Hoppits wins for juniors William Hall and Clara McKee – fell race results

Juniors dominate the race at Lower Hopton in our fell race round-up

HOPPITS HILL RACE, Lower Hopton, February 26

Under-15 Clara McKee added to her growing reputation with an overall women’s win by over a minute.

Last March, she won the National Year 7 Cross-Country Championships ahead of Jorjia March, who went on to win this year’s English National under-13 title last weeknd.

Though she missed the English National and has not done many cross-country races, McKee will be one of the favourites for the English Schools Cross Country.

She won the English Schools year 8 and 9 fell running championships by well over two minutes last October and also enjoyed victory in the West Yorkshire Schools cross-country title earlier in the month.

There she beat this year’s Northern runner-up at cross-country and indoor 800m Maya Schofield, who was also second in the Yorkshire Championships and at Liverpool.

Here, McKee won from fellow under-15 Graihagh Turner, who is the Yorkshire cross-country champion and who finished 44th in the English National the previous afternoon.

The men’s race also saw a young athlete win but 17-year-old William Hall had a closer contest as he had four seconds in hand on senior James Wynne, with 16-year-old Lachlan Wills a further second back in third.

Overall (5km/210m):
1 W Hall (Calder V, U19) 19:57
2 J Wynne (Felland) 20:01
3 L Wills (Wharf, U17) 20:02
4 M Holden (Dews, M40) 20:43
5 C Pickens (Calder V, U17) 20:57

First three men with winner James Hall in middle (Dave Woodhead)

M50: L Holloway (Bev) 23:08

M60: D Collin (Tod) 29:14

M70: W Murgatroyd 35:43

M80: R Brown (P’stone FPR) 36:35

Women:
1 C McKee (Calder V, U15) 21:32
2 G Turner (P’stone FPR, U15) 22:49
3 R Pymm (Sadd) 24:35

Hoppits first five women with winner Clara McKee centre (Dave Woodhead)

W40: N Whitaker (CoH) 27:34

W50: T Entwhistle (Calder V) 27:34

W60: J Boustead (Sadd) 36:15

W70: B Haigh (P’stone FPR) 36:33

U13 (3km/170m): F Mackenzie (Dark Pk) 16:07

U13 girls: I Proudlove (Bev) 17:14

Under-13 start (Dave Woodhead)

CLWYDIAN SHEEPTRACKS, Cilcain, February 26

Overall (28km/1400m):
1 J Gomes (Wrex, M40) 3:00:05
2 L Eccles (Penny L, M40) 3:02:43
3 J Lee (Eryri, W40) 3:19:20
4 J Brown (Buck, M50) 3:19:26

M60: M Snell (Eryri) 4:10:17

Women:
1 Lee 3:19:20
2 K Reynold (Eryri) 3:19:49
3 A Walton 3:31:09

W50: R Metcalfe (Eryri) 3:53:49

SNAEFELL AND THOLTANS, Ardwhallan, Isle of Man, February 26

Overall (9.5km/570m, all Manx…