ATHLETICS: Bicester's Ben West stars at National Cross Country Championships

The Bicester AC runner finished an excellent ninth in the under 17 men’s race – just 46 seconds down on winner, David Stone from Shaftesbury Barnet.

The club said: “This was the highest ever placing by a Bicester AC runner and represents the biggest single running achievement in our history.”

West was also the only Oxfordshire runner to achieve a top-ten finish in the race, which attracted 356 runners.

He covered the undulating 6km course in London in a time of 20mins 15secs.

Meanwhile, Cordy Parker also excelled, crossing 96th to become the first Abingdon female runner to finish inside the first 100 in the senior ladies event.

Oxford City’s Olivia Martin was 26th in the Under 13 girls race, while Radley’s Quinn Miell-Ingram came 30th in the boys event.

OXFORD City’s Simi Fajemisin has moved up to fifth in the British long jump rankings after a personal best of 5.91m in Hanover, New Hampshire.

The Harvard University student was competing in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, in which she finished third.

DUNCAN Talbot won gold at the South of England Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley.

Just a week after claiming three medals at the Southern Counties event, the Abingdon athlete produced a season’s best of 1.41m in the high jump.

Talbot also claimed silver in the 60m hurdles with a time of 12.30secs.

There was more joy for Abingdon in the British Masters Pentathlon Championships, as Pip Terry set a pb of 2,762 points to win the ladies vet 50 gold.

In the men’s event, Pete Stepney’s new mark of 3,077 helped him clinch silver in the vet 55 category, with Mark Juffkins claiming vet 50 bronze.

HEADINGTON’S Kenny Lowies took bronze in the veteran 50-54 category at the 114th Welsh Cross Country Championships.

WITNEY Roadrunners' ladies team won silver at the Pewsey Vale Terminator 12 mile multi-terrain.

Lindsey Smith, who was first vet 45, Rachel Stanley-Evans, the second vet 35, and Melanie Cassidy made up the team.

RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

SAUCONY ENGLISH NATIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon AC – Men – Senior: 344 P Hughes 47.11, 345 O Stepney 47.11, 465 H Read 48.40, 1101 J Miller 54.55, 1761 J Bones 1.02.07. U20: 70 J Shayler 36.18, 200 A Klukowski 42.23. U17: 117 D Bunn 22.26. U15: 242 K Francis 18.22, 270 A Clay 18.33. U13: 219 S Lawton 13.36. Ladies – Senior: 96 C Parker 33.14. U20: 99 L Siddle 30.55. U17: 83 C Halfhead 21.21, 138 A Bromley 22.22, 165 K Harris 22.54, 219 M Darwent 24.11. Team: 19. U15: 141 M Bedlington 16.49, 188 B Darwent 17.13, 250 G Halfhead 17.45, 318 R Mullins 18.15, 371 I Jones 18.59. Team: 34.

Headington RR – Senior men: 916 C Prince 53.12, 1217 D Simpson 56.04, 1797 J D’Angelo 1.02.42, 1856 D Henning 1.03.45. Senior women: 265 A Johnson 36.54, 272 R Shaw 37.01, 400 S Power 39.00, 515 Y Morris 40.41, 688 M Ding 43.36, 743 H Turley 44.26, 872 K King 47.29, 919 S Harding-Brown 48.48, 929 J Duvall 49.07, 945 R Winder 49.30, 949 M Keenan 49.33, 1022 E Carter-Biggs 53.08, 1106 S Leach 1.04.15.

Witney RR – Senior men: 1561 J Floyd 59.41.

114TH WELSH CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Headington RR: 50 K Lowies (3rd V50) 37.01.

