Jack Rowe runs speedy 28:02 to win 10km in Telford

The British distance runner is now joint-fifth on the UK 10km all-time listing after his run within the Shropshire city

Jack Rowe bought the higher of Phil Sesemann on the Telford 10km, shaving 5 seconds off his private finest with a time of 28:02 (December 14).

The Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete’s earlier quickest mark was the 28:07 he clocked in Manchester three years in the past.

Not solely was Rowe’s 28:02 the quickest time by a Brit over 10km this season however it additionally put him joint-fifth on the UK all-time listing over the gap.

This was Rowe’s fourth main win of the autumn highway season after victories on the Large Half, Vitality London 10,000 and Manchester Half Marathon.

It’s been fairly the season for Rowe, who’s recorded private bests within the 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and 10,000m.

He additionally completed seventeenth over 5000m on the European Championships after which positioned third over the gap on the UK Athletics Championships.

Jack Rowe and Phil Sesemann (Graham Smith)

Sesemann in the meantime clocked 28:28 for second in Telford, simply in need of his 10km better of 28:26, set on the Corrida Pédestre Internationale de Houilles meet in France 5 years in the past.

Kadar Omar was third in 28:34 together with his Birchfield Harriers team-mate fourth Aron Gebremariam in 28:58.

It was Gebremariam’s first ever 10km and the English nationwide cross-country junior champion carried out nicely.

It was a a lot nearer affair within the girls’s area, with Amelia Quirk edging out Sarah Astin by simply three seconds.

Quirk, who gained the English nationwide cross-country crown in 2020 and is a daily on British distance groups, clocked 32:40.

The Bracknell AC athlete races sparingly on the roads and this was solely her second outing over 10km, with Quirk’s private finest being 31:53 from Valencia final 12 months.

Amelia Quirk (Getty)

Natasha Phillips ran 32:56 for third place, a mark that put her prime of the British under-20 rankings this season and fourth on the all-time junior listing, after being pushed by Bournemouth based mostly Ethiopian Atsede Gidey.

Teenager Holly Weedall additionally set a private better of 33:21, bettering on the 33:58 she clocked in Telford final 12 months.

Natasha Phillips (Graham Smith)

Total: 1 J Rowe (AFD) 28:02; 2 P Sesemann (Leeds) 28:28; 3 Ok Omah (Bir) 28:35; 4 A Gebremariam (Bir, U20) 28:58; 5 C Brisley (NEB) 28:59; 6 J Allen (Excessive) 29:00; 7 J Cann (NEB) 29:02; 8 A McMillan (York) 29:06; 9 J Grey (C&C) 29:09; 10 J Tuffin (BRAT) 29:14; 11 J Goodwin (Mattress C) 29:16; 12 O Bell (Herts P) 29:20; 13 T Bridger (C&C) 29:20; 14 J Grace (AFD) 29:23; 15 A lepretre (Excessive) 29:24; 16 O Hind (Kent) 29:24; 17 S Tyas (Belg) 29:25; 18 P Molloy (Camb U) 29:26; 219 S Okrafo-Sensible (Abs Tri) 29:27; 20 I Chandler (SB) 29:27

M40: 1 B Worth (W Tempo) 31:36

M45: 1 P Martelletti (VP&TH) 30:55

M50: 1 J Prest (Traff) 33:25; 2 P Jones (Shrews) 33:35; 3 W Inexperienced (Serp) 33:53

M55: 1 T Wright (Corn) 33:37

M65: 1 D Barlow (Osw) 38:14

Ladies: 1 A Quirk (Brack) 32:40; 2 S Astin (Belg) 32:43; 3 N Phillips (Dund H, U20) 32:56; 4 A Gidey (B’mth) 32:58; 5 B Gunn (Bir) 33:02; 6 E Davies (Border) 33:08; 7 H Weedall (Vale R, U20) 33:21; 8 Ok Wooden (York) 33:32; 9 S Tarver (Wirral) 33:50; 10 M Marchant (W Tempo) 33:58; 11 J Craig (Herne H) 34:00; 12 J Morgan (Liv) 34:02; 13 Ok Longley (Liv PS, W45) 34:07; 14 I Barwell (Linc W, U20) 34:13; 15 J Walsh (Leeds) 34:25; 16 E Platt (Salf) 34:31; 17 P Jackman (Linc & D) 34:38; 18 E Robbins (Belg) 34:40; 19 C Arnell (MK Dist) 34:41; 20 M Porter (W Tempo) 34:44

W55: 1 J Briggs (Area) 41:28

W60: 1 M Williamson (Leam) 41:20

DORNEY LAKE EVENTS HALF-MARATHON, Buckinghamshire, December 15

Total: 1 T Renshaw (AFD) 70:17; 2 J Martin (THH) 70:21
Ladies: 1 I Zanconato (Purb) 81:56
W45: 1 A Jouille 85:06
W50: 1 N Sheather (B&B) 95:47
W55: 1 F Malin 97:18

LONDON 10, Olympic Park, Stratford, December 15

Total (10km): 1 A Tango Holland 31:41
M50: 1 D Afshar 35:39
M60: 1 J Daly 37:54
Ladies: 1 G Younger 35:48

RUN AINTREE HALF-MARATHON, Merseyside, December 16

Total: 1 J Woodock-Shaw (Leeds) 69:53
Ladies: 1 F Hughes (Wirral, W40) 83:38
W50: 1 J Johnston 92:05

STOCKPORT 10, Better Manchester, December 16

Ben Connor was manner exterior his better of 47:16 – from the 2019 Nice South Run – however the 2024 English nationwide cross-country silver medallist loved a run-away win right here in 49:08.

Total: 1 B Connor (Der) 49:08; 2 N Martin (Sale) 51:12; 3 J Bartley (Inventory) 53:25
M40: 1 M Lucass (Manh RC) 55:28
M45: 1 R Coen (Wilm) 56:06
M50: 1 R Grantham (Wirral) 58:30
M55: 1 A Porter (Bramhall) 59:10
Ladies: 1 M Williams (Inventory) 59:54; 2 C Frankland (W Finish) 62:27; 3 H Gill (Mansf, W45)
63:07
W50: 1 A Chinoy (Sale) 69:07
W65: 1 G Richardson (Alt) 77:40

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