College students courageous sturdy winds and muddy situations as Oxford dominate staff contest whereas particular person victories go to Niamh Bridson-Hubbard and Jared Ward
OXFORD vs CAMBRIDGE VARSITY MATCH, Roehampton, Surrey, December 7
In windy, moist and really muddy situations, Oxford took their first double victory within the annual Oxford vs Cambridge college cross-country races since 2017.
Within the forty eighth Women’ Race, regardless of Cambridge having the highest two house in Niamh Bridson-Hubbard and Bea Wooden, Oxford packed their eight runners within the subsequent 9 locations to take their second win in a row and third in 4 years and so they now lead the sequence by 28 wins to twenty.
Within the 133rd Gents’s Race, over seven-and-a-half-miles, Oxford lastly ended a four-year mild blue profitable streak and, in some type, with first six males house.
First throughout the road was 2016 Olympic Video games marathon sixth-placer Jared Ward, with fellow American Matthew Kearney and South African Nicholas Whittaker following him house.
This represented the biggest victory within the males’s sequence for the reason that well-known fog race of 1952 and the second largest margin of victory for the reason that eight-a-side, six-to-score format was adopted in 1948. The sequence rating now sits finely poised at 67 wins for Cambridge and 66 for Oxford.
Earlier within the day, Jack Millar repeated his 2021 and 2022 victories to take the person honours within the Previous Blues match, the place Cambridge got here out on prime however Oxford now lead this sequence by 18 wins to 14.
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Males: 1 J Ward (Oxf) 39:07; 2 M Kearney (Oxf) 39:12; 3 N Whittaker (Oxf) 39:22; 4 A Gruen (Oxf) 39:28; 5 J Morrow 39:31; 6 T Wooden (Oxf) 39:34
TEAM: 1 Oxford 21; 2 Cambridge 61
Girls: 1 N Bridson-Hubbard (Camb) 23:34; 2 B Wooden (Camb) 24:15; 3 R Flaherty (Oxf) 24:38; 4 C Buckley (Camb) 24:48; 5 M Dickinson (Camb) 24:51; 6 L Main (Camb) 25:07
TEAM: 1 Oxford 37; 2 Cambridge 47
Previous Blues Total: 1 J Millar (Oxf) 22:07; 2 M Kunov (Oxf) 22:19; 3 T McCauley (Camb) 22:40; 4 G Gathercole (Camb) 23:02; 5 A Schaffer (Camb) 23:09; 6 E Brady (Camb) 23:15
Girls: 1 P Barker (Camb) 24;45; 2 E Apsley (Camb) 25:15; 3 C Hammett (Oxf) 25:29
TEAM: 1 Cambridge 110; 2 Oxford 193
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WEST MIDLANDS YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE, Match 3, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, December 8
Archie Lane, the Midlands champion, repeated his victory from the October race within the league to take the under-17 males’s occasion however the under-17 ladies had a race off from their programme.
Wolverhampton’s Fred Jones, the 2022 under-13 Midlands champion, received his fourth West Midlands league race of 2024.
For the ladies, Holly Turner made it three under-15 wins in a row.
U17 Males: 1 A Lane (Leam) 15:43; 2 B Allen (C&S) 16:05; 3 S Lambert (Strat) 16:17
U15: 1 F Jones (W&B) 11:14; 2 J Smith (Leam) 11:24; 3 W Hovell (Strat) 11:33
U13: 1 Z Rush (S&SH) 8:14; 2 R Hawley (W&B) 8:14; 3 J Larkin (S&SH) 8:44
U15 Women: 1 H Turner (Stoke) 12:39; 2 M Blower (B&R) 13:00; 3 L Williams (Tip) 13:04
U13: 1 L Pearce (W&B) 9:16; 2 B Lamb &R&N) 9:25; 3 F Mustin (S&SH) 9:27
GLOUCESTER LEAGUE, Bathtub, Somerset, December 8
The College of Bathtub performed host and in very windy climate all was effectively with the racing as triathlete Johnny James had a strong victory over fellow under-20 Harry Maxwell from a 200-strong males’s discipline.
