DANNY Ray made it back-to-back victories this season by winning the second round at Culham Park on Sunday.

The White Horse Harrier, who leads the U20 standings by four points, crossed the finish line in 28mins 42secs, helping his club sit third in Division 1 after two races.

In a hotly-contested race, Ray and Cirencester’s David Bell were neck and neck through the first two laps, before the former crossed with a 13-second lead at the finish.

Paul Fernandez was a further 23 seconds back in third place as Abingdon took victory in Division 2 by 39 points to stay ahead of Alchester.

Oxford City AC topped the Division 1 standings to open up a 245-point gap over Newbury A, with Tegid Jones and Les Newell finishing sixth and eighth respectively.

Dan Blake, of Witney Road Runners, rounded off the top ten.

In the women’s race, Oxford Brookes’ Fabienne Amrhein stormed to victory by more than a minute.

Diane Moore was the next Oxfordshire runner home, finishing fifth as Headington Road Runners came second in Division 1.

Helene Greenwood (Kidlington), Jessica Webb (Woodstock) and Clare Norrish (White Horse Harriers) all came in the top ten.

Radley AC lead Division 3 after collecting 75 points, with Emma Huepfl leading their charge in tenth.

In the junior races, Banbury’s Skip Snelson won the under 13 event, ahead of Benjamin Cumberland (Radley) and Max Nicolle (Bicester).

Oxford City’s Henry Channon beat Radley duo William D’Arcy and Quinn Miell-Ingram in the under 11 boys' race, while clubmate Clover de Jonge won the girls' event.

In the under 9 girls and boys' competition, Oscar Oweka, from Witney, took victory.

TEAM and individual standings will be published in the Oxford Mail after the third round at Horspath on January 10.

RESULTS

OXFORD MAIL CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

Men (senior unless stated): 1 D Ray (Whh, U20) 28.42, 2 D Bell (Cir) 28.55, 3 P Fernandez (Abn, V40) 29.17, 4 A Williams (Cir, V40) 29.26, 5 A Hanson (Tkt, U20) 29.27, 6 T Jones (Oxf) 29.27, 7 B Leggate (Cir) 29.34, 8 L Newell (Oxf, V40) 29.43, 9 J Craggs (New) 29.47, 10 D Blake (Wit) 29.55, 11 T Wright (Ban), 12 E Gault (Oxf), 13 P Jegou (Whh, V40), 14 C Bampton (Oxf, U20), 15 W Cullen (Rad), 16 B Pollard (Eyn, V40), 17 M Pembroke (New), 18 J Cooke (Whh, V40), 19 C Cooper (Swh, U20), 20 A Ind (New, V40), 21 J Atyeo (Oxf, V40), 22 A Miell-Ingram (Rad, U20), 23 P Keating (Abn), 24 L Tolhurst (Tkt, V40), 25 S O’Neill (Hed), 26 T Hemming (Swh), 27 M Baker (Eyn), 28 S Campbell (Cir), 29 R Gould (Alc, V40), 30 J McBrien (Whh).

Women (senior unless stated): 1 F Amrhein (OxB) 23.04, 2 S Crumly (New) 24.06, 3 E Hartnett (Cir) 24.17, 4 J Franklin (New, LV35) 24.29, 5 D Moore (Hed, LV35) 24.48, 6 Y Ryder (New, U20) 25.05, 7 H Greenwood (Kid, U20) 25.26, 8 J Webb (Wds) 25.44, 9 C Norrish (Whh) 25.49, 10 E Huepfl (Rad, LV35) 26.04, 11 H Hale (Eyn), 12 F Snare (Wit), 13 S Davies (Oxf, LV35), 14 E Haley (Rad), 15 R Ferry (Hed, LV35), 16 R Weston (Ban, U20), 17 C Litton (Wit), 18 S Usher (Alc, LV35), 19 H Preedy (Tkt, LV35), 20 R Shaw (Hed, LV35).

Under 15/17 boys: 1 W Crisp (Swh) 16.15, 2 B West (Bic) 16.36, 3 J McLaughlin (Tkt) 16.50, 4 J Shayler (Abn) 17.05, 5 A Scott (Rad) 17.08, 6 O Onay (Whh), 7 G Kelling (Ban), 8 E Pierce (Swh), 9 B McIntyre (Swh), 10 A Blackwell (Rad).

