Scott Cousins goes sub-50 in Fred Hughes 10 - road racing round-up
Overall:
1 Phill Wylie 30:50
2 Rob McTaggart 32:01
3 James Phillips 32:33
4 Kevin Willsher 34:01 M40
5 Philip Mosley 34:11 M45
Women:
1 Vicki Ingham 35:57
2 Lauren Baker-Little 38:43
3 Emma Caplan 39:12
W50: Kathryn Bailey 41:39
Cole Gibbens of the local Invicta East Kent club was a clear men's winner and while Chelsea victories have been scarce of late for the football team, Chelsea Baker beat her namesake Grace to run a PB 58:06 to take the women's race to follow her 34:13 10km PB from Telford last month.
Overall:
1 Cole Gibbens 52:17 Invicta East Kent Athletic Club
2 Barry Stephenson 53:58 Dartford Harriers AC
3 Rhys Boorman 54:07 Hastings AC
4 Liam White 54:18 Tunbridge Wells Harriers
5 Adam Stokes 54:49 Bristol & West AC
M50: 1 Stephen Male 57:36 Folkestone RC; 2 Andy Stevens 57:47 Thanet Road Runners AC
Women:
1 Chelsea Baker 58:06 Bristol & West AC
2 Grace Baker 59:59 Hastings AC
3 Imogen Amos 60:28 Tonbridge AC
4 Helen Gaunt 60:59 W35 Tonbridge AC
5 Hannah Roberts 62:34 W35 Dartford Harriers
6 Harriet Woolley 62:50 Tonbridge AC
7 Nichola Evans 63:10 W35 Tonbridge AC
8 Rebecca Weston 63:46 Invicta East Kent Athletic Club
W45: Teresa Murphy 64:36 Kent Athletic Club
1 Seyd Taha Ghafari Shettleston Harriers 30:47 30:47
2 Ross Good Giffnock North AC 31:08 31:08
3 Stephen Addison Glasgow University Hares and Hounds 31:27 31:27
4 Jack Heathwood Bellahouston Harriers 31:51 31:51
5 Matthew O'Connor Bellahouston Harriers 31:58 31:58
6 Angus Wright U20 Team East Lothian AC 32:03
Women:
1 Meredith Reid U20 Inverclyde Athletics Club 34:12 34:13
2 Natasha Phillips U20 Dundee Hawkhill Harriers 34:38 34:40
3 Josie wren Golder U20 Corstorphine AAC 36:53 36:54
4 Natalie Wangler Edinburgh Napier University / Roadrunners 37:40 37:42
5 Alicia Paton Cumbernauld Amateur Athletics Club 39:04 39:06
6 Gillian Blee W40 Garscube Harriers 39:04
Overall:
1 Luke Vine Tip 24:20
2 Matthew Scarsbrook Bir 25:41
3 Daniel Robinson BRAT 26:31
Women:
1 Lucy Calrow Wolverhampton and Bilston 30:02
2 Lucie Tait-Harris BRAT 31:49
3 Jessie Walker Tip 32:14
W45: Lynne Callaghan 33:21
Overall:
1 J Denne (Western Tempo, M35) 25:42; 2 S Kenyon (Severn, M35) 26:35; 3 M James (Western Tempo, M45) 26:48
M55: 1 J Mower (Glouc) 29:15.
M80: 1 C Harrison 51:03
Women:
1 G Collier (Glouc, W35) 29:17; 2 T Hinxman (Glouc, W50) 29:25; 3 A Bullingham (Western Tempo) 29:57
W35: 2 K Telford (CLC) 30:45; 3 K Newcombe (Stroud) 30:48.
W40: 1 H Knight (CLC) 31:01.
W45: 1 K Krzywiec (NCT&R) 31:47.
W50: 2 T Truman (Stroud) 33:28
Robbie Simpson races on the roads sparingly, but the world mountain running championships bronze medallist always turns in consistent performances, Martin Duff reports.
Here the 31-year-old, who ran 2:14:56 in the 2019 London Marathon after placing third in the 2018 Commonwealth Games with 2:19:36, was a narrow winner in 65:23.
Chasing Simpson home was Thames Valley’s Daniel Mulryan, with 65:36, in his first half since 2017.
Women’s winner Hannah Pullen set a PB 78:35 with a 60-metre victory over top W40 Kelly Edwards, who was also in new territory.