The ladies’s race noticed Millie Porter win her third race of the marketing campaign for Western Tempo.
Males: 1 J James (Radley, U20) 32;39; 2 H Maxwell (T Bathtub, U20) 33:18; 3 M Downey (Belg) 33:29; 4 I Morgan (C&C, U20) 33:38; 5 M Morgan (C&C, U20) 33:47; 6 O Jones (B&W, M40) 33:50
M40: 2 B Worth (W Tempo) 34:06
M45: 1 A Fooks (T Bathtub) 36:13
M55: 1 H Bampton (Chelt) 39:25
M65 (6km approx.): 1 M Hamm (Yate) 2858
M70: 1 T Hutchison (T Bathtub) 25:44
U17: 1 T Webb (Wells) 17:38; 2 S Wilson (Chelt) 17:38; 3 S Haslam (Soton) 18:12
U15: 1 P Paul (Chelt) 12:06; 2 E Sparey (B&W) 12:20; 3 O Gagg (Taunt) 12:25
U13: 1 J Shingler (Chelt) 9:35; 2 E Salter (Taunt) 9:48; 3 A Spurr (Chelt) 10:00
Girls: 1 M Porter (W Tempo) 24:00; 2 E Waldman (B&W) 24;18; 3 G Roberts (Bathtub U, U20) 24:18; 4 A Gascoigne (T Bathtub, W45) 24:20; 5 N Frith (Chelt) 24:36; 6 A Wallace (T Bathtub, U20) 24:41
W40: 1 E Willmers (Salis) 25:07
W50: 1 A Granger (B&W) 25:23
W55: 1 F Maycock (W tempo) 27:50
U17: 1 M Thomson (Chelt) 20:53; 2 E Spencer (Swin) 20:56; 3 S Wooden (Salis) 21:46
U15: 1 S Maxwell (T Bathtub) 13:28; 2 O Avery (Glouc) 13:54; 3 L Simpson (B&W) 14:21
U13: 1 E Hutchings (W’bury) 10:41; 2 C Griffiths-Clack (Swin) 10:52; 3 J Hathaway (Stroud) 11:00
NORTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE, Match 3, Corby, Heanor, December 7
Whereas different cross-country occasions have been known as off upfront of Storm Darragh, the hardy souls of the league descended on Shipley Park for his or her third-round match held in very windy situations.
Males’s winner Edward Buck was concerned in a detailed race with Masters M45 Worldwide winner Alastair Watson earlier than main his Newark membership to a staff win on the day.
It was all change on the entrance of the senior ladies’s race as Elin Griffiths turned the tables on earlier match winner Aimee Seager.
Males: 1 E Buck (Newark) 34:52; 2 A Watson (Notts, M45) 34:54; 3 G Hatton (Newark) 35:59; 4 T Atkinson (Notts Trent U) 36:57; 5M Chesterton (Newark) 36:48
M50: 1 R Keale (Beest) 38:43
M55: 1 A Taplin (Beest) 41:09
U20: 1 H Samkin (Linc W) 37:44
TEAM: 1 Newark 61; 2 Mansfield 82; 2 Notts U 128
M40 TEAM: 1 Notts 25; 2 Mansfield 93; 3 Beeston 110
U17: 1 J Nugent (Mansf) 2:45; 2 S Collins (Wreake) 22:52; 3 H Murphy (Der) 23:10
TEAM: 1 Derby 16; 2 Mansfield 30; 3 OWLS 30
U15: 1 E Withnall (Burt) 17:10; 2 J Pares (Mansf) 17:12; 3 F McAlister (R’cliffe) 17:36
TEAM: 1 Burton 19; 2 Wreake & SV 28; 3 Rushcliffe 32
U13: 1 J Harman (Burt) 14:37; 2 W Saunders (Der) 14:41; 3 T Bronnert (OWLS) 14:44
TEAM: 1 Derby 18; 2 Charnwood 21; 3 Lincoln W 38
Girls: 1 E Griffiths (Notts U) 29:04; 2 A Seager (Charn) 29:33; 3 S Bourne (Der) 30:34