Under 15/17 girls: 1 I Fry (New) 12.33, 2 F Bunn (Abn) 12.46, 3 C Clover (New) 13.20, 4 J Garry (Oxf) 13.32, 5 T Williams (Ban) 13.50, 6 A Gould (Bic), 7 C Ridewood (Abn), 8 E Jackson (Rad), 9 L Ryecroft (Whh), 10 F Insley (Rad).

Under 13 boys: 1 S Snelson (Ban) 8.45, 2 B Cumberland (Rad) 8.52, 3 M Nicolle (Bic) 8.54, 4 R Miell-Ingram (Rad) 9.06, 5 A Pollock (Ban) 9.11, 6 G Ferguson (New), 7 T Kent (Rad), 8 T Allen (New), 9 J Knibb (Swh), 10 S Worfolk (Bic).

Under 13 girls: 1 A Pettit (Tkt) 9.14, 2 D Palmer (Oxf) 9.23, 3 B Darwent (Abn) 9.28, 4 L Robertson (New) 9.34, 5 L Wells (Tkt) 9.39, 6 L Watts (Bic), 7 H Jewell (Rad), 8 A Prince (Oxf), 9 E Porter (Cir), 10 M Rutter (Abn).

Under 11 boys: 1 H Channon (Oxf) 5.31, 2 W D’Arcy (Rad) 5.38, 3 Q Miell-Ingram (Rad) 5.42, 4 F Webb (Mar) 5.51, 5 J James (Rad) 5.56, 6 H Pollock (Ban), 7 M Lloyd-Thomas (Ban), 8 R Snelson (Ban), 9 J Cumberland (Rad), 10 W Waldon (New).

Under 11 girls: 1 C de Jonge (Oxf) 5.46, 2 H Hillman (Swh) 5.49, 3 O Martin (Oxf) 6.08, 4 J Robertson (New) 6.11, 5 G Usher (Bic) 6.15, 6 M Prince (Abn), 7 F Gregory (Cir), 8 P Edwards (Rad), 9 T Dee (Hig), 10 A Gale (Tkt).

Under 9 girls & boys: 1 O Oweka (Wit, B), 2 O Veal (Abn, B), 3 I Haines-Gray (Oxf, G), 4 K Dee (Hig, B), 5 M Peace (Abn, B), 6 C Ashby (Oxf, G), 7 B O’Connor (Wds, B), 8 S Staunton-Lamb (Whh, B), 9  C Cumberland (Rad, B), 10 A Jonkers (Oxf, G).

OTHER RESULTS

Abingdon AC

Men (senior unless stated): 3 P Fernandez (V40) 29.17, 23 P Keating 31.08, 48 J Darwent (V40) 32.28, 60 N Bunn (V50) 33.02, 80 J Bruce 34.32, 87 G Wood 34.43, 92 C MacLennan (V40) 34.54, 101 M Lewy (V50) 35.14, 108 C Whitehead 35.29, 117 D Wilson 35.46, 132 J Bones (V40) 36.13, 143 G Wallace (V40) 36.43, 144 T Clarke (V40) 36.44, 154 L Bailey 37.01, 156 D Smyth 37.11, 162 B Watson (V40) 37.22, 172 D Drysdale (V40) 37.42, 182 N Hamilton (V50) 38.10, 184 P Corentin (U20) 38.12, 188 P Goddard 38.33, 204 S Kippin 39.25, 206 C Sharpe 39.35, 211 S Smith (V50) 39.54, 223 T Greenland (V60) 40.50, 232 A Durham (V40) 41.27, 234 L Purbrick 41.31, 239 G Bartley (V50) 42.20, 246 M Shayler (V40) 43.09, 249 R Davies (V50) 43.23, 252 M Juffkins (V40) 43.42, 260 S Jones (V40) 45.56, 268 D Hunter (V50) 48.15, 275 B Evans (V60) 55.57.

Women (senior unless stated): 29 L Purbrick 27.18, 30 J James (LV35) 27.25, 49 L Barklie 29.17, 52 K Adams (LV35) 29.31, 91 B Compton (LV35) 32.19, 99 J Pennington (LV45) 32.48, 107 L Wilson 33.35, 123 P Wilson (LV55) 35.35, 127 F Cobb 36.30, 129 N Blatchford (LV55) 36.45,130 H Bower (LV35) 36.48, 134 N-J Steinke 37.07, 139 A Moger (LV55) 38.02, 140 J Worth (LV35) 38.11, 142 C Hutchings 38.51, 149 H Burton 40.45, 150 M Piper (LV35) 40.45.

