Membership runners took to the turf at Tatton Park in Knutsford on January 25 to struggle for medals on this ancient championship
Angus McMillan and Lauren Heyes took the senior titles at a gloriously sunny Tatton Park the place just about 400 males and over 200 ladies completed within the parkland.
Salford and Town of Leeds took senior group golds.
Males’s get started (David Hewitson)
Males
It was once shut within the senior males’s race as Tommy Energy and Harry Wakefield added the minor podium puts however it was once the in-form Angus McMillan, the triple Yorkshire champion who got here out on most sensible.
A overwhelmed moment closing yr, McMillan had ‘won’ the aggressive first level of the Autumn Northern Highway Relay and posted a second-place end within the Berry Hill Park cross-country relays first level in November.
2nd positioned Tommy Energy have been headed by means of McMillan in that Yorkshire match initially of January, a race which confirmed development at the Hallamshire runner’s 8th spot within the Northern closing yr.
Again in an in depth 3rd, Harry Wakefield led Salford to the group name however has handiest been energetic in operating for a bout 5 years and now races basically at the monitor the place the England Athletics 1500-metre name got here his manner closing yr.
It was once his first primary cross-country championship day out so 3rd spot and most sensible group was once just right praise.
Angus McMillan (David Hewitson)
Males: 1 A McMillan (York) 35:57; 2 T Energy (Hallam) 36:03; 3 H Wakefield (Salf) 36:07; 4 R Allen (Leeds) 36:16; 5 M Wharton (Sale) 36:32; 6 M Nuttall (B’burn) 36:32
TEAM: 1 Salford 106; 2 Leeds114; 3 Sale 167
Tommy Energy, Angus McMillan and Harry Wakefield (David Hewitson)
Girls
Lauren Heyes has a lot more enjoy of championship operating and stretched the sphere out earlier than successful conveniently from Sophie Tarver by means of about 150-metres.
Katy Picket was once a an identical distance additional again in 3rd spot however the group name went to Town of Leeds, who had been led house by means of fourth positioned Jenny Walsh and closed their scoring 4 within the most sensible 9 puts.
Greater than 16 years in the past, Heyes ran on the earth and Ecu cross-country championships with a 3rd spot within the 2008 Euro junior race status out, earlier than a number of extra consultant honours in Euro and International occasions.
Katy Picket, Lauren Hayes, Sophie Tarver (David Hewitson)
Since then, the Hallamshire Harrier has been a relentless presence after successful the Northern under-20 name in 2009 and was once moment on this race closing yr and in 2018 and 2019.
For Tarver, who moved up from 3rd closing yr, this was once a primary 2025 day out and replicated her moment spot from 2022.
Yorkshire champion Katy Picket produced her very best run at the nation even supposing has been popping in a chain of excellent high quality 5000m and 5km races.
Girls: 1 L Heyes (Hallam) 26:54; 2 S Tarver (Wirral) 27:20; 3 Okay Picket (York) 27:42; 4 J Walsh (Leeds) 27:58; 5 C McKnespiey (Leeds) 28:08; 6 F O’Hare (Liv) 28:19
TEAM: 1 Leeds 26; 2 Sale 77; 3 Hallamshire 95
Biruk Kebede (David Hewitson)
Younger Athletes
Ethiopian asylum seeker Biruk Kebede and Abdimajiid Darood conveniently were given the simpler of main English born Joe Dixon within the junior males’s race, however his Morpeth membership took no prisoners within the group stakes.
Kebede says on his Energy of 10 web page: “I am an asylum seeker living in the UK, I dream of one day representing GB at the Olympics like my hero Mo Farah,” and declared that he was once an athlete in coaching in his house nation.
In flip, Darood has been successful Yorkshire titles for over 5 years.
Matthew Drummond-Clark (David Hewitson)
The under-17 males’s race noticed Matthew Drummond-Clark, the English Colleges 1500m champion, win narrowly from Merseyside champion, Liam Johnson as 5th paced Pio Aaron led Trafford’s successful group from 5th spot.
The nearest boys race of the day was once within the under-15 match, the place Yaried Alem, the English Colleges champion, simply were given the nod on Adrian White, the England Athletics 3000m champion, to transport up from 3rd closing yr.
Yaried Alem (David Hewitson)
Ultimate November Thomas Hastings had ‘won’ leg one within the Berry Hill Park under-13 relays after which took the Yorkshire championship previous this month and now the North of England name over Ollie Curran.
It was once even nearer within the junior ladies’s race the place winner Amelie Lane who retained her name and runner up Elena Inch may just no longer be separated on rounded up instances. Many of the winner’s outings are over the rustic with out a monitor racing, in contrast to Inch who races over 800m so much.
Ellarose Whitworth (David Hewitson)
At first of the month, Ellarose Whitworth had braved the icy climate and bitterly chilly climate within the Wolds to take the Lincolnshire name so right here, discovered the wintry weather solar a blessed aid when successful by means of round 80-metres from Maisie Bellwood, who was once handiest fourth within the Yorkshire Championship previous within the month.
North East Counties champion Gabrielle Pinder, who was once handiest fourth closing yr, had a an identical margin within the under-15 women’ race when successful from Olivia Lee, who was once 3rd within the behind schedule English Nationwide under-13 race in September.
Right here within the Northern under-13 day out, Sienna Lavine added to her Yorkshire name from previous within the month by means of once more heading Jessica Thake, 7th closing yr.
U20 Males: 1 B Kebede (CleM) 24:30; 2 A Darood (Skyrac) 24:53; 3 J Dixon (Morp) 24:55
TEAM: 1 Morpeth 26; 2 Wirral 55; 3 Vale Royal 62
U17: 1 M Drummond-Clark (Prest) 17:46; 2 L Johnson (St Hel S) 17:49; 3 D Watson (NSP) 17:59
TEAM: 1 Trafford 58; 2 Preston 93; 3 Keighley & Craven 127
U15: 1 Y Alem (Leeds) 12:47; 2 A White (Traff) 12:48; 3 J Eire (Macc) 12;49
TEAM: 1 Hallamshire 66; 2 Southport W 998; 3 Trafford 101
Thomas Hastings (David Hewitson)
U13: 1 T Hastings (Wake) 9:49; 2 O Curran (Darl) 9:54; 3 N Penfold (NSP) 9:57
TEAM: 1 Preston 31; 2 Liverpool 105; 3 Darlington 112
Amelie Lane pips Elena Inch (David Hewitson)
U20 ladies: 1 A Lane (Wharf) 20:20; 2 E E Inch (Sheff & D) 20:20; 3 G Bell (Leven V) 20:29
TEAM: 1 Salford 46; 2 Vale R 63; 3 Warriors Pentathlon 93
U17: 1 E Whitworth (Linc W) 1755; 2 M Bellward (Okay&C) 18:15; 3 J Wright (Salf) 18:25
TEAM: 1 Rotherham 77; 2 Salford 87; 3 Liverpool 137
Sienna Lavine (David Hewitson)
U15: 1 G Pinder (N Marske) 13:50; 2 O Lee (Der) 14:14; 3 I Yorke (Warriors) 14:21
TEAM: 1 Sale 63; 2 Rotherham 81; 3 Leeds 108
U13: 1 S Lavine (P’fract) 10:22; 2 J Thake (Hallam) 10:33; 3 M McGoldrick (Settle) 10:45
TEAM: 1 Liverpool 53; 2 Warriors 57; 3 Lincoln Wellington 99
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