Marc Scott wins 10km in Telford while North East cross-country titles keenly contested
A record 52 men broke 30 minutes, the most of any 10km in Britain and though the course was quite wet and there was occasional rain, conditions were good.
World indoor 3000m medallist Marc Scott, who was unable to make the British team for Brussels after a disappointing run in Liverpool, bounced back with a victory in 28:36.
Four seconds back Charlie and George Wheeler both timed 28:40 as the first six ran 28:45 or faster.
The 5km split was 14.15 with a lead group of six together and Scott pulled away in the last mile but missed the course record by four seconds.
In the women's race 56 women broke 36 minutes and Georgia Bell (32:23) led the way just ahead of Lauren McNeil (who had a quicker chip time after starting further back). But there was also a stunning debut run from Olympic 800m finalist Alex Bell who broke 33 minutes in third.
The latter showed unprecedented endurance to suggest the 1:57.66 800m performer could run a significantly fast 1500m in Olympic year.
Men: 1 M Scott 28:36; 2 C Wheeler 28:40; 3 G Wheeler 28:40; 4 S Stirling 28:41; 5 D Griffiths 28:41; 6 J Gray 28:45; 7 A Lepretre 29:06; 8 C Brisley 29:09; 9 I Crowe-Wright 29:18; 10 C Bradley IRL 29:19; 11 M Johnsen DEN 29:21; 12 K Taylor 29:22; 13 B Potrykus 29:26; 14 T Crockett 29:27; 15 J Noblett 29:27; 16 D Evans AUS 29:29; 17 O Smart 29:31; 18 E Buck 29:33; 19 T Butler 29:34; 20 H Henriksen 29:34; 21 T Moran IRL 29:36; 22 M Ward 29:37; 23 K Imroth 29:37; 24 J Millar 29:39; 25 B Biggs 29:39; 26 S Tyas 29:40; 27 W Aitken 29:40; 28 D Bebbington 29:40; 29 A Melloy U20 29:40; 30 S Moakes 29:40; 31 K Clements 29:42; 32 C Tharme 29:42; 33 M Clisham 29:42; 34 J Escalante-Phillips 29:44; 35 J Dempsey 29:44; 36 J Tuffin 29:44; 37 M Milarvie 29:45; 38 D Studley 29:46; 39 J Skelly 29:46; 40 E Turki IRL 29:47; 41 F Kavanagh 29:47; 42 F McNally IRL 29:48; 43 J Rowe 29:50; 44 S Okrafo-Smart 29:50; 45 D Connolly 29:51; 46 J Carr 29:52; 47 C Bell 29:53; 48 J Cornish 29:54; 49 T Power 29:56; 50 M Davis 29:58; 51 A Hampson 29:58; 52 S Costley 29:58; 53 S Snelson 30:00; 54 J Mackinnon 30:01; 55 D James 30:03; 56 A Gruen AUS 30:03; 57 C Mills 30:05; 58 M Bostock 30:05; 59 A Pointon 30:05; 60 S Davis 30:06; 61 D Nolan 30:07; 62 J Blacknell 30:08; 63 J Collier 30:09; 64 J Butler 30:09; 65 J O'Connell 30:15; 66 Q Miell-Ingram 30:16; 67 B Miles 30:16; 68 T Bilyard 30:17; 69 J Bancroft 30:17; 70 T Wood 30:18; 71 G Taylor 30:20; 72 C Davis 30:22; 73 J Hopkins 30:23; 74 F Brodie 30:24; 75 A Peacock 30:26
M40: 1 R Richmond 30:49
M50: 1 P Wylie 30:49
Women: 1 G Bell 32:23; 2 L McNeil 32:26; 3 A Bell 32:59; 4 N Phillips 33:06; 5 N Scott 33:12; 6 S Wallis 33:18; 7 A Nerurkar 33:19; 8 M Gadsby 33:25; 9 H Hall 33:31; 10 B Gunn 33:33; 11 K Hughes 33:35; 12 J Nesbitt 33:37; 13 L Hall 33:43; 14 E Tait 33:44; 15 C Thorp 33:47; 16 S Potter 33:51; 17 L Church 33:54; 18 I Barwell 33:55; 19 H Dixon 33:58; 20 N Burke IRL 33:58; 21 H Weedall 33:58; 22 M Marchant 33:59; 23 R Hughes 33:59; 24 C Alexander 34:01; 25 H Page 34:03; 26 K Golding 34:22; 27 I Patel 34:25; 28 H Bloor 34:27; 29 F Stapleton 34:28; 30 R Wiseman W40 34:29; 31 C Dannatt 34:29; 32 K Estlea 34:31; 33 K Wood 34:35; 34 K Palfreeman 34:35; 35 E Moyes 34:37; 36 J Wood 34:40; 37 C Baker 34:47; 38 K Hawkins 34:50; 39 S Winstone 34:50; 40 D Corradi 34:57
W45: 1 K Longley 37:29
W50: 1 T Hinxman 37:59
W60: 1 M Williamson 39:40
Temple Park hosted the 117th version of these championships as Cameron Allan and Philippa Stone took the two senior races, Martin Duff reports.
