BEN West became the first Bicester runner to achieve a top-ten finish in the UK Inter-County Cross Country Championships at Loughborough.

Representing Oxfordshire, the teenager finished seventh in the under 17 men’s race.

In the under 13 boys’ event, Radley duo Johnny James and Quinn Miell-Ingram impressed when finishing 13th and 30th respectively.

BICESTER and Oxford City veteran David Kuester won five vet 70 medals at the British Masters Athletic Federation Indoor Track & Field Championships.

He collected silver in the hammer, shot and heavy hammer, as well as bronze in the discus and javelin.

Oxford City’s John Exley and Stewart Thorp won two medals apiece.

Exley took gold in the vet 70 1,500m and Thorp clinched silver in the vet 65 800m.

The former also came second in the 3,000m, with the latter matching that achievement in his age group.

Clubmate Brian Green took bronze in the vet 60 event.

THE first race of the Mota-vation Series takes place at Charlton-on-Otmoor on Thursday, April 26 at 7pm.

Visit kidlingtonrunning.org.uk/mota-vation for more information.

OXFORD City came third in the men’s race of the Teddy Hall Relays.

Alex Bampton ran their fastest leg in 22mins 31secs.

Oxford University won the event.

RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

UK INTER-COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon – Men – U20: 62 J Shayler 33.38. U17: 130 D Bunn 24.00, 226 A Pennington 25.57. U15: 250 A Clay 22.06. Women – U20: 105 C Ridewood 31.52, 129 L Siddle 33.18. U17: 113 C Halfhead 26.22, 123 M Darwent 26.38, 177 A Bromley 27.45, 178 K Harris 27.46.

BRITISH MASTERS ATHLETIC FEDERATION INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Bicester – Hammer – V70: 2 D Kuester 28.42. Shot – V70: 2 D Kuester 8.72. Discus – V70: 3 D Kuester 23.06. Heavy hammer – V70: 2 D Kuester 10.53. Javelin – V70: 3 D Kuester 23.43.

Oxford City – 60m – Men – V40: 5 A Richards-Gray 8.47. Women – LV50: 4 M Wakefield 9.30. 1,500m – Men: V70: 1 J Exley 5.47.47. 200m – Women – LV50: 5 M Wakefield 31.74. 800m – Men – V70: 4 J Exley 2.56.56. V65: 2 S Thorp 2.37.17. 3,000m – Men – V70: 2 J Exley 12.36.44. V60: 3 B Green 10.32.44. V65: 2 S Thorp 11.46.50.

BARCELONA MARATHON

Didcot Runners: 5675 E Naughton 3.50.01.

Headington RR: 8501 T Dixon 4.30.09.

Witney RR: 12336 A Maybrey (LV35) 4.54.15.

MILTON KEYNES 20 MILE

Abingdon: 129 J Moore (V50) 2.29.49, 170 L Shelton (SL) 2.36.14, 454 M Taylor 2.59.41, 463 C Fisher (LV45) 3.01.20, 468 J Newton (V40) 3.02.05, 555 P Garrett 3.10.48, 750 J Worth (LV35) 3.31.32.

Kidlington: 29 A Bekele 2.13.47, 219 A Finnigan (LV35) 2.39.37.

MILTON KEYNES 10K

Abingdon: 48 M Lewy (V50) 42.55, 210 B Compton (LV45) 51.34, 689 E Woosey-Griffin (LV45) 1.03.31, 712 E Moore (LV50) 1.04.06.

MINCHINHAMPTON 10K

Kidlington: 192 C Bickell (V40) 56.06, 250 C Worth (LV35) 59.19.

TEDDY HALL RELAYS

Abingdon – Men: 25 Abingdon 1st 1.49.58 (P Akrill 25.44, M Walker 26.42, M Lewy 29.03, J Moore 28.27), 55 Abingdon 2nd 2.13.01 (C Sharpe 31.48, J Wigmore 34.15, M Wilson 32.01, B Hedges 34.55). Women: 18 Abingdon 1.56.39 (S Egerton 38.07, S Tumelaire 34.18, E Moore 44.13). Mixed: 27 Abingdon 2.07.25 (27 J Pennington 35.17, A Muir 31.55, L Shelton 29.32, P Stepney 30.40).

WOKING 5K

4 H Read 16.13pb.

WOKING KIDS FUN RUN 2K

Abingdon: 113 C Goddard (U9B) 9.53.

WITNEY PARKRUN

Witney RR: 1 S Upton (S25) 19.09, 7 K Hennessy (3rd V40) 22.31, 22 E Kay (3rd V35) 25.32, 106 C Hudson (2nd J10) 33.14, 107 T Ratcliffe (LV45) 33.16, 122 L Hopkins (2nd LV60) 35.54, 173 J Horsman (SL25) 38.51, 210 M Crabbe (V65) 54.00.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Witney RR: 37 T Burkett (V50) 22.03, 38 G Le Good (1st V65) 22.05, 129 J Le Good (1st LV60) 26.38.

FULHAM PALACE PARKRUN

Witney RR: 119 L Harris (1st LV45) 22.50.

HARCOURT HILL JUNIOR PARKRUN

Witney RR: 5 R Jones (3rd J10) 9.13.