Leeds City triumphant in the North, Western Tempo and Bristol & West are victorious in the Midlands, while AFD and Cambridge & Coleridge win senior titles in the South
NORTHERN AUTUMN ROAD RELAYS, Blackpool, Lancashire, September 21
Stanley Park was pressed into service and Leeds City senior men notched up their fifth consecutive title while their women retained their women’s title.
Men
Leeds won by almost a minute from Hallamshire, with Morpeth a minute further back in third.
It had been Morpeth’s Finn Brodie who had taken the first 5.6km double lap with a 16:17 clocking ahead of Derby’s David Bishop, before long time servant Carl Avery extended the advantage with a 16:13 clocking.
Late in the race, Andrew Heyes had closed up for Hallamshire after Phil Sesemann, fully recovered from his Paris marathon effort, had given Leeds a big mid-race lead with a race second fastest 16:01.
Phil Sesemann (David Hewitson)
Hallamshire could not sustain that momentum and they lost ground but still had plenty in hand over Morpeth, who fell back but wound up a comfortable third after Ellis Hetherington passed Derby on the last leg.
This was only after Ben Connor, the English National runner-up from the previous week, had run a blinder for Derby, with the day’s fastest effort of 15:37, mid-race, before they continued their see-saw up and down.
Joe Sagar (David Hewitson)
Men (6×5.6km): 1 Leeds 98:44 (M Bostock 16:33, E Bovington 16:31, C Mills 16:24, P Seseman 16:01, J Hall 16:42, J Sagar 16:31); 2 Hallamshire 99:42 (E Brown 16:31, J Martin 16:27, K McRae 16;56, D Howarth 16:43, A Heyes 16:13, T Power 16:49); 3 Morpeth 1:40:53 (F Brodie 16:17, C Avery 16:13, A Brown 17:02, J Dixon 17:25, G Lowry 17:00, E Hetherington 16:54); 4 Derby 1:41:00 (D Bishop 16:19, T Potter 17:26, B Connor 15:37, D Haynes 17:06, E Busfield 16:54, B Draper 17:36); 5 Salford 1:41;20 (A Ediker 16:49, H Wakefield 16:37, C Hardman 17:37, G Beardmore 16:30, C Davidson 16:33, J Birmingham 17;12); 6 Liverpool 1:42:25 (D Devine 16:47, D Naylor 17:19, J O’Farrell 17:08, A Rutherford 17:24,M Jackson 16:26, M McCarthy 17:18); 7 Leeds B 1:42:59; 8 York 1:43:21; 9 Vale Royal 1:43:40; 10 Salford B 1:44:52
Ben Connor (David Hewitson)
Fastest: Connor 15:37; Sesemann 16:01; Avery/Heyes 16:13; Brodie 16:17; Bishop 16:19
104 teams finished
U17 men’s start (David Hewitson)
Young Athletes
Salford won the under-17 men’s race over three 3.2km laps and they had much to thank anchor-man Jack Marwood for their victory as he…
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