Overall:
1 R Simpson (Dees) 65:23; 2 D Mulryan (TVH) 65:36; 3 A Pointon (AFD) 67:04; 4 J Turner (B&H) 67:57; 5 C Powner (Win) 68:53; 6 S Blake (AFD) 69:09; 7 D Bradley (Ton) 69:13; 8 R Price (Read, M40) 70:01; 9 D Roos 70:11; 10 J Teece 70:14
M50: 1 N Tearle (G&G) 76:01
M60: 1 C Cooke (St Ed) 78:56
M70: 1 G Ruffle (Hart) 89:58
Women:
1 H Pullan (AFD) 78:35; 2 K Edwards (Leam, W40) 78:59; 3 L Cooper (Shrews) 79:05; 4 A McEwing (Erme V) 79:11; 5 A Granger (B&W, W45) 79:49; 6 A Thorn (Erme V, W45) 80:45; 7 L Locks (AFD (W45) 81:35; 8 S Delderfield (VoA) 82:23; 9 L Rooney (Coll, W40) 83:24; 10 E Kiernan (Taunt) 83:49
W50: 1 K Streams (Read RR) 86:57
W55: 1 S McDonald (S Lon) 89:05
W60: 1 C Haling (Chelt) 98:33
W65: 1 L Hembury (Tring) 95:03
Overall:
1 D Hudson (Hunts, M40) 80:46; 2 P Martin (P’boro &NV, M40) 83:37; 3 M Amos (Hunts) 85:51
M45: 1 T Farrer (Hunts) 89:13
Women:
1 K O’Neill (March) 98:30; 2 R Doherty (Higham) 99:40; 3 Z Smith (Rutland, W40) 1:40;24
W55: 1 P Taylor (Help) 1:44:42
Scott Cousins retained his title and did so 32 seconds inside his winning 2022 time as he took the race title by more than three minutes, in a PB 49:40, Martin Duff reports.
Kate Rennie the second ranked over-45 last year won the women’s race in 60:03 after coming second overall last year in 59:23 but later adding the summertime St Albans half in 80:33.
Overall:
1 S Cousins (S’field) 49:40; 2 N Elbayan (Dunst) 53:11; 3 M Kitching (QPH) 53:20; 4 J Cox (NHRR) 53:29; 5 A McCarron (QPH, M40) 53:42; 6 J Tipper (Kent, M40) 53:25
M55: 1 A Leach (NHRR) 56:33
M60: 1 P Allen (Tring) 68:50
M70: 1 D Hamilton 89:51
Women:
1 K Rennie (Dac, W45) 60:03; 2 H Hann (St Alb, W35) 61:04; 3 H Mussen (W45) 62:51; 4 J Dear (L Buzz) 63:04; 5 M Gibson (Ealing E, W35) 63:33; 6 A Gabb (Dac) 63:50
W55: 1 K O’Connor 66:20
W65: 1 M Jackson (Dac) 92:21
Overall:
1 H Smith (Salis) 25:55; 2 M Risden (Soton) 27:03; 3 R Wilkes (IoW) 27:11
M40: 1 D Hunt (Ryde) 28:29
M45: 1 D Spreckley (Avon VR) 27:30; 2 S Price (UK net) 28:23
M50: 1 S Barnes (Newb) 28:36; 2 S Stevens (Win) 29:46
M60: 1 A Graham (L’hill) 30:43; 2 W Yonge (Hedge E) 33:45
M65: 1 J Chapman (Stops) 33:47
M75: 1 G Wickham 40:31
Women:
1 M Rasch (Dors D) 29:19; 2 A Hull (Roms, W35) 31:05; 3 H Shutt (Roms) 32:05
W40: 1 H Patrickson (Salis) 33:47
W50: 1 R Allen (Newb) 35:53
W55: 1 C Davies 36:32; 2 M Blount (Ports) 36:52
W60: 1 S Peters (Tri Hard) 39:41
W65: 1 L Hedworth (Worthy) 40:36; 2 J Taplin (Muddy R) 42:42
W70: 1 C Woodford (N For) 41:58
Overall:
1 A Daniel (T Bath) 54:22; 2 A Hammond (T Bath) 56:27; 3 F Mouatt 58:30
Women:
1 G Wood (Avon V, W40) 65:15; 2 H Fell (T Bath) 69:20; 3 V Ratcliffe (Somer, W40) 66:39
Former British international Freya Ross was first woman and first overall, leading home the 132-strong 10km field by four seconds.
Overall (10km):
1 F Ross (Falk V) 44:31; 2 R Kitto 44:35; 3 P Slifer (Muss, M50) 44:44
Women:
1 Ross 44:31; 2 K Gore (Lass) 47:17; 3 M Zobel (W40) 53:20
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