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Cross Country, Round 2 Cirencester Report


Sunday's event was held on a tough and testing course which included a very challenging climb (or in some cases climb's) just prior to the finish. We have a lot of new faces in the junior sections and also the seniors, welcome Neil Cox and Mark Pierce!

Race 1 Under 9's

As in the first event Edward and Alex lead the Swindon runner's home, with Jessie being our third runner home. A great turn out for this age group.

Position Athlete Category
4 Edward Smith Swh U9
5 Alex Leak Swh U9
16 Jesse Bryant Swh U9
21 Zac Howell Swh U9
24 Evan Leak Swh U9
30 Elliott Cox Swh U9
36 Ella Nicholls Swh U9g
40 Finley Byrne Swh U9

Race 2: U11 Girls

Next up were the Under 11 girls, first Harriers home were Khaya and Ella reversing their placing from Newbury, closely followed by Bella to put 3 Harriers in the first 11 home. Great to see so many runners making their Harriers debuts and running really strongly.

Position Athlete Time
5 Khaya Swaine 5.21
6 Ella Spencer 5.23
11 Bella Ryder 5.46
12 Meg Lloyd 5.51
18 Holly Scott 6.03
20 Meredith Prosser 6.10
23 Paige Withers 6.15
36 Kaitlyn Howell 6.38
37 Nieve Corcoran 6.38
40 Isla McCalla 6.44

Race 3: U11 Boys

Once again there were plenty of new faces carrying Harrier's colours, one of our debutants, George led the Harriers the home. Joshua improved on his first outing, Ben rounding out the first 3 Harriers home.

Position Athlete Time
22 George Mann 5.46
31 Joshua Steward 6.03
33 Benjamin Langfield 6.09
38 Archie Richardson 6.15
41 Samuel Mullin 6.29
43td> McKenzie Gallagher 7.15

Race 4: U13 Girls

Katie celebrated her club athlete of the year award by leading the A team home, closely followed by Maisie and Freya to give the Team 5th overall matching their result in the first round.

Position Athlete Time
16 Katie New 10.48
17 Maisie McCalla 10.53
19 Freya Davidse 11.04
20 Millie White 11.08
21 Rebecca Cornell 11.18
27 Chloe Scanlon 12.05
30 Rosheen O'Callaghan 12.22

U13G Team Results

Position Team Points Top 3 places
1 Abingdon A 24 1 5 18
2 Team Kennet A 44 2 11 31
3 Bicester AC A 48 8 15 25
4 Banbury A 51 3 22 26
5 Swindon A 52 16 17 19
6 Witney A 54 12 14 28
7 Radley A 56 10 13 33
8 Newbury A 66 9 24 33
9 Swindon B 68 20 21 27
10 Oxford City A 72 6 33 33
11 White Horse A 89 23 33 33
12 Kidlington A 95 29 33 33

Race 5: U13 Boys

Fletcher repeated his 2nd place in round 1 with another solid performance, James and Samuel packed well to ensure the A team repeated their win from round 1.

Position Athlete Time
2 Fletcher Hart 8.49
5 James Bagot 9.07
8 Samuel Rai 9.18
21 Thomas Nicholls 10.03
27 Harry Edwards 10.32

U13B Team Results

Position Team Points Top 3 places
1 Swindon A 15 2 5 8
2 Radley A 17 1 6 10
3 Banbury A 37 3 14 20
=3 Oxford City A 37 4 11 22
5 Team Kennet A 50 9 12 29
6 Radley B 57 15 18 24
7 Bicester AC A 59 7 19 33
8 Abingdon A 75 13 25 37
9 Newbury A 82 23 28 31
10 Swindon B 90 21 27 42
11 White Horse A 94 17 35 42
12 Oxford City B 104 30 36 38
13 Highworth A 110 26 42 42

Race 6: U15/U17 Girls

Lavinia led the Harriers home in 7th place repeating her result from round one, she was ably backed up by Kelly and Rachel giving the team a share of 3rd place in the team standings.

Position Athlete Time
7 Lavinia Rai (U15) 15.32
11 Kelly–Marie Marsh (U15) 15.40
25 Rachel Oram (U17) 16.40
27 Sophie Capel (U17) 16.53
28 Ayla Tonkin (U15) 17.03
31 Lucy Spencer (U15) 17.29
35 Anna Curtis (U17) 18.55
36 Josie Ryder (U15) 18.58
39 Maddy Tonkin (U17) 21.10

U15/U17 Girls Team Results

Position Team Points Top 3 places
1 Oxford City A 17 4 5 8
2 Abingdon A 20 2 6 12
3 Oxford City B 43 9 13 21
=3 Swindon A 43 7 11 25
5 Highworth A 44 1 3 40
6 Newbury A 49 14 16 19
7 Team Kennet A 54 10 20 24
8 Witney A 80 15 32 33
9 Radley A 81 18 23 40
10 Abingdon B 85 26 29 30
11 Swindon B 86 27 28 31
12 White Horse A 88 17 34 37
13 Banbury A 102 22 40 40
14 Swindon C 110 35 36 39

Race 7: U15/U17 Boys

Patrick improved on his first round 3rd place to take the runners up slot at Cirencester and with Ben and Jack both in the top 10 it gave the team 1st place in the on the day. This race saw a very strong representation from the Harriers with 7 runners in the top 23.