In wet and windy conditions, it was Stone, the Northern cross country silver medallist, who had the biggest win of the day by coming home over 400-metres clear of Catriona McDonald to retain her title.
Allan too had a convincing victory but William Cork kept things honest and just held off Sam Hancox to take second in the men’s race.
The 2022 World University 11th placer spent most of the summer in the United States where he ran 28:37.09 for 10,000-metres in Azuza.
In the under-20 men’s race, Josh Blevins retained his title by making it three age group wins in a row after also taking the under-17 event in 2021.
The junior and under-17 women ran and scored in the team stakes, together and it was Northern under-17 runner-up Charlotte Dillon who retained her title and ended up out a winner by about 50-metres, over top under-20 Millie Breese.
The closest race of the day was the under-13 girls’ where Olivier Murphy, the Northern champion, was pushed by Gabrielle Pinder before winning a by a few metres.
Men: 1 C Allan (Hought) 41:03; 2 W Cork (Morp) 41:44; 3 S Hancox (Morp) 41:45; 4 C Coulson (Hought) 42:02; 5 E Hetherington (Blyth) 42:11; 6 L Taylor (Sund) 42:17; 7 G Jayasuriya (Midd & C) 42:19; 8 M Wilson (Sund H) 42:29; 9 J Fiddaman (Blyth) 42:33; 10 J Cowperthwaite (Midd &C) 42:42
TEAM: 1 Morpeth 70; 2 Sunderland H 116; 3 Gateshead 157
U20: 1 J Blevins (Gate) 29:21; 2 J Dixon (Morp) 29:59; 3 L Davis (W Tempo) 30:11; 4 M Creasey (Midd) 32:42; 5 L Roche (Morp) 31;30; 6 E Phillips (Morp) 31:47
TEAM: 1 Morpeth 13; 2 Durham 48
U17: 1 E Kelso (Morp) 24:35; 2 M Murray (Blay) 24:47; 3 L McDonough (Aln) 24:55; 4 D Watson (NSP) 25:13; 5 R Hart (Crook) 25:20; 6 O Tomlinson (Morp) 25:37
TEAM: 1 Morpeth 22; 2 NSP 30
U15: 1 D Asmelash (TS H) 16:39; 2 Z Gibbon (N Marske) 16:37; 3 M Riddell (T’dale) 16:59; 4 A Cook (Gate) 17:01; 5 A Di Lullo (T’dale) 17:02; 6 J Lonergan (Blay) 17:31
TEAM: 1 Tynedale 24; 2 Darlington 36; 3 Tyne Bridge 61
U13: 1 T McCarlie (Midd) 14:51; 2 D Kelso (Elsw) 14:57; 3 E Line (Morp) 15:00; 4 K Pearson (W’end) 15:13; 5 O Curran (Darl) 15:15; 6 H Englehart (Phoe Flyers) 15:36
TEAM: 1 Darlington 28; 2 Elswick 58; 3 Morpeth 62
Women:
1 P Stone (Midd) 33:06; 2 C McDonald (Morp) 34:45; 3 S Haston (Gate) 35:31; 4 L Mitchell (Durh) 36:00; 5 M Pace (NSP) 27:07; 6 N Burlinson (Durh) 37:29
TEAM: 1 Tyne Bridge 45; 2 Durham 65; 3 Morpeth 75
U20/U17: 1 C Dillon (Hought, U17) 21:59; 2 M Breese (Morp) 22:11; 3 K Francis (Birt) 22:20; 4 Z Jones (Darl, U17) 22:32; 5 E Fellows (Blay, U17) 22:54; 6 A Bell (Gate, U17) 23:04; 7 P Old (NSP, U17) 23;15; 8 J Sails (T’dale) 23:19; 9 A Stobart (T’dale, U17) 23:31; 10 E White (S Shields Tri) 23:33
TEAM: 1 NSP 37; 2 Gateshead 44; 3 Tynedale 50
U15: 1 H Robison (Hought) 19:08; 2 K Alexander-Pye (Hought) 19:11; 3 A Johnson (NSP) 19:13; 4 G Carter (Durh) 19:25; 5 C Owens (Darl) 19:30; 6 E Hall (Durh) 19:47