W45: 1 H Gill (Mansf) 31:16
W55: 1 Ok Ramsey (Charn) 31:47
W60: 1 C Heaton (H’pont) 37:53
TEAM: 1 Charnwood 17; 2 Notts U 34; 3 Derby 35
W35 TEAM: 1 Mansfield 110; 2 Holmepierpont 194; 3 Beeston 200
U17: 1 V Rudkin (Wreake) 20:45; 2 M Taylor (Notts) 21:06; 3 H Limmer (Ret) 21:10
TEAM: 1 Derby 15; 2 Burton 31; 3 Mansfield 33
U15: 1 O Lee (Der) 14:03; 2 M Mullett (Wreake) 14:11; 3 C Whysall (Mansf) 14:20
TEAM: 1 Mansfield 20; 2 Derby 21; 3 Wreake & SV 35
U13: 1 A Kemp (Wreake) 14:27; 2 O Wright (Mansf) 14:40; 3 A Rennie (Linc W) 14:55
TEAM: 1 Wreake & SV 18; 2 Mansfield 25; 3 Derby 29
LINCOLNSHIRE LEAGUE, Louth, December 8
Assembly cancelled as a result of Storm Darragh.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY CUP Last, Leeds, December 7
Postponed till March 1st 2025 as a result of Storm Darragh.
MANCHESTER AREA LEAGUE, Woodbank Park, December 7
Assembly cancelled as a result of Storm Darragh.
SOUTH OF ENGLAND MASTERS & INTER-COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS, Lloyd Park, Croydon, Surrey, December 7
For the second 12 months in a row, climate induced the cancellation of the occasion, which ought to have gone forward at Oxford in 2023 and right here in Croydon this 12 months. The perpetrator was named as Storm Darragh.
LINCOLNSHIRE RUNNER LEAGUE, Stroxton, Grantham, December 1
Males: 1 J Richardson (Granth) 31:04
TEAM: 1 Lincoln & D 10
U17: 1 J Thorpe (Slea) 30:29
U15: 1 L Hemmings (P’boro &NV) 15:05
U13: 1 J Middleton (Slea) 15:28 3
Girls: 1 S Davies (Granth, W345) 31:01; 2 H Morgan (Granth, W45) 31:20
TEAM: 1 Grantham RC 7
U17: 1 H Limmer 26:20
U15: 1 H Smith (Clee) 20:56
U13: 1 C Jay (Slea) 17:02
DOWNS LEAGUE, Epsom Downs, Surrey, November 24
U20 Males: 1 A Pruthi (Tiff) 13;28
TEAM: 1 Tiffin 26
U17: 1 E Sone (S Lon) 10:41; 2 S Leahy (Croy) 11:09; 3 W Weyham (S Lon) 11:10
TEAM: 1 S London 46; 2 Holland Sp 104; 3 Croydon 110
U15: 1 E Cunliffe (Herne H) 11:20; 2 F Jenkin (S Lon) 11:36; 3 E Roberts (Ok&P) 11:37
TEAM: 1 S London 74; 2 Herne H 61; 3 Epsom & E 112
U13: 1 H Kucerov (Herne H) 11:56; 2 E Vicctor (Impression) 12:02; 3 F Bolton (Tiffin) 12:12
TEAM: 1 Herne H 76; 2 S London 118; 3 Hercules W 141
U20 Girls: 1 L Brown (E&E) 13:20
U17: 1 L Cole (Croy) 12:44; 2 G Brough (S&D) 12:57; 3 M Morrell (S Lon) 13:36
TEAM: 1 S London 47; 2 S&D 69; 3 Croydon 710
U15: 1 I Kaur (S&D) 12:30; 2 A Thurmakulasingam (S&D) 12:34; 3 Z Dodgson (Herne H) 12:59
TEAM: 1 Herne H 77; 2 S London 79; 3 S&D 121
U13: 1 S O’Brien (Herne H) 12:16; 2 I Carter (Herne H) 12:46; 3 G Shade (S Lon) 12:53
TEAM: 1 S London 27; 2 Herne H 74; 3 Kingston & Poly 153
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