Position Athlete Time
2 Patrick Mochan (U17) 17.16
8 Ben McIntyre (U17) 17.57
10 Jack Latus (U17) 18.03
14 Harry Woods (U15) 18.40
15 Jack Gunning (U15) 18.41
22 Archie Pierce (U17) 19.18
23 Takuma Yokoyama (U15) 19.22
32 Harrison Black (U15) 20.27
34 Tyler Blair (U17) 20.53
43 Zed Snell (U15) 22.39
45 Jonah Sparkes (U15) 23.03
47 Zachary Sparkes (U15) 25.34

U15/U17 Boys Team Results

Position Team Points Top 3 places
1 Swindon A 20 2 8 10
2 Radley A 27 1 7 19
3 Oxford City A 37 6 11 20
4 Bicester AC A 38 9 13 16
=4 Newbury A 38 5 12 21
6 Swindon B 51 14 15 22
7 Banbury A 55 3 4 48
8 Bicester AC B 82 26 27 29
9 White Horse A 86 17 33 36
10 Swindon C 89 23 32 34
11 Abingdon A 90 18 24 48
12 Radley B 101 25 28 48
13 Newbury B 116 30 38 48
14 Bicester AC C 118 37 40 41
15 Team Kennet A 127 31 48 48
16 White Horse B 129 39 42 48
17 Swindon D 135 43 45 47
18 Bicester AC D 138 44 46 48

Race 8: Men

The senior team could not repeat the result of the first round due to injuries and missing athletes. However a best ever placing from Simon leading the team home ensured the Harriers maintained their position at the top of Division 2 and still and very much on the way to promotion. Courtney jumped 10 places to follow Sergio home and ensure the Harriers had 3 in the top 10. It was a family affair with Ethan and his Dad Mark both featuring in the 1st seven Harriers home, Dan Patel in his first race for some time finished just outside the top 50, Martin made up the 7 with a place in the top 100.

Position Athlete Time
4 Simon Byrne (S) 34.25
7 Sergio Martinez Gonzalez (S) 34.48
10 Courtenay Chessell (S) 35.21
22 Ethan Pierce (U20) 37.12
52 Daniel Patel (U20) 39.20
96 Martin Townsend (V1) 41.45
108 Mark Pierce (V1) 42.23
124 Bryan Tonkin (V2) 43.00
179 Darren Davidse (V1) 45.44
210 Kieran Golding (S) 47.50
214 Steve Connolly (V3) 48.06
238 Bernard Merron (V3) 50.39
244 Neil Cox (V1) 51.47
258 Stuart Day (V2) 55.01

Mens Team Results

Division 1

Position Team Points Top 7 places
1 Abingdon A 74 1 2 6 14 16 17 18
2 Newbury A 217 8 9 21 34 47 48 50
3 Oxford City A 237 3 13 25 26 32 63 75
4 Alchester A 277 24 33 36 37 44 45 58
5 Headington A 477 27 35 40 70 91 99 115
6 Eynsham A 502 11 51 71 77 81 100 111
7 Woodstock A 576 12 28 41 89 90 119 197
8 White Horse A 646 38 39 74 104 117 127 147
9 Newbury B 676 72 82 86 92 102 113 129
10 Bicester TC A 893 79 88 122 126 143 160 175

Division 2

Position Team Points Top 7 places
1 Swindon A 299 4 7 10 22 52 96 108
2 Witney A 311 5 15 31 53 57 67 83
3 Abingdon B 432 19 46 56 60 80 84 87
4 Didcot A 566 30 68 69 76 97 110 116
5 Alchester B 781 64 66 78 131 132 136 174
6 Hook Norton A 1018 49 62 106 182 192 211 216
7 Eynsham B 1097 125 138 139 151 153 171 220
8 Newbury C 1255 149 150 159 167 185 196 249
9 Team Kennet A 1329 65 103 186 219 232 250 274
10 Radley A 1364 55 93 205 206 247 279 279

Race 9: Women

The Ladies race featured 3 Harriers, who combined to bring the team home in 22nd overall.

Position Athlete Time
103 Amanda Mann (V1) 41.50
110 Pauline Morgan (V2) 42.38
166 Lizzie Rayner (S) 55.22

Division 3

Position Team Points Top 7 places
1 Oxford TC A 40 6 10 24
2 White Horse B 135 40 46 49
3 Oxf Brookes A 155 37 47 71
4 White Horse C 173 51 57 65
5 Kidlington A 199 42 43 114
=5 Witney B 199 56 64 79
7 Eynsham B 203 35 83 85
8 Harwell A 213 39 74 100
9 Oxford TC B 218 61 73 84
10 Hook Norton A 229 50 68 111
11 White Horse D 236 70 76 90
12 Bicester TC A 237 66 77 94
13 Abingdon C 265 60 82 123
14 Alchester B 267 67 99 101
15 Eynsham C 269 87 89 93
16 Witney C 282 81 97 104
17 Cherwell B 316 88 106 122
18 Witney D 339 108 113 118
19 Headington C 345 105 115 125
20 Didcot B 354 102 112 140
21 Bicester TC B 367 107 126 134
22 Swindon A 379 103 110 166
23 Kidlington B 381 116 117 148
=23 Witney E 381 121 128 132
25 Oxford TC C 392 96 127 169
26 Abingdon D 398 124 136 138
27 White Horse E 408 109 139 160
28 Headington D 414 131 141 142
29 Alchester C 433 143 144 146
30 Witney F 445 133 149 163
31 Bicester TC C 450 135 156 159
32 Cherwell C 452 130 153 169
33 Headington E 453 147 152 154
34 Headington F 480 157 158 165
35 Bicester AC A 483 145 169 169
36 Bicester TC D 497 161 167 169