CITY of Plymouth’s Annabel Arnold and Elsie Goodspeed and Tavistock’s Luke Scott-Tucker were among the winners at the final round of the Westward Cross Country League held at Redruth on Saturday.
Arnold claimed victory in the senior women’s race by eight seconds from Exeter University’s Jenny Leggate.
It was Arnold’s third win of the series and helped her win the overall women’s title.
Tavistock’s Jasmine Gray was sixth in the same race on Saturday, while Tavistock’s Elizabeth Gilliam (F35) and Hannah Worth (F40) won their age categories, as did Erme Valley’s Jennifer Hayes (F50).
Worth won the series title in her age group, as did Erme Valley’s Emma Lake (F50), Tavistock’s Jenny Jeeves (F55) and Plymouth Harriers’ Karen Blakemore (F60).
Gilliam (F35), Hayes (F50) and Tavistock’s Carole Walters (F60) were series runners-up in their age categories.
Tavistock AC won the women’s vets title, with Erme Valley second, while Tavistock were also third in the senior women’s series team event.
City of Plymouth’s Elsie Goodspeed’s win came in the under-15 girls’ race. She took victory by an impressive 22 seconds and also claimed the series title.
Tavistock’s Scott-Tucker took victory in the under-15 boys’ race at Redruth by 19 seconds from his club colleague Eldon Young, who was second. Fellow Tavistock athlete Arthur Norton was eighth.
Tavistock have dominated that age category all season, with Freddie Whybrow and Thomas Hennessey also key members of their title-winning team, although they did not run on Saturday.
Whybrow did win the overall series title, with Scott-Tucker taking third place and Young fourth.
Erme Valley Harriers’ Luke Hayes was consistent all winter in the under-17 boys’ category. He finished second on Saturday and second in the series.
In the under-13 girls’ age group, City of Plymouth’s Olivia Walkerdine was third at Redruth but won the overall series title.
Her club colleagues Margot Goodspeed and Darcey Bacon were sixth and ninth, respectively, on Saturday, while City of Plymouth were second in the series team standings.
City of Plymouth were dominant all winter in the under-11 girls’ section and claimed first and second in the team awards. Individual series winner Evie Bolt did not run on Saturday, but Plymouth still had five runners in the top eight placings in Cornwall.
Ivy Ling finished in second place in the Redruth race, with Chloe Souness third, Theia Jones fifth and Genevieve Stone, who was third in the series, eighth.
City of Plymouth’s Lucas Sweeney finished second in the under-13 boys’ series, but did not run on Saturday. However, club colleagues Rafe Jackson and Sebastian Travers did run and came fourth and seventh, respectively, in their race.
Another City of Plymouth athlete Jack Penney also claimed a silver medal in the series. His came in the under-11 boys’ category, but he did not run at the weekend.
In Saturday’s under-11 race, Tavistock’s Oscar Norton came seventh and City of Plymouth’s Edward George eighth.
In the senior men’s race at Redruth, Tavistock’s Tom Brogden was 13th overall and first M40, with City of Plymouth’s Kairn Stone and Plymouth Harriers’ Johnny Gilby just behind in 14th and 15th and they were the top two M45 athletes.
Erme Valley Harriers’ Andy Norris was first M50 runner at Redruth, with Tavistock’s Martine Exley-Deane first M65.
In the final series standings, Tavistock’s Ben Neale won the M40 category ahead of his club colleague Brogden and Erme Valley’s Chris Prall.
City of Plymouth’s Stone and Plymouth Harriers’ Gilby were second and third in a strong M45 category.
There were runners-up finishes for Tavistock’s Marc Curtis (M55) and Exley-Deane (M65) and third place finishes for Plymouth Harriers’ Ray Tew (M50), City of Plymouth’s Simon Arnold (M55) and Tavistock’s David Harris (M60).
Plymouth Harriers won the men’s veterans team title, with Tavistock AC third.
Full results can be found HERE.
Meanwhile, City of Plymouth’s Poppy Tank continued her good form by finishing third in a strong elite women’s race at the Friday Night Under Lights 5k at Battersea.
The race was won in a course record time of 15:18.3 by Izzy Fry, with Eloise Walker just behind in 15:19.3.
Tank, in half marathon training, was just outside the old course record with a 15:45.3 run.
The top four runners all ran inside 16 minutes, with 30 running 17 minutes of faster.