World Road Running Championships
Morpeth’s Scott Beattie collected his first Team GB vest when running in the 5k race at the World Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia at the weekend. Scott took 13 seconds off his previous best time when finishing 9th in 13:32, with the race won by Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet in a speedy 12 minutes 59 seconds, and will next line up alongside members of a strong Morpeth Senior Men’s team at the National Six Stage Road Relay Championships in Sutton Coldfield. Run Through Jarrow 10k There were over 900 finishers at the inaugural Run Through Jarrow 10k on Sunday, with a high-class field attracted to the fast and flat course on closed roads through the streets around Monkton Stadium. Won by Gateshead’s Callum Johnson in 29:31 with Sunderland Harrier Joe Armstrong 2nd in 30:40, Lawrence McCourt made 3rd with a time of 30:45. Connor Marshall was 6th in 32:20, with Peter Smallcombe also making the top ten in 33:31, and, like Marshall, running a pb. James Dixon was 3rd Over 40 in 29th with a time of 35:42, also a pb, with Connor Hall 67th in a pb of 38:04. Claire Calverley was the club’s only female representative, 244th and 5th O/45 in 45:50, with Elswick’s Sophie Pikett 1st female finisher in 35:30 ahead of Durham City Harrier Jasmin Wood in 36:41 with Louise Mitchell of Durham University 3rd in 37:49. Comments are closed.
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