Last weekend the main event in the UK was the second round of the Reebok Cross Challenge in Birmingham. Leading results in that event plus other notable marks in Britain and by British athletes around the globe were as follows:
Oct 31 Barns Green
HM 1 Dave Taylor (M40) 1:06:45
Oct 31 Cardiff - East Wales Champs
c11000XC 1 Phil Crane (M40) 37:42; Team 1 Brecon 33
wc7500XC 1 Sian Pritchard 28:45; Team 1 Brecon 11
Oct 31 Worksop
HM 1 Scott Winton (NZL) 1:08:09
Oct 30 Birmingham - Reebok Cross Challenge Round 2
10000XC 1 Matthew Lole (gst) 35:22, 2 Peter Riley 35:26, 3 Mark Kenneally (IRL) 35:35, 4 Glynn Tromans (M35) 35:42, 5 Michael Coleman 35:50, 6 Andy Caine 36:00, 7 Frank Tickner (gst) 36:13, 8 Mark Miles 36:18, 9 Robert Russell 36:20, 10 Steffan White (gst) 36:21, 11 Phil Nicholls (gst) 36:39, 12 Peter Matthews (IRL) 36:45, 13 Jonathan Gilby 36:46, 14 Andrew Hennessy 36:47, ..25 Steve Waldron (J) 37:37
w6000XC 1 Hayley Yelling 22:16, 2 Charlotte Dale 22:47, 3 Liz Yelling 22:56, 4 Susan Partridge 23:06, 5 Mary Margaret Meade (IRL) 23:09, 6 Hattie Dean 23:11, 7 Collette Fagan 23:21, 8 Gemma Phillips 23:23, 9 Jolene Byrne (IRL) 23:26, 10 Julia Bleasdale 23:32
U20-w4000XC 1 Claire Holme 17:50, 2 Sian Edwards (U17) 17:53
U17-5000XC 1 Alex Derricott 19:31
U15-3000XC 1 Richard Peters 11:24
U15-w3000XC 1 Sarah Hopkinson 13:21
U13-3000XC 1 Ben Coldray 12:28
U13-w2500XC 1 Kate Avery 10:52
Oct 30 Canberra, AUS
mx1500 Sarah Salmon 4:21.95
Oct 30 Cardiff - South Wales Champs
c11000XC 1 Julian Baker 35:56; Team 1 Bridgend 24
wc7500XC 1 Debbie Jones 27:40; Team 1 Cardiff 10
Oct 30 College Park MD, USA - ACC Champs
8000XC 1 Andrew Lemoncello 24:29.6
Oct 30 Kenosha WI, USA - Horizon League Champs
8000XC 1 Andy Sherman 25:31, 2 Nick Goodliffe 25:31, 3 Scott Overall 25:31
Oct 30 Steyning not held in accordance with IAAF rules
10KRW 1 Darrell Stone (M35) 44:34, 2 Nick Ball (J) 47:33, 3 Mark Easton (M40) 47:42
Oct 29 London (HP)
w5KRd 1 Emily Pidgeon (U17) 16:53 [UKAT-J 10th]
Oct 27 London (Wapping)
2.75MRd 1 Adrian McGarva (AUS) 12:45
Last weekend the main event in the UK was the AAA Men's Six Stage and Women's Four Stage Road Relay Championships in Sutton Coldfield. Leading results in that event plus other notable marks in Britain and by British athletes around the globe were as follows:
Oct 25 Dublin, IRL
Mar 15 Ray Plant (M35) 2:25:32, 17 Eddie Ernest-Jones 2:26:32, 19 Simon Pride (M35) 2:29:01