TEAM: 1 Durham 26; 2 Darlington 44; 3 Gateshead 45
U13: 1 O Murphy (Birt) 15:20; 2 G Pinder (N Marske) 15:23; 3 E Waugh (Alnw) 16:05; 4 E Bradley (Durh) 16:13; 5 I Hall (Birt) 16:35; 6 E Blackburn (Gate) 16:43
TEAM: 1 Birtley 13; 2 Elswick 31; 3 Gateshead 50
Men: 1 R Moore Vale Royal 52:28; 2 J Bartley Stockport H 52:48; 3 B Coop Bury 52:56; 4 J Birmingham Salford H 53:02; 5 C Gidlow Stoke M40 54:28
M45: 1 R Coen Wilmslow 55:08
Women: 1 S O'Gorman Stockport 58:14; 2 A Wright Sale 60:24; 3 L Hesketh Clayton-Le-Moors W40 60:59; 4 D Searle Cheshire Dragons W45 61:23
Men: 1 M Chipping 69:12; 2 M Wood 70:19; 3 B Chown 71:39
Women: 1 I Campbell-Black 86:24; 2 K Robinson 95:48; 3 E James 97:10
Overall: 1 R Watkinson (Roth, M45) 16:44; 2 A Turner (Roundhay Runners, M35) 16:47; 3 R Walsh (Chor ATC, M50) 17:26
M65: 1 D Gill (Warr) 19:38; 2 S Taylor (Wirr) 20:01
M75: 1 B Lucas (N Masters) 22:11; 2 R Spendlove (Stainl) 23:39
M80: 1 M Barnes (Bolt) 29:08
Women: 1 D Crook (Liv PS, W40) 19:00; 2 J McCarthy (Ilkley, W50) 19:56; 3 S Robson (Bing, W50) 20:22
W60: 1 S Gill (H'gate) 21:16
Overall: 1 R Meredith (W&B, M35) 16:36; 2 A Soanes (W'vney) 18:43; 3 C Hatton (M55) 18:57
Women: 1 N Bevan (K&S, U13) 19:25; 2 A Jones (K&S, U17) 19:31; 3 M Westwood (K&S, U17) 20:12
Overall (5km): 1 B Kelly 15:52; 2 N Harris-Fry (Orion, M35) 16:25; 3 G Brandie (Clap C, M45) 17:24
M60: 1 D Green 19:14
Women: 1 N Frisby (Spring S, W35) 18:54; 2 I Ovenden (Spring S) 19:57; 3 S Altschaeffl (W45) 19:58
Overall (10km): 1 M McCarthy (Belg, M40) 33:41; 2 C Selya-Hammer (VP&TH, M40) 35:21; 3 S Fabes (VP&TH, M40) 35:22
Women: 1 C Wilkinson 38:55; 2 L Hancock (Clap C, W40) 42:26; 3 S Burne (Beck) 43:16
HULLAVINGTON SECRET SANTA 10, Wiltshire, December 10
Overall:
1 J Cracknell (L Goat, M40) 56:08; 2 J Stephens (Chipp) 56:16; 3 C Fox (Swin, M40 ) 62:12
Women:
1 L Midwinter-Brown (Corsh, W50) 71:15; 2 I McNally (Avon VR) 72:15; 3 C Sdsett (Corsh, W50) 76:04
WESTONBIRT HOUSE CHRISTMAS MT 10km, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, December 10
Overall:
1 A Vass (Best A) 35:55; 2 R Grieten (Ciren) 36:06; 3 A Sewell 36:57
Women:
1 A Tredgett (Almost A) 40:16; 2 E Pudifoot 41:01; 3 G Tucker (Tetbury, W40) 43:13
WESTON CHRISTMAS CRACKER MT 10km, Somerset, December 10
Overall:
1 A Whittaker (B&W) 37:13; 2 A Sampson (W’bury, M40) 37:30; 3 D Eagon (B&W) 37:23
M50: 1 P Murrin (Chep) 38:30
M60: 1 K Prince (Burnham) 40:59
M65: 1 P Dodd (Chep) 41:44
Women:
1 A Granger (B&W, W45) 40:01; 2 P Guess (S’ville) 41:33; 3 T Chowdhry (B&W, W45) 42:38
W55: 1 N Morgan (hep) 43:19
COWDRAY PARK WINTER MT 10km, Midhurst, West Sussex, December 9
Overall (short 10km): 1 C Fiford (M’hurst) 33:31; 2 N Darlington (AFD) 34:17; 3 N Wettler Horsh (Amph Tri, W40) 37:06
Women: 1 Wettler 37:06; 2 H Barran (Hasle, W45) 41:15; 3 N Capes (M’hurst, W45) 41:51
Men TEAM: 1 Liv H 51; 2 SHS 92; 3 Wirr 121; 4 Mossley 215; 5 W’sey 221; 6 Skelm B 222
