OXFORDSHIRE’S Frances Briscoe and Steve Naylor both achieved top-30 placings in the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships at Cofton Park, Birmingham.

White Horse Harrier Briscoe finished 23rd in the UK’s leading cross country event, clocking 29mins 17secs for the 8km course as Oxon came 18th in the ladies’ standings.

Naylor, from Woodstock, came 26th, completing the 12km course in 36.47 and helping Oxfordshire to 17th in the men’s rankings.

The result showed he had shrugged off an Achilles injury and was just four places behind his debut in 2011.

Abingdon Ambler Paul Fernandez was Oxfordshire’s second man home in 38.32, pipping Oxford City’s Darrell Bellinger, who clocked 38.34.

Oxford University student Courtney Bishop was Oxon’s second lady across the line, recording 30.24 for 54th place, followed by Woodstock Harrier Jess Webb (32.16) in 128th.

The county’s best team performance came in the under 20 women’s race where Gemma Bridge (Radley) and Melissa Hawtin (Oxford City) led Oxon to eighth place.

Bridge finished 11th in 22.01, with Hawtin 15th in 22.16.

White Horse Harrier Jonathan Cornish clocked 27.17 for 54th in the under 20 men’s race, while Radley’s Christian Von Eitzen (15.47) was 53rd in the under 15 boys’ event.

Cordelia Parker (Abingdon) led the under 17 girls’ team home in 67th, recording 21.01.

Beth Hawtin (Oxford City) finished 51st in the under 15 girls’ race, clocking 16.58.

In the under 13 girls’ event, Annabel Simpson (Radley) came 27th in 11.52, with Abingdon’s Fiona Bunn 49th in 12.06.

OXFORDSHIRE RESULTS

(individual top 200 only)

Senior men: 17th (26 S Naylor 36.47, 95 P Fernandez 38.32, 96 D Bellinger 38.34, 155 O Ellis 40.05, 173 L Newell 40.36, 176 J Richardson 40.41).

Under 20 men: 25th (54 J Cornish 27.17, 144 R Meredith 29.33, 148 J Humphreys 29.38, 168 A Mills 30.21, 175 A Holmes 30.58, 180 D Moseley 31.08, G Ramsay 32.05.

Under 17 boys: 21st (80 C Hewitt 20.29, 89 M Marshall 20.38, 132 B Upjohn 21.07, 141 M Lomas 21.11, 150 J Bowness 21.16).

Under 15 boys: 26th (53 C Von Eitzen 15.47, 108 J Currah 16.18, 113 M Fabes 16.20).

Under 13 boys: 36th (94 I Brown 11.23, 169 J Hancox 11.46).

Senior women: 18th (23 F Briscoe 29.17, 54 C Bishop 30.24, 128 J Webb 32.16, 165 C Harris 33.23, 171 C Abesser 33.35, 182 S Davies 34.03, 190 N Gomm 34.32).

Under 20 women: 8th (11 G Bridge 22.01, 15 M Hawtin 22.16, 55 J Walker 24.18, 135 B Pull 28.45, 139 E Lambert 29.47.

Under 17 girls: 24th (67 C Parker 21.01, 89 S Lloyd 21.25, 124 C McMillan 21.59, 156 H Papworth 22.32, 186 B Hodgson 23.02).

Under 15 girls: 21st (51 B Hawtin 16.58, 96 M Humphreys 17.33, 116 S Sunderland 17.42, 159 E Evans 18.05, 164 J Harrison 18.08, 172 D White 18.17).

Under 13 girls: 17th (27 A Simpson 11.52, 49 F Bunn 12.06, 78 F Insley 12.16, 167 V Tilling 12.53, 190 I Rodriguez 13.02, 191 C Ridewood 13.02).