wMar 7 Annabelle Stearns 2:56:16, 10 Ally Raw (W40) 2:57:02
Oct 24 Stroud
HM 1 Zach Kihara (KEN) 1:04:11, 2 Simon Tonui (KEN) 1:04:43, 3 Eric Kiplagat (KEN) 1:05:09, 4 Dan Robinson 1:05:38, 5 Kassa Tadesse 1:06:24, 6 Dereje Kebede (ETH) 1:07:34, 7 Rhodri Jones 1:07:41, 8 John McFarlane 1:07:59
wHM 1= Monica Otwori (KEN) & Catherine Mutwa (KEN) 1:16:02, 3 Michelle Lee 1:17:20
Oct 24 Youngstown OH, USA
10KRd 1 Gareth Price 29:36
Oct 23-24 Brno, CZE - IAU World & European Challenge
w24HRd 16(11-Europe) Sharon Gayter (W40) 202.6026km, 23(16) Ramona Thevenet-Smith (W45) 182.1622km, 28(21) Sandra Brown (W55) 176.1464km; Team 6/4 GBR 560.9113km
Oct 23 Cumbernauld - Scottish Cross Country Relay Champs
4xc4000XC 1 Hunters Bog Trotters 53:25, 2 Central 54:05, 3 Shettleston H 54:35; Fastest: Donald Naylor 13:00
w3xc4000XC 1 Edinburgh Southern H 47:12, 2 City of Glasgow 48:02, 3 Central 48:47; Fastest: Freya Murray 15:11
U17-3xc2500XC 1 Kilbarchan 27:46; Fastest: 1 Conor McNulty 8:28
U17-w3xc2500XC 1 Giffnock North 33:16; Fastest: Ashleigh Murray 9:58
Oct 23 Guadalajara, ESP - European Clubs Cup
HM Team 9 Thames H&H 4:46:18
Oct 23 Melbourne (A), AUS
wPV 2 Irie Hill (W35) 3.25
Oct 23 Roermond, NED
M40-JT 1 Keith Beard 67.99
Oct 23 Sutton Coldfield - AAA Road Relay Champs
6x5.847KRd 1 Belgrave H (Nash, Blackledge, Barden, Sharp, Anderson, Miles) 1:44:35, 2 Aldershot F&D 1:45:55, 3 Birchfield H 1:46:49, 4 Bristol & West 1:47:29, 5 Morpeth H 1:47:37, 6 Salford H 1:47:53, 7 Blackheath & Bromley H 1:47:56, 8 Leeds City 1:47:59; Fastest: 1 Chris Thompson 16:39, 2 Nick McCormick 16:41, 3 Keith Cullen 17:01, 4 Mark Miles 17:02, 5 Zach Kihara (KEN) 17:10, 6 Stephen Hepples 17:12, 7 Spencer Barden 17:18, 8 Rob Whalley (M35) 17:19
w4x4.314KRd 1 Bristol & West (Stiles, Gray, Hasell, Reed) 57:46, 2 Windsor SE&H 59:20, 3 Wakefield DH 59:59, 4 Liverpool H 1:00:22, 5 Bedford & County 1:00:43, 6 Medway & Maidstone 1:00:47, 7 Birchfield H 1:00:50, 8 Shaftesbury Barnet H 1:00:53; Fastest: 1 Kate Reed 13:59, 2 Hayley Yelling 14:03, 3 Julia Bleasdale 14:14, 4 Amy Stiles 14:22, 5 Helen Lawrence 14:25, 6 Juliet Potter 14:30, 7 Mara Yamauchi 14:33, 8 Tara Krzywicki 14:37
Last weekend was relatively quiet with no major events in the UK. Notable marks in Britain and by British athletes around the globe were as follows:
Oct 17 Abingdon
Mar 1 Ian Harkness 2:26:18
wMar 1 Angela Howe 2:56:44 (Middlesex Champ), 2 Jane Laws (W45) 2:58:29, 3 Jennifer Pyper 2:58:35 (Oxon Champ)