Women TEAM: 1 Mossley 31; 2 W’sey 41; 3 Skelm B 87
Overall (6M/265m): 1 T Crudgington (Newc, U20) 40:58; 2 A Cunningham (Mourne) 42:17; 3 J McAtee (Mourne) 42:55; 4 P McDaid (Newc, U20) 43:08; 5 E McMullan (Newc, U20) 43:15; 6 T McManus (St Mic, U20) 43:47
M40: J Marrs (Glens) 44:46
M45: G Lyons (N Belf) 45:57
M50: C Bailey (Mourne) 48:42
M55: Delfim Pimentel 53:11
M65: D McGreevy (Newc) 55:34
M70: E Hall (Newc) 59:11
Women: 1 A James (Carmen) 53:10; 2 K Wilton (Jog Lisb, W50) 53:50; 3 Catriona Edington 53:57; 4 B Quinn (Spr’wll, W35) 54:13
W65: S Linklater (S’land) 63:57
U20: A Magee (Lagan) 60:36
Overall (HM): 1 O Carrington 70:11; 2 E Mallett 71:33; 3 N Torry (M45) 71:46; 4 V Tavares (M45) 72:11; 5 N Clark 72;11; 6 R Robinson 74;00; 7 A Gilboe (M40) 74:19
M40: 2 L Osterbrink 79:09
M65: C Higgs (Datch D) 94:24
Women: 1 I Briscoe 83:27; 2 C Williams 83:47; 3 P Barker 84:51; 4 J Cannings (W40) 86:31; 5 R Beckett 86:50
W40: 2 V Silio (L Goat) 87:36
W50: E Prideaux (Springf Str) 87:46
W55: A J Reader 87:14
Overall (10km): 1 S Coxon 33:14; 2 N Chevis 34:17; 3 C Berg (Basil) 34:25; 4 B Beckwith 34:38; 5 M Sinner 34:42; 6 B Carr (Garden) 34:47
Women: 1 C Cowper 36:54; 2 C Nuebert 39:12; 3 S Wright (Harlow, W40) 39:58
Overall (11M/1772ft): 1 C Larkin (N’land F) 74:38; 2 C Jones (N’land F) 80:42; 3 C Alborough (Dur F) 82:06; 4 R Hughes (N’land F) 84:01; 5 M Briggs (Morp) 84:06; 6 R Woods (Dur F) 84:30
M40: T Grimwood (Swale) 87:28
M50: A Fletcher 97:13
M60: K Murray (Tev) 1:44:54
Women: 1 K Davis (NSP, W50) 1:45:52; 2 K Robertson (N’land F, W50) 1:49:33; 3 H Heaney (NSP, W40) 1:53:56; 4 S Poxon 1:56:40
W60: C Bagness (N’land F) 1:59:10
Overall (5km/156m): 1 M Burman (Manx F) 19:47; 2 N Colburn (Manx F) 20:05; 3 A Corlett (Salf) 20:11; 4 Cian Howard (U20) 20:53; 5 H Stennett (Northern, U20) 21:06; 6 O Chambers (Manx F) 21:50
M50: L Taggart (Manx F) 22:19
M60: S Hubbard (Manx F) 25:39
M70: I Callister (Manx H) 33:30
Women: 1 R Franklin (Manx H) 23:44; 2 S White (Manx F) 26:13; 3 M McMullan (Northern, U20) 26:27; 4 A Clayton (Manx H, U20) 26:38
W50: R Craine (Manx F) 27:39
Winter League final standings – Overall (3 races): 1 Burman 67:19; 2 Colburn 68:55; 3 Howard 71:08; 4 Chambers 71:11; 5 Stennett 72:48
M40: G Kelly (Manx F) 77:55
M50: A Sandford (IOMV) 81:20
M60: Hubbard 87:11
M70: Callister 110:21
Women: 1 Frankin 78:58; 2 Clayton 88:59; 3 McMullan 89:21
W50: Craine 94:11
Overall (34km/1220m): 1 E Hyland (Calder V) 3:05:35; 2 T Brook (Holm, M40) 3:07:03; 3 J Logue (Calder V, M55) 3:10:33; 4 A Ford (Calder V, M40) 3:10:35; 5 M Owens (Penn, M40) 3:23:32; 6 A Storer (M50) 3:31:44
M65: C Harle 4:18:13
M70: N Harris (Ross) 5:56:27
Women: 1 K Klunder (Chorley, W40) 3:48:53; 2 S Richardson (Calder V, W40) 3:59:29; 3 P Cooke (Ack RR) 4:01:54; 4 D Shirfield (Eryri) 4:03:40
W55: M Blackhurst (Tod) 4:07:35
W60: M Goth (Tod) 4:56:43
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