Beverley Runners Set For Regional Selection After Good Performances

Last Saturday, 34 Beverley AC runners took part in the 39th Humberside Cross Country Championships. The races, for male and female runners in different age categories, were held in muddy conditions on the Beverley Westwood.

Athletics clubs from across the county were represented, and Beverley AC fielded runners in all but one of the races. As a result of their performances, some Beverley runners are now likely to be selected to represent Humberside at the Inter-County Cross Country Championships at Birmingham in March.

Beverley’s Senior Women’s team came second in their race over 8000m. The team of 3 consisted of Laura Egan, Emma Greensmith and Meghan Wilson, in 7th, 9th and 11th places respectively with times of 23:41, 24:26 and 24:34. Greensmith was also 3rd Veteran in the race. Other Beverley runners in the race, which was won by Beverley Wilson (Cleethorpes AC) in 21:00, were Kate Little (24:46) and Mariana Barbera (25:23).

Beverley’s junior women and girls ran well in several age group races. Nicole Dawson was second in the Junior Women’s race, completing the 6,500m course in 27:33. In the Under 17 Women’s race over 5000m, Beverley’s was the second team, made up of Elizabeth Evans (20:09), Kelly Dawson (21:28) and Dayna Arnott (22:34). Beverley’s Under 15 Girls took first team prize in their 5000m race. Runners were Becky Briggs (who took second place in 18:14), Laura Duncan (18:44), Morgan Dennis (19:02) and Eleanor Boyd (21:02). In the youngest age groups, Isabelle Horocks clocked 9:32 over her 3,500m in the Under 13 Girls race, and Emily Peacock recorded a time of 5:40 for her 1,500 m in the Under 11 Girls race.

The Senior Men’s race, run by 87 athletes over 12,000m, was won by Howard Thompson (Charnwood AC) in 35:22. Beverley’s men were 4th team of 6 runners, led in by Aubrey Morrell in 38:44, taking 11th place. Other team members were Lewis Holloway (15th in 39:20), Mark Dalton (37th in 42:24), Peter Fielding-Smith (40th in 43:28), Luke Davison (44th in 44:13) and Andrew Tate (49th in 44:27). Other Beverley men included Matthew Inhgam (45:01), Andrew Johnson (46:28), Jim Harbridge (48:10) and Jody Horth (50:15).

Like their female team mates, Beverley’s junior men and boys performed well in their age group races. Harry Powell was second in the Under 17 Men’s race over 6,500m, recording a time of 21:37. Beverley took the second team place in this race, with the other members being Conor Spilsby (23:44) and Edward Prew (26:29). Oliver Douglas ran the 5000m Under 15 Boys race in 17:55, and Taylor Arnott and Jonathan Dennison completed the 3,500m Under 13 Boys race in 8:52 and 8:58. Beverley Under 11 Boys team took 2nd place in their 1,500m race. First in for the team was Guy Harbridge (5:13), followed by Aiden Glover (5:28) and Christopher Jeffs (5:46).
Report by Lewis Holloway of Beverley AC