Oct 17 Amsterdam, NED
Mar 16 Sullivan Smith 2:25:48, 17 Donald Naylor 2:26:33
Oct 17 Blaenavon
HM 1 Mark Roberts 1:07:24dh, 2 Mark Jennings 1:07:27dh
Oct 17 Palermo, ITA - IAU European Trophy
50KRd SILVER DOMINIC CROFT (M35) 3:11:08
w50KRd GOLD DANIELLE SANDERSON (W40) 3:29:24 [ENG Best, GBR W40 Best, UKAT 2nd], SILVER ROSALYN ALEXANDER 3:35:55 [UKAT 3rd], 6 Lisa Knights 3:52:40, 9 Siri Terjesen (USA-gst) 3:58:00; Team GOLD GBR 10:57:59
Oct 17 Reims, FRA
HM 12 Stephen Hepples 1:05:27, 15 Dave Mitchinson 1:05:39, 16 Neil Wilkinson 1:05:40, 19 Richard Gardiner 1:06:33
wHM 4 Vicky Gill 1:13:59 [UKAT 61st], 5 Debbie Robinson (W35) 1:14:14, 6 Amy Stiles 1:14:46, 10 Gill Keddie (W35) 1:17:02, 12 Allie Outram 1:19:18
Oct 17 Twickenham
10MRd 1 Phill Sly (AUS) 49:33
w10MRd 1 Barbara Yff (NED) 57:50, 2 Alison Fletcher (W40) 57:56, 3 Louise Watson 58:14, 4 Shona Crombie-Hicks 58:17
Oct 17 Worcester not held in accordance with IAAF rules
w5KRW 1 Kate Horwill 23:42, 2 Sharon Tonks 25:04
U15-w3KRW 1 Lauren Gimson 15:29
Oct 17 York from Brian Adams
w10KRW 1 Johanna Jackson (J) 50:58 [UKAT-J 11th]
Oct 16 Bexley
5KRW 1 Darrell Stone (M35) 21:12
w5KRW 1 Sarah Foster (U17) 26:11
Oct 16 Hayfield - British Fell & Hill Relay Champs
4Stage(29.8M) 1 Dark Peak 3:51:36
w4Stage(29.8M) 1 Dark Peak 4:51:27
Oct 16 Lisburn - Northern Irish Road Relay Champs
4x3.3KRd 1 Annadale Striders 38:58; Fastest: Noel Pollock 9:29
w3x2.2KRd 1 Raheny Shamrock (IRL) 23:16; Fastest: Mary Margaret Meade (IRL) 7:09
Oct 16 Terre Haute IN, USA - NCAA Pre-National Invitational
8000XC 17r1 Nick Goodliffe 24:29.0, 6r2 Andrew Lemoncello 24:03.9
Last weekend the main events in the UK were the Great South Run and first round of the Reebok Cross Challenge. Top finishers in those events plus other notable marks in Britain and by British athletes around the globe were as follows:
Oct 11 Boston MA, USA
w10KRd 6 Vicky Gill 33:30
Oct 10 Armagh
w10MRd 1 Mary Margaret Meade (IRL) 55:41, 2 Clare Quinn (IRL) 58:42 [NIR Best]
Oct 10 Bedford
HT 1 Iain Park 59.52 (& 59.54-8kg exhibition), 2 Paul Head (M35) 58.70
U18-HT 1 Alex Smith 70.50
U16-HT 1 Peter Smith 57.41
Oct 10 Bodedern-Trearddur Bay
Mar 1 Eddie Simpson (M35) 2:29:42
Oct 10 Brierley Hill
w3000TW 1 Kate Horwill 13:57.0 [UKAT 21st], 2 Rebecca Mersh (U17) 14:52.0
U15-w2000TW 1 Kathryn Granger 9:56.2
Oct 10 Kingston
w16MRd 1 Lucy Hasell 1:34:29
Oct 10 Liverpool
