Pembury Nation Park, Llanelli, noticed Griffiths win the lads’s race whereas Lauren Cooper received the senior ladies’s crown
WELSH CHAMPIONSHIPS, PEMBURY COUNTRY PARK, Llanelli, January 25
A change from the standard Pembury course was introduced simply 9 days earlier than the occasion however that didn’t cease Dewi Griffiths from successful yet one more Welsh senior cross-country title, his ninth over 13 years.
Nevertheless, it was all comparatively shut as Belgrave’s Thomas Chaston ran the holder shut however each have been effectively away from third-placed Dan Nash.
Chaston spends all of his time racing in america though did place sixth within the British Olympic Video games steeplechase trials, working 8:42.21.
Lauren Cooper not solely took the ladies’s race but in addition led her Pontypridd membership to the crew championship as she regained the title she final received in 2022.
Males (10.295km): 1 D Griffiths (Swan) 31:31; 2 T Chaston (Belg) 31:36; 3 D Nash (P’pridd) 32;40; 4 D Nazareth (Les C) 32:58; 5 J Griffiths (Swan) 33:23; 6 C Campion (Card) 33:40
M45: 1 P Matthews (P Bryn) 33:49
M50: 1 H Evans (P Bryn) 37:10
M55: 1 L Ahearne (P Bryn) 39:06
M60: 1 D Warren (Cardigan) 40:57
TEAM: 1 Meirionnydd 94; 2 Swansea 16; 3 Lliswerry 27
M35 TEAM: 1 Swansea 12
M40 TEAM: 1 Parc Bryn 11
M45 TEAM: 1 Pontypridd 7
M50 TEAM: 1 Pontypridd 8
M55 TEAM: 1 Chepstow 12
M60 TEAM: 1 Swansea 15
M65 (7.73km): 1 L Davis (Swan, M70) 32:10
M75: 1 R Morris (S Dom) 4118
U20: 1 N Vaughan (Eryri) 22:35. TEAM: no crew closed in
U17: 1 Ok Oberon (Warriors) 17:18. TEAM: 1 Cardiff 32
U15: 1 O Parry (Menai) 14:08. TEAM: 1 Deeside 17
U13: 1 O Phillips (Card) 11:43. TEAM: 1 Cardiff 28
Lauren Cooper (Paul Stillman)
Girls (7.73km): 1 L Cooper (P Bryn) 29:05; 2 I Lloyd (Swan) 29:36; 3 G Sutton (Swan) 29:55; 4 P Oliver (Belg) 30:01; 5 S Jones (Liv) 30:23; 6 M Owen (Dees) 30:27
W40: 1 L Flynn (Les C) 30:56
W45: 1 L Jones (Les C) 31:48
W55: 1 T Jenkins (P’cawl) 33:00
W60: 1 L Geyer (TROTS) 36:25
TEAM:1 Pontypridd 33; 2 Les Croupiers 58; 3 Swansea 88
W35 TEAM: 1 Pontypridd 8
W40 TEAM: 1 Swansea 6
W45 TEAM: 1 Bridgend 9
W55 TEAM: 1 3M 9
W60 TEAM: 1 TROTS 6
W65 TEAM: 1 Swansea 9
U20/U17: 1 L Hale (Swan, U17) 19:00. TEAM: 1 Swansea 9
U15: 1 H Watson (Dees) 15:54. TEAM: 1 Carmarthen 25
U13: 1 G Hayes (Dees) 13:09. TEAM: 1 Carmarthen 43
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