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Mullins blasts to victory
Grace Mullins. Photo: Andrea Page
NENE Valley Harrier Grace Mullins recorded her first North Midlands Cross-Country League success of the winter at Nottingham and walked away with the Under 17 title.
Having finished runner-up in each of the first three fixtures, Mullins won by almost a minute on Saturday while clubmate Charlotte Taylor also produced an excellent run to finish second in the senior women’s race.
The English Schools bronze medallist for 3000m and cross-country finished second in the final Under 20 standings while the other two Nene Valley athletes in the senior women’s race on Saturday - Nicky Morgan and Tracey Lazenby - both ended the season as runners-up in their age groups.
Ollie Oakley, Jonathan Friend and Elliott Bellamy all finished in the top 10 as Nene Valley finished first team in the mixed Under 11 race on Saturday.
Stamford-based England international Aaron Scott defeated Lincoln’s Matt Bowser for the second successive weekend, having also relegated him to second place at the Lincolnshire Cross-Country Championships.
Scott, already assured of the title having won the opening three races, went clear after a mile-and-a-half and went on to win by 19 seconds.
He said: “I averaged 5.03 per mile for seven miles which isn’t too bad.”
Scott won the Frostbite League the following day, running 6.5 milers beforehand, then racing before finishing with a 6.5-mile warm-down.
Local results
Senior men - 1 Aaron Scott (Notts) 33.46; 17 Edgars Sumskis (Nene V) 36.25; 27 Michael Moore (Nene V) 37.20; 53 Sean Beard (Nene V, MV45) 39.46; 60 Mike Chapman (Nene V) 40.10; 86 Martin Dawson (Pboro) 42.30; 93 Stuart Ramsey (Pboro) 42.45; 110 Richard Pawlak (Nene V) 44.01; 119 Adam Fidgett (Nene V) 44.53; 134 Ray Wilson (Pboro) 46.37.
Team - 3 Nene Valley Harriers 267.
Under 17 men - 17 Ben Hampson (Nene V) 22.19; 24 Nathan Denial (Nene V) 24.12; 25 Dan Martin (Nene V) 24.17.
Team - 6 Nene Valley Harriers 66.
Under 15 boys - 6 Alex Hampson (Nene V) 14.52; 11 Billy Mugnier (Nene V) 15.22; 16 Daniel Stevenson (Nene V) 17.01.
Team - 3 Nene Valley Harriers 33.
Under 13 boys - 28 Austin Herbert (Nene V) 15.46; 35 Ethan Lunn (Nene V) 17.36; 37 Kyle Holt (Nene V) 21.11.
Team - 7 Nene Valley Harriers 100.
Under 11 (mixed) - 6 Ollie Oakley (Nene V) 6.14; 8 Jonathan Friend (Nene V) 6.20; 9 Elliott Bellamy (Nene V) 6.22; 15 Charlie Banford (Nene V) 6.31; 30 Amber Park (Pboro) 6.57.
Team - 1 Nene Valley Harriers 23.
Senior women - 2 Charlotte Taylor (Nene V, U20) 21.44; 21 Nicky Morgan (Nene V, LV40) 24.06; 31 Laura Robertson (Pboro) 26.17; 35 Tracey Lazenby (Nene V, LV45) 25.46.
Team - 3 Nene Valley Harriers 58
Under 17 women - 1 Grace Mullins (Nene V) 15.29.
Under 13 girls - 17 Ellie Piccler (Nene V) 14.30.
Final league positions
Overall men - 1 Aaron Scott (Notts) 60; 10= Edgars Sumskis (Nene V) 14; 31= Sam Hunt (Nene V, U20)/Michael Moore (Nene V) 1.
Team - 3 Nene Valley Harriers 1117.
Senior men - 1 Aaron Scott (Notts) 60; 9 Edgars Sumskis (Nene V) 18; 25= Michael Moore (Nene V) 6.
Over 60 men - 7= Keith Brookes (Nene V) 4.
Under 20 men - 7 Sam Hunt (Nene V) 3.
Under 17 men - 6= Jordan Rackham (Nene V) 4.
Under 15 boys - 8= Alex Hampson (Nene V) 2.
Team - 4 Nene Valley Harriers 180.
Under 13 boys
Team - 4 Nene Valley Harriers 216.
Under 11 boys - 4 Ollie Oakley (Nene V) 5; 7= Owen Barker (Pboro) 2; 10= Will Gore (Pboro) 1.
Overall women - 5 Charlotte Taylor (Nene V, U20) 16; 9= Rachel Stone (Pboro) 8; 12= Philippa Taylor (Nene V, LV40) 6.
Team - 3 Nene Valley Harriers 220.
Senior women - 8= Rachel Stone (Pboro) 9; 18 June Swift (Pboro) 4.
Over 40 women - 2 Nicky Morgan (Nene V) 13; 4= Philippa Taylor (Nene V) 5; 7= Tanya Taylor (Nene V) 3.
Over 45 women - 2 Tracey Lazenby (Nene V) 10.
Under 20 women - 2 Charlotte Taylor (Nene V) 10; 5= Emma Randall (Nene V) 4; 9= Penelope Ford (Pboro) 2; 12 Amy Haines-Eynon (Pboro) 1.
Under 17 women - 1 Grace Mullins (Nene V) 17.
Under 13 girls - 9 Jasmine Oldfield (Nene V) 2.
Under 11 girls - 9= Amber Park (Pboro) 1.
n THE Watts twins from March were both in action at the McCain UK Cardiff Cross Challenge, Glen finishing ninth in 33.05 with Dan five places behind in 33.37.
Emily Moss and Andy Barber, like the Watts twins former members of Peterborough Athletic Club, were in action at the Metropolitan Cross-Country League at Trent Park in London. Spalding-based England international Moss was fourth in the women’s race in 24.04 while Whittlesey’s Barber was 20th in the men’s race in 26.16.
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