10KRd 1 Wilfred Taragon (KEN-J) 30:15chip
HM 1 Zach Kihara (KEN) 1:05:20chip, 2 Tomas Abyu (ETH) 1:05:32chip, 3 Vener Kashayev (RUS) 1:07:54chip
w10KRd 1 Monica Otwori (KEN) 34:45chip, 2 Galina Ignatyeva (RUS) 34:51chip
wHM 1 Hawa Hussein (TAN) 1:18:06chip
Oct 10 Portsmouth - Great South Run
10MRd (3M-14:35, 4M-18:57), 1 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 47:14, 2 Francis Bowen (KEN) 47:16 (5M-23:23), 3 Mustapha Essaďd (FRA) 47:55, 4 Marco Gielen (NED) 48:06, 5 Simon Tonui (KEN) 48:09, 6 Keith Cullen 48:14, 7 Andrew Letherby (AUS) 48:22, 8 Mohamed Ouaadi (FRA-M35) 48:34, 9 Leonid Shvetsov (RUS-M35) 48:44, 10 Fernando Silva (POR) 48:47, 11 Kassa Tadesse 49:01, 12 Andi Jones 49:07, 13 Matt O'Dowd 49:13, 14 Dave Taylor (M40) 49:14, 15 John Mayock 49:30, 16 Glen Stewart 49:43, 17 Matthew Lole 50:11, 18 Carl Morris 50:27
w10MRd 1 Benita Johnson (AUS) 52:32, 2 Jessica Augusto (POR) 53:17, 3 Rahab Ndungu (KEN) 53:19, 4 Miriam Wangari (KEN) 53:26, 5 Charlotte Dale 53:49 [GBR U23 Best, UKAT 10th], 6 Hayley Yelling 54:09 [UKAT 13th], 7 Fernanda Ribeiro (POR-W35) 54:46, 8 Natalie Harvey 56:06, 9 Bev Jenkins 57:16, 10 Julie O'Mara 57:49, 11 Louise Damen 58:03, 12 Shona Crombie-Hicks 58:21
Oct 9 Bedford
HT 1A Iain Park 65.52, 2A Bill Beauchamp 62.99, 3A Paul Head (M35) 61.10, 1B Beauchamp 66.87, 2B Glen Kerr 60.52, 3B Alex Smith (J) 57.48
wHT 1 Shirley Webb 59.21, 2 Sarah Deacon 46.38
W35-HT 1 Joanne Davison (W40) 47.35 [UKAT 60th]
U20-HT 1 Smith 61.38
U18-HT 1 Smith 73.04
U16-HT 1A/1B Peter Smith 57.64 & 56.01
Oct 9 Falkirk - Reebok Cross Challenge Round 1
9600XC 1 Michael Skinner 30:56, 2 Billy Farquharson 31:04, 3 Rob Birchall 31:11, 4 Andrew Hennessy 31:16, 5 Chris Davies 31:40, 6 Matt Smith 31:44, 7 Ryan McLeod (J) 31:50, 8 John Newsom 31:56, 9 Ryan Stevenson (J?) 32:13, 10 Steve Waldron (J) 32:22
w6400XC 1 Susan Partridge 24:25, 2 Collette Fagan 24:51, 3 Julia Bleasdale 24:56, 4 Mara Yamauchi 25:14, 5 Kate Goodhead (J) 25:46, 6 Claire Martin (ENG) 25:47, 7 Lyn Wilson 25:54, 8 Toni McIntosh 26:24, 9 Ursula Counsell 26:26, 10 Rebecca Robinson 26:46
U17-4700XC 1 Kris Gauson 14:12
U17-w4700XC 1 Non Stanford 15:52
U15-4000XC 1 Nathan Bibby 12:51
U15-w4000XC 1 Natalie Grant 14:40
U13-2700XC 1 Miles Hollinshead 11:07
U13-w2700XC 1 Amy McGivern 11:55
Oct 9 Hartford CT, USA
Mar 3 Michael Green 2:24:07
