Youngsters set the pace in parkrun wins
Parkrun
Youth led the way at Maidstone with Medway and Maidstone under-17s Jake Berry and Lola Wheeler prevailing. Berry also had the top agegraded result of the featured local 5k runs with 83.42% for a personal best 16min 11sec. Andrejs Safars (Medway and Maidstone) and Billie Rouse (under-15) of Medway-based Runfit enjoyed comfortable leading positions at Great Lines. Rouse ran a personal best (20.17) for the leading agegraded result. At Tonbridge, there was a record field of 423 finishers behind M40 master Andrew Mercer, of the local club. Mercer also took the agegrading as Kate Bull went under 20 minutes in the women’s category. Steve Beaney won the battle of Medway Tri club mates at Malling by going three seconds clear of M45 Noel Lyons in a sprint finish. Emma Vickers (W45 Stratford) had a much easier time in the women’s run. Graeme Saker (M50 Tonbridge) made a winning debut at Sittingbourne as W50 Karen Seymour (Sittingbourne Striders) ensured a double for the over-50 masters. Saker was well clear in the age-grading with 82.57%. Selected results: Maidstone: Men: 1 Jake Berry (U17 Medway & Maidstone) 16.11, 2 Tom Carpenter (Maidstone Harriers) 16.48, 3 Tarjan Subba 18.01. Women: 1 Lola Wheeler (U17 Medway & Maidstone) 19.13, 2 Harriette Woolley (Cambridge & Coleridge) 20.22, 3 Charlotte Young (U15 Medway & Maidstone) 21.34. Age-Grade: Berry 83.42%. 339 ran. Great Lines: Men: 1 Andrejs Safars (Medway & Maidstone) 18.31, 2 Clayton Barrett (Larkfield) 18.52, 3 Mark Wilkins (Runfit) 19.42. Women: 1 Billie Rouse (U15 Runfit) 20.17, 2 Emma Hawkins (W40) 23.04, 3 Kristina Hine (Arena 80) 23.23. Age-Grade: Rouse 80.28%. 301 ran. Tonbridge: Men: 1 Andrew Mercer (M40 Tonbridge) 17.05, 2 William Soutar 17.34, 3 James Price (U20) 18.31. Women: 1 Kate Bull 20.45, 2 Annabelle Gourlay (W35 Windrush Tri) 21.25, 3 Lauren Kitchen 21.30. Age-Grade: Mercer 81.76%. