Former Radley athlete Hatti Dean finished second in the senior women’s race at Saturday’s Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships in Birmingham, and in doing so, secured her place in Team GB for the world championships in Spain later this month.

Dean, representing Yorkshire in the event at Cofton Park, crossed the line in the 8km race in 27mins 59secs.

Although she was 30 seconds adrift of race winner Charlotte Purdue, Dean’s performance led the way for Yorkshire, who finished fourth.

Meanwhile, Oxfordshire’s men had a superb day, producing one of their best results in recent years.

Their team of six finished in 15th place, while in the team of nine contest, Oxfordshire were placed fourth.

They were led home by Steve Naylor, who paced himself superbly to achieve 22nd place over the 12km course, clocking 37mins 05secs.

In the senior women’s race, Frances Briscoe fell, was trampled on and passed by 40 athletes, but still finished 65th.

In the junior ranks, there were creditable efforts from Beth Hawtin, who was 21st in the under 15 girls’ race, while her Oxford City clubmate Nat Jones was 46th in the under 13 boys’ event.

OXFORDSHIRE RESULTS

Under 13 girls (3km): 13 M Humphreys 12.17, 77 E Evans 12.27, 102 B Mulvaney 12.34, 135 F Insley 12.44. Team: 18th.

Under 13 boys (3km): 46 N Jones 11.22, 136 H Macke 11.51, 169 B Clauge 12.01, 206 J Hancox 12.16, 262 R Crowther 12.51. Team: 30th.

Under 15 girls (4km): 21 B Hawtin 16.38, 99 T Mobley 17.35, 113 S Lloyd 17.45, 168 J Harrison 18.21, 216 E Clark 18.58, 280 M Walker 20.26. Team: 19th.

Under 15 boys (4.5km): 78 C Hewitt 16.25, 102 M Marshall 16.36, 144 B Upjohn 16.54, 175 G Towersey 17.09, 191 C von Eitzen 17.17, 233 J Tack 17.41. Team: 28th.

Under 17 women (5km): 43 C McMillan 20.59, 72 L Hawtin 21.31, 110 J Walker 22.06, 143 C Parker 22.32, 177 A Brooker 23.04. Team: 21st.

Under 17 men (6km): 204 S Jones 22.04, 215 L Terry 22.11, 217 A Holmes 22.14, 254 J Humphreys 22.48, 260 A Mills 23.03, 269 O Stepney 23.21, 271 D Moseley 23.34. Team: 40th.

Under 20 women (6km): 44 G Bridge 24.03, 51 M Hawtin 24.32. No team finish.

Under 20 men (8km): 52 A Jones 28.01, 63 J Simmons 28.12, 95 C Lowe 29.12, 110 J Cornish 29.42, 130 J Ridley 30.32. Team: 18th.

Senior women (8km): 65 F Briscoe 31.11, 138 R Kelling 32.55, 145 H Barnes 33.01, 152 M Bartlett 33.14, 169 M Roberts 33.44, 181 S Davies 34.06, 193 C Harris 34.34, 228 L Berg 36.13. Team: 21st.

Senior men (12km): 22 S Naylor 37.05, 61 R Glastonbury 38.18, 142 D Bellinger 40.05, 174 P Haarer 40.45, 176 N Marley 40.46, 181 L Newell 40.53, 186 O Ellis 41.01, 192 J Bolton 41.21, 202 R Kerr 41.36. Team: 15th (first six to finish); 4th (first 9 to finish).