TAVISTOCK AC, City of Plymouth, Erme Valley Harriers, Tamar Trotters, Plymouth Harriers and Tavistock Run Project all had runners impressing at the joint Westward Cross Country League and Devon County Championships at Exeter on Sunday.
Tamar Trotters’ Bex Ezra-Ham comfortably won the women’s league race. She finished 11 seconds ahead of Exeter University’s Inca Padfield, who took second, with Tavistock’s under-20 athlete Charlotte Walker impressing to take third overall and her team-mate Jo Meek finishing sixth overall.
Walker easily won the Devon under-20 title by a minute-and-a-half, with Plymouth’s Martha Wilson fourth and Tavistock’s Hannah Walker sixth, while Meek won the county senior title and was also first F45.
Fellow Tavistock runner Nikki Kelly claimed bronze in the Devon Championships, with team-mate Sam Lake finishing sixth and second F45, Plymouth Harriers’ Ami Peyton-Jones was ninth and first F40 and Tavistock’s Jenny Jeaves wass 10th and first F55.
Tavistock won both the women’s senior and masters’ county team titles.
City of Plymouth’s Molly Shorey was a dominant winner of both the league and county under-17 girls’ events. Tavistock’s Freya Page was sixth in the league and fourth in the county race of the same age group, while City of Plymouth’s Molly Gilbey and Bella May were also in the league top 10, with May fifth in the Devon standings.
Erme Valley Harriers’ Matthew Gilvear won the Devon under-20 men’s title, ahead of his team-mate Charlie Milward. Gilvear was also in the top 10 seniors in the league meeting.
Tamar Trotters’ Jacob Landers came fourth in the league event, with Tavistock’s Adam Holland sixth, Run Project’s Jim Cole ninth and first M40 and Plymouth Harriers’ Johnny Gilby 11th and second M40.
Holland was third and first M35 in the county race, which was won by Highgate’s Flurry Grierson, who was a non-scorer in the league meeting. Cole was fifth and first M40, with Gilby a place behind and Tavistock’s Ben Neale also in the county top 10 and finishing as second M35.
Plymouth Harriers’ Steve Hill won the Devon M50 title, while Plymouth Musketeers’ Justin Frost came second M45. Tavistock won the Devon masters’ team title and were second in the senior competition.
Tavistock’s Thomas Hennessy continued his impressive year with a league and county win in the under-13 boys’ age group.
He has triumphed in all the Westward League meetings so far this season.
City of Plymouth’s Finley Eales was sixth overall and fifth in the Devon race, with East Cornwall Harriers’ Eldon Young and Tavistock’s Freddie Whybrow also in the top 10 of both U13 events.
In the non-championship under-11 boys’ race, City of Plymouth’s Lucas Sweeney enjoyed an impressive run to win by 21 seconds, with Tavistock’s Tristan Bigham second and City of Plymouth athletes Sebastian Travers (4th), Jack Penney (9th) and Jacob Sweeney (10th) also in the top 10.
City of Plymouth enjoyed a double at under-11 level as Daisy Elliot won the girls’ race ahead of Tavistock’s Olivia Walkerdine and Evie Welsh, who were second and third. 
City of Plymouth had five of the top 10, with Tilly Day fifth, Genevieve Stone sixth, Theia Jones seventh and Margot Goodspeed eighth. Tavistock’s Fearne Brodgen was ninth.
Tavistock’s Zoe Bigham secured third place in both the league and county championship race at under-13 level, with her team-mate Lamorna Cox fifth overall and fourth Devon athlete at under-15 girls’ level.
Fynn Baker (Tavistock AC) also came fifth overall and fourth Devon athlete in the under-17 boys’ race, while City of Plymouth’s Isaac Lamerton was sixth overall and fourth in the county event at under-15 level, with Erme Valley’s Luke Hayes two positions behind in both competitions.
Westward League results can be found HERE.
Devon results can be found HERE.
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