Last weekend the main event in the UK was the London to Brighton Road Race. Top finishers in that race plus other notable marks in Britain and by British athletes around the globe were as follows:
Oct 3 Cardiff
HM 1 Adrian Marriott 1:08:28
Mar 1 Julian Baker (M35) 2:28:33
wMar 1 Ruth Pickvance (W40) 2:53:47 (BMAF Champ), 2 Victoria Perry (W45) 2:56:32, ..6 Ros Tabor (W55) 3:09:37 [GBR W55 Best]
Oct 3 Cleckheaton not held in accordance with IAAF rules
w10KRW 1 Johanna Jackson (J) 50:17
Oct 3 Derby
w10KRd 1 Claire Woolis 34:23
Oct 3 Fort Augustus-Inverness
Mar 1 Simon Pride (M35) 2:27:59
wMar 1 Jan Roxburgh 2:59:58
Oct 3 Inverness
10KRd 1 Eric Kiplagat (KEN) 30:23
w10KRd 1 Catherine Mutwa (KEN) 34:58
Oct 3 Košice, SVK
Mar 5 John McFarlane 2:19:47 (HM-1:08:15), Huw Lobb DNF
wMar 2 Sue Harrison 2:37:00 [UKAT 54th] (HM-1:17:31), 6 Michaela McCallum (W35) 2:47:24
Oct 3 London-Brighton
54.11MRd 1 Brian Hennessey (M35) 6:13:59 (30M-3:24:33, 40M-4:32:04, 50M-5:46:16), 2 Ian Bailey (RSA-M40) 6:18:43 (30M-3:24:33, 40M-4:32:25, 50M-5:50:04), 3 Mark Goodridge 6:38:51 (30M-3:24:26, 40M-4:31:38, 50M-5:54:20), 4 Viesturs Dude (LAT-M40) 6:44:31, 5 Jeremy Bragg 6:53:16
w54.11MRd 1 Vicky Skelton (W35) 7:20:43, 2 María Martins de Jesús (W40) 7:29:41, 3 Michelle Stewart (RSA-W40) 7:58:11
Oct 3 Minster OH, USA
10KRd 1 Gavin Thompson 29:02
Oct 3 Mold
10KRd 1 Zach Kihara (KEN) 29:30, 2 Andy Norman 30:03
w10KRd 1 Monica Otwori (KEN) 34:13
Oct 3 Selby
HM 1 Darran Bilton (M35) 1:07:39
Oct 3 Swansea
10KRd 1 Francis Kibiwott (KEN) 29:18, 2 Simon Tonui (KEN) 29:39, 3 Wilfred Taragon (KEN-J) 30:13, 4 Richard Gardiner 30:22 (Welsh Champ)
w10KRd 1 Rahab Ndungu (KEN) 32:36, 2 Miriam Wangari (KEN) 33:33, 3 Birhan Dagne 33:46, 4 Hawa Hussein (TAN) 34:22, 5 Amanda Wright (W35) 34:44, 6 Sam Gray 35:12 (Welsh Champ)
U20-w5KRd 1 Non Stanford (U17) 16:48 [UKAT-J 9th]
Oct 3 Worcester - Inter-Area Match
U17-mx5000TW 2 Sarah Foster 26:07.4
Oct 2 Erwin TN, USA
w4MRd 1 Catherine Berry 21:58
Oct 2 Exeter
JT 1 Mike Tarran 63.31, 2 Simon Bennett 63.15
U15-w75H 1 Charlotte Maxwell 11.6w? [=GBR age 12 best]
Oct 2 New York NY, USA
w3.5MRd 1 Bev Jenkins 19:14
Oct 2 Wreake - MCAA Cross Country Relay Champs
4x6KXC 1 Tipton H 1:35:17, 2 Notts 1:35:31, 3 Halesowen 1:37:35; Fastest: Paul Rowland 22:40
w3x6KXC 1 Charnwood 1:17:58, 2 Birchfield H 1:19:53, 3 Birchfield H "B" 1:24:00; Fastest: Juliet Potter 24:13
Oct 1 Notre Dame IN, USA
8000XC 4rA Andrew Lemoncello 23:48
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