Beverley’s Juniors and Seniors Compete In Harrogate

Beverley Athletic Club Juniors travelled to Harrogate last Saturday to take part in the Stray 5k and 2.5k races.

Organised by St Aidan’s School, the races start and finish in the school grounds and follow a flat course round the Stray, a beautiful area of parkland in the centre of Harrogate. Due to the extremely wet weather, conditions were more akin to a cross-country race in winter than a run round parkland in the middle of June.

With lots of experience of muddy conditions, Beverley AC Juniors took the race in their stride. They all finished in the top 10 in their respective age categories and came home with a number of prizes.

Running against strong competition from older boys in the 2.5k race, 12 year-old Oliver Cockerill finished in second place in 8:19 and was first in his age group.

Lauryn Garwood was the first girl to finish. She was sixth overall and crossed the line in 8:47. She was also first in the FU15 category but with the ‘one prize per runner’ rule this award was presented to her clubmate Dayna Arnott who finished next in this age group.

Morgan Dennis completed the course in 9:18 and won the FU12 prize.

Competing against much older children, the youngest Beverley Junior, 9 year-old Aidan Glover, finished in 69th place in a commendable 11:08 and was eighth out of 38 in the MU9 category.

In the 5k race Mark Dawson was the first Beverley runner across the line, finishing in seventh place in 18:40. His daughter, Nicole, was the first U18 girl.

Juniors’ coach Neil Sergeant used the 5k as a warm up for his stint as torchbearer in the Olympic Torch Relay in on Monday and finished second in the MV60 category.

There were 116 finishers in the 5k race which was won by Mike Burrett of Leeds City AC in 16:38. The first lady was Emily Burchill, also of Leeds City AC, in 19:04.

In the 2.5k race there were 193 finishers and it was won by Julian Rose of Holmfirth in 7:45. The first female to finish was Lauryn Garwood of Beverley AC in 8:47.

Beverley AC finishing times:
2.5 k
Oliver Cockerill 8:19; Lauryn Garwood 8:47; Taylor Arnott 8:51; Dayna Arnott 9:10; Morgan Dennis 9:18; 9:20; Eleanor Boyd 9:22; Joseph Cockerill 10:04; Jordan Peacock 10.50; Aidan Glover 11:08.

Reported by Kay Farrow



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