Under 15/17 Boys: 4 J Shayler 17.05, 11 A Ede 18.05, 12 D Bunn 18.11, 16 A Pennington 18.41, 19 J MacLennan 19.02, 21 E Lawton 19.12, 25 A Tufnell 20.00, 26 G Bailey 20.00.

Under 15/17 Girls: 2 F Bunn 12.46, 7 C Ridewood 13.53, 12 L Siddle 14.10, 18 V Tilling 14.35, 23 G Pennington 14.54, 25 K Harris 15.02, 38 M Darwent 15.53, 41 B Kippin 16.00.

Under 13 Boys: 18 J Fernandez 10.15, 24 G Fernandez 10.32.

Under 13 Girls: 3 B Darwent 9.28, 10 M Rutter 9.49, 16 M Bedlington 10.07, 19 I Jones 10.22, 26 G Halfhead 10.50.

Under 11 Boys: 15 S Lawton. Under 11 Girls: 6 M Prince, 11 C Morris, 37 I Kemp, 43 R Herring, 45 F Halsall. Under 9 Girls and boys: 2 O Veal, 5 M Peace, 11 J Veal, 15 A Frost, 18 O Frost.

Headington Road Runners

Men: 25 S O’Neill 31.20, 33 M Pearce 31.47, 41 R Ashby 32.08, 45 L Faulkner 32.13, 57 A Phelps (V50) 32.56, 71 T Clarke 34.04, 74 S Cayley 34.19, 94 R Thetford (V50) 34.57, 102 K Lowies (V40) 35.15, 113 M Charlton 35.39, 116 J D-Angelo 35.43, 128 S Ireland (V40) 36.08, 142 A Foulkes (V50) 36.43, 152 D Henning (V40) 36.59, 167 J Clargo (V40) 37.32, 180 I Meadowcroft (V50) 38.10, 189 C Turnbull 38.40, 228 K Byrne (V60) 41.09, 230 C Slator (V50) 41.17, 231 A Smith 41.23, 233 M Leach 41.30, 240 T Pound (V40) 42.22, 242 N Leach 42.47, 245 S Khan (V40) 42.56, 264 G Norris (V60) 47.07.

Women: 5 D Moore (LV35) 24.48, 15 R Ferry (LV35) 26.32, 20 R Shaw (LV35) 26.42, 28 M Ding 27.14, 39 A Jenkins (LV35) 28.45, 41 N Smith 29.00, 47 L Leach 29.13, 62 E Schmidt 30.30, 63 C Scott (LV35) 30.31, 68 H Turley (LV55) 30.47, 83 A Barry (LV45) 31.50, 88 B Meadowcroft (U20) 32.10, 97 E McDermott (LV35) 32.37, 112 C Conway 34.02, 116 R Cameron (LV45) 34.46, 120 E Carter (LV35) 35.14, 124 L Pearson 35.57, 131 R Todd (LV55) 36.50, 147 S Grylls (LV55) 40.18.

White Horse Harriers

Men: 1 D Ray (U20) 28.42, 13 P Jegou (V40) 30.42, 18 J Cooke (V40) 31.00, 30 J McBrien 31.38, 44 B Claridge (U20) 32.12, 58 C Wilder 32.58, 98 J Bradstock (U20) 35.07, 107 I Lambourn (V50) 35.28, 120 A Harvey 35.53, 151 J Gibbard 36.58, 168 M Lane (V40) 37.32, 169 S Leech (V50) 37.35, 197 D Day (V50) 38.56, 218 M Bailey 40.45, 235 P Claridge (V40) 41.38, 235 G Smith (V50) 45.27.

Women: 9 C Norrish 25.49, 34 K Green 28.01, 104 C Nunn 33.23, 155 N Ratcliffe 42.27.

Under 15/17 Boys (top 20): 6 O Onay. Under 15/17 Girls (top 20): 9 L Ryecroft. Under 9 Girls & boys (top 20): 8 S Staunton-Lamb, 13 H Gould, 14 F Nielsen.