CITY of York sealed their maiden West Yorkshire Cross Country League senior men’s title in style with victory in the final round at Cleckheaton. York’s men’s success added to their under 13 girls’ team victory, which had been secured with a race to go. It capped a fine day for the club, with Daniel Campbell winning the under 11 boys’ race to take his individual title. Clubmate Lottie Langan finished second in the under 13 girls’ standings after winning the final round.
York’s men had to finish fifth or better to guarantee the league honours, but underlined their strength by bagging a third successive victory. Although the course wasn’t as muddy as the previous two rounds, the sharp turns and hills made it another testing day for the runners. Alex Dickinson was York’s first man home, completing the 8.6km course in 32mins 36secs, with George Phillips (32.48) a place behind. Jasper Baker (34.46), Steve Asquith (35.02), Danny Figg (35.31) and Mark Cage (36.02) completed the scoring team. Phillips and Dickinson finished third and fourth overall in the individual senior men’s standings as runners’ best three races from four counted. Kyle McLeay came third in the under 20 category. York’s Charlotte Mason finished second in the senior women’s race over 5.1km, clocking 20.58 to winner Jennifer Walsh’s (Leeds City) 20.18.
City of York’s Campbell edged out Rothwell Harriers’ Noah Lunn by one second in the under 11 boys’ race, completing the 1.3km course in 4.57. This was the champion’s third win from three starts. Langan secured her first league win in the under 13 girls’ category, clocking 10.18 for the 2.6km course to finish eight seconds clear of Harrogate’s Hazel Forrest. York’s under 15 girls’ team came second on the day, led home by Inez Khaddi who finished 10th in 13.16 over a 3km course. The club’s under 13 boys’ finished third in the series, with ninth-placed Will Chalk (12.34) their leading finisher on the day, again over a 3km course. Tommy Shaw clocked 20.07 for eighth in the 5.1km under 17 boys’ race. Edward Hanley (13.37) came 10th in the under 15 boys’ race over 3.4km.
A group of younger athletes ran in the North Yorkshire and South Durham cross country league at Redcar. There were 2nd places for Daniel Kennedy (under 11 boys) and Annabelle Coxon (under 13 girls).
In other cross country races running for their University teams, Angus McMillan came 9th in the Midlands Cross Country League. At Leeds in the University relay, James Tucker ran 11.16 and 12.22, Alex Botterill 10.47 and 11.09 and Tim Stratton 10.53 for the 2 mile legs.
In America, Chelsea Walker set a club record with 8.60 in the 60m hurdles, and ran 55.96 for the indoor 400, a good time for the first race of the season.
Only 9 of our members did parkrun this week with Martha Carlton-Seal being fastest female and 2nd overall at Dalby Forest with 18.57. Ed Mezzetti was the fastest male parkrunner from the club with 18.52. No runners from the club ran the junior parkrun this week.
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