STEVE Naylor gatecrashed the fourth round of the Chiltern Cross Country League as he romped to victory at Luton.

Running as a guest for Headington Roadrunners, Naylor stunned the regulars as he clocked 28mins 29secs over a tricky and undulating course to take first place.

As he was not registered, his victory did not count towards Headington’s team points tally, but he said there were plenty of raised eyebrows.

“I don’t think anybody knew who I was, so you can imagine the shocked faces when I managed to get up the last hill in first place!”

Headington’s men finished in seventh place in the team competition, despite Naylor’s performance not counting.

They were led home by Chris Dettmar (V40), who clocked 31.01 for 15th place.

Gary Harris was 43rd in 32.51, with Richard Skilbeck, Fergus Campbell, Andy Phelps and Martin Dunmore all finishing in the top 100.

In the women’s race, Headington landed team victory in some style.

Jude Craft led the way, finishing an impressive third place in 22.24.

Helen Barnes was fourth in 22.43, with Diane Moore tenth in 23.31.

Liz Barker completed the points-scoring team.

Oxford City’s Matthieu Marshall finished fourth in the under 15 boys’ race, leaving him fourth in the standings with one round to go.

Under 13 Nat Jones was fifth, leaving himselve in the bronze medal position and two points off second place.

RESULTS

Senior & veteran men

Headington RR: S Naylor (guest) 28.29 (non points-scoring), 17 C Dettmar (V40) 31.01, 43 G Harris 32.51, 58 R Skilbeck 34.06, 67 F Campbell (V40) 34.51, 73 A Phelps (V40) 35.17, 98 M Dunmore 36.46, 104 N Baker (V50) 37.03, 113 J Griffiths (V50) 37.35, 123 L Hurman (V50) 38.13, 139 A Darbyshire (V40) 39.54, 145 J Tyler (V40) 40.33, 170 J Worth (V40) 44.13.

Oxford C: 59 H van Zyl (V50) 34.13, 87 S Thorp (V50) 36.00, 90 R Grant (V50) 36.07, 107 D Parsons (V60) 37.10, 109 R Treadwell (V60) 37.13, 121 S Winter 38.10, 171 P Grimsdale (V50) 44.35, 176 P Bibro 45.39.

Senior & veteran women

Headington RR: 3 J Craft (LV35) 22.24, 4 H Barnes 22.43, 10 D Moore (LV35) 23.31, 13 L Barker 23.43, 18 C Harris 24.37, 21 A Hopkins (LV35) 24.57, 35 H Kitchen 26.42, 42 M-A Fischer (LV45) 27.40, 55 N Giannousi (LV35) 29.04, 61 C Coles 30.21.