and Leeds University student Liam Roche the second in 9:28. Ponteland High School sixth former Oliver Tomlinson brought the team home in 9:49. Final race of the day, the Senior Men’s run over four stages of 5k, also saw success by teams from the South of the country, with Tonbridge AC the winners in 1 hour and 5 seconds, ahead of Shaftesbury Barnet (1:00:30) and Cambridge and Coleridge (1:00:44). A congested field of well over one hundred complete teams saw Morpeth finish this time in 16th place with a cumulative time of 1:03:05. Josh Fiddaman got the team off to a solid start in 16:11 and Chris Coulson moved the team up several places when recording Morpeth’s fastest time of the day, 15:17, with George Lowry on third leg clocking 16:14 and Carl Avery 15:42 to bring the team home. Gateshead Harriers had, however, the North East bragging rights, just making the top ten in 1:02:33, with Salford in 6th and Leeds City in 8th the first two teams from the North. The Senior Women’s race over three stages of 9 kms in total was won by Belgrave Harriers in 29:04 ahead of Herne Hill and Blackheath and Bromley. Birtley’s women finished in 20th in 32:56 with Gateshead also turning out in 31st (33:50). Some 122 teams finished. Emma Tomlinson was a sole representative for the club’s U/17 women, finishing the first leg for an incomplete team in 10:48 for the 7.5 km course. Comments are closed.
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