SOME of the region’s most talented young middle distance athletes were selected to represent the South West at the Mini London Marathon Championships on Saturday.

The event attracts the UK’s most promising young athletes and the likes of Keely Hodgkinson, Laura Muir, Josh Kerr and Sir Mo Farah have represented their region’s in the past.

Tavistock AC had a strong representation in the under-16 boys’ race, where Freddie Whybrow claimed an impressive eighth place finish on the 2.6k course. He finished in a time of 7.41 minutes.

His club colleague Thomas Hennessey was just seven seconds behind in 19^th place, with fellow Tavistock athlete Luke Scott-Tucker 38^th in 7.57 minutes.

City of Plymouth AC were represented by Lucas Sweeney and Elsie Goodspeed.

Sweeney impressed in the under-14 boys’ race finishing 27^th in 8.33 minutes, while Goodspeed claimed a top 40 finish in a strong under-16 girls’ race in 9.06 minutes.

In the main London Marathon on Sunday, Erme Valley Harriers’ Ben Holmes led home the Armada area athletes, finishing 56^th in the mass start in a time of 2:23.43.

His club colleague, Simon Fitze, also enjoyed a good run, finishing 15^th in the M50-54 category with 2:40.28.

London Marathon results can be found HERE.