Oxford Uni cross-country runners get pleasure from double crew victory at Varsity match

College students courageous robust winds and muddy circumstances as Oxford dominate crew 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 circumstances, 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 dwelling 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 collection by 28 wins to twenty.

Within the 133rd Gents’s Race, over seven-and-a-half-miles, Oxford lastly ended a four-year gentle blue profitable streak and, in some type, with first six males dwelling.

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 dwelling.

This represented the most important victory within the males’s collection because the well-known fog race of 1952 and the second largest margin of victory because the eight-a-side, six-to-score format was adopted in 1948. The collection 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Earlier within the day, Jack Millar repeated his 2021 and 2022 victories to take the person honours within the Outdated Blues match, the place Cambridge got here out on high however Oxford now lead this collection by 18 wins to 14.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

Ladies: 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

Outdated Blues General: 1 J Millar (Oxf) 22:07; 2 M Kunov (Oxf) 22:19; 3 T McCauley (Camb) 22:40; 4 G Gathercole (Camb) 23:02; 5 A Schaffer (Camb) 23:09; 6 E Brady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

Ladies: 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 girls 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 women, 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 Ladies: 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, Tub, Somerset, December 8

The College of Tub performed host and in very windy climate all was effectively with the racing as triathlete Johnny James had a stable victory over fellow under-20 Harry Maxwell from a 200-strong males’s area.

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 Tub, 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 Tub) 36:13

M55: 1 H Bampton (Chelt) 39:25

M65 (6km approx.): 1 M Hamm (Yate) 2858

M70: 1 T Hutchison (T Tub) 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

Ladies: 1 M Porter (W Tempo) 24:00; 2 E Waldman (B&W) 24;18; 3 G Roberts (Tub U, U20) 24:18; 4 A Gascoigne (T Tub, W45) 24:20; 5 N Frith (Chelt) 24:36; 6 A Wallace (T Tub, 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 Tub) 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 referred to 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 circumstances.

Males’s winner Edward Buck was concerned in an in depth race with Masters M45 Worldwide winner Alastair Watson earlier than main his Newark membership to a crew win on the day.

It was all change on the entrance of the senior girls’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

Ladies: 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 Okay 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 attributable to Storm Darragh.

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY CUP Last, Leeds, December 7

Postponed till March 1st 2025 attributable to Storm Darragh.

MANCHESTER AREA LEAGUE, Woodbank Park, December 7

Assembly cancelled attributable to Storm Darragh.

SOUTH OF ENGLAND MASTERS & INTER-COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS, Lloyd Park, Croydon, Surrey, December 7 

For the second yr 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 yr. The wrongdoer 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

Ladies: 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 (Okay&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 Ladies: 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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