Results

Well done to all the athletes who competed in the XC at Halesowen today. There was some great running on a really testing hilly course. In particular, congratulations to Alex Stapleton who won the U11 boys race and Georgia Curry who won the U15 girls race.

There was also a great team victory for the U11 girls with Tamysn Booth finishing 3rd, Lucy Corker 6th, Holly Tyson 7th, Lucia Cantone 13th and Milly Fidkin 21st. Special mention also to Emily Sandbrook who lost a shoe early in the race but still managed to finish 32nd!

The U11 boys ran superbly to finish 2nd in their team race. Joseph Martin (4th), Ryley Thomas (20th), Matthew Greenaway (21st) and Daniel Olatundun (30th) were the other scorers for the team.

Shaun Evans had a great run to finish 10th in the U17 men’s race, whilst there were top 20 finishes for a number of other athletes – Melissa Adkins was 14th and Ellen Humpherston was 15th in the U13 girls race, Grace Stirland was 19th in the U15 girls race and Molly Rees was 17th in the U17 women’s race.

Overall the club finished 5th on the day out of 19 clubs and is in 4th place after 3 races. The full results are available on the WMYACCL website. Photos taken by Marc Kirsten are available on our FLICKR page. Well done to everyone who ran!

The next race is at the Pingles (Nuneaton) on 19th January.

The club entered two teams in the BMAF Cross Country relays championships in Derby on Saturday.

The 2-lap race took place around Moorways Stadium on a 3k undulating and twisty course, in chilly conditions.
After being in a strong 11th position after Leg 1 and moving up to 9th after Leg 2, the M35 team finished in a credible 15th position out of 20 teams.
The M45 team finished 10th in their category, with very strong performances from John Fletcher and Simon Corker.

Well done to all, especially Gethin Rees for one of his first outings for the club and a good time too.

The full results can be found here:

M35 team:

Paul Terleski 11’22
Fred Tremblay 11’00
Simon Ralph 12’14
Gethin Rees 12’45
Subodh Dave 12’35

M45 team

Paul Jenkins 13’50
Simon Corker 11’24
Matt Stenson 13’28
John Fletcher 12’14
Richard Lewis 14’00

There was some fantastic running by our young athletes in the second West Midlands Young Athletes XC fixture at Wolverhampton yesterday. In testing conditions the star performance came from Alex Stapleton who won the U11 boys race in style. He took the lead on the long hill and held off a spirited late surge from his rival to claim victory. He was followed home by Joseph Martin in 3rd place, with Daniel Olatundun also having a great run in 14th. Overall the U13 boys finished 2nd.

The U11 girls also packed well to secure a 2nd place team finish with Holly Tyson (4th), Lucia Cantone (9th), Lucy Corker (11th) and Tamsyn Booth (12th) all finishing in the top 20.

In the U13 boys race Lewis Duval was the 1st Royal Sutton runner home in 8th place, whilst in the U13 girls race the top performances came from Ellen Humpherston and Melissa Adkins who finished 10th and 12th respectively.

In the U15 girls race Georgia Curry ran superbly to finish 4th. Elsewhere, there we’re top 20 finishes for Shaun Evans, who was 13th in the U17 Men’s race and Sophia Karski, who was 14th in the U17 women’s race.

Overall, the strong showing by all our athletes resulted in Royal Sutton finishing 4th on the day out of the 19 clubs competing. After two races the club is now 3rd in the league, with the next race at Halesowen in early December. Let’s have another great performance then!

The full results are available here and photos taken by Marc Kirsten are available on our FLICKR page here.