BRITISH MASTERS PENTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon AC: Men – V50: 3 M Juffkins 2457pts (1000m: 3.33.44, 60mH: 11.92, high jump: 1.44m, long jump: 4.49m, shot: 7.71m). V55: 2 P Stepney 3077pb (1000m: 3.15.82, 60mH: 10.51pb, high jump: 1.35, Long jump: 4.64m, shot: 6.61). Ladies – LV50: 1 P Terry 2762pb (800m: 3.09.16, 60mH: 11.52, high jump: 1.2, long jump: 3.57pb, shot: 7.70).

BOURTON 10K

Abingdon AC: 108 D Smyth 40.24, 150 C Halfhead (1st JL) 42.48pb, 189 A Muir (V40) 44.19, 198 E McGill (LV40) 44.29, 278 S Cozens (LV45) 48.21pb, 418 S Davies (LV40) 56.36, 453 E Woosy-Griffin (LV45) 58.53.

Eynsham RR: 123 N Maynard (V40) 41.23pb, 169 K Allred (LV45) 43.32, 488 L Tyler (LV45) 1.01.25.

Kidlington: 335 H Lancaster (LV40) 51.08.

Witney RR: 39 J Godwood 37.08, 45 A Lock (V50) 37.31, 49 C Colbeck (V45) 37.36, 70 J Clark 38.45pb, 86 F Howard (V40) 39.34, 115 B Godwood (V45) 40.57, 120 R Green (V50) 41.13, 132 A Leary (V40) 41.52, 137 T Clark (V45) 42.08, 139 B Moore (V50) 42.11, 147 T Burkett (V50) 42.34, 202 V Munday (SL) 44.46, 221 L Harris (LV45) 45.22, 255 J Wright (LV35) 47.20pb, 297 C Bailey (V40) 49.12, 369 S Mackie (LV55) 53.32, 395 F Balkwill (SL) 55.14, 411 S Howard (LV40) 56.23, 412 E Howard (3rd JL) 56:23, 421 D Burkett (LV55) 57.04, 473 I Fowler (V50) 1.00.36.

WINSLOW 10K

Eynsham RR: 15 D Warburton (V40) 38.55, 16 C Williams 38.58, 25 R Hume (V40) 39.56pb, 31 A McEwan-James 40.52, 33 G Bridges (V50) 41.10, 75 K Bates 44.32 (1st LV55), 130 C Hancox (V50) 49.12, 139 K Williamson (LV65) 49.40, 152 T Lawfull (LV45) 51.01, 164 A Craggs (LV35) 51.43, 166 J Garton (LV45) 51.46, 168 R Green (LV35) 51.52, 246 P Creasey (V70) 58.21, 257 A Berrett (LV45) 59.02, 259 J Deguara (LV45) 59.05.

Kidlington: 94 A Powell 46.15, 144 W Bunce (V60) 50.23, 217 M Search (V60) 56.46.

PEWSEY VALE TERMINATOR 12 MILE MULTI-TERRAIN

Witney RR: 64 L Smith (1st L45) 1.42.52, 85 R Stanley-Evans (2nd LV35) 1.46.50, 262 M Cassidy (LV35) 2.15.55, 292 P Rushby (V50) 2.23.13, 329 A Rouget (LV45) 2.36.03pb.

BRIGHTON HALF MARATHON

Eynsham RR: 4042 K Weller (LV45) 2.01.42pb.Witney RR: 58 S Upton 1.17.47, 7001 J Horsman (SL) 2.30.54.

HILLINGDON HALF MARATHON

Headington RR: 12 S Cayley 1.21.16.

THORPE PARK HALF MARATHON

Abingdon AC: 320 P Garrett 1.41.52, 443 M Taylor 1.46.04.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Witney RR: 41 T Burkett (V50) 21.16, 72 R Redford (V45) 23.18, 220 C Hudson (2nd J10) 29.01, 258 R Stanley-Evans (LV40) 31.33.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Witney RR: 65 V Munday (1st SL25) 23.21.

HANLEY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 4 M Lock (1st S18) 18.16.

HARCOURT HILL JUNIOR PARKRUN

Witney RR: 5 R Jones (3rd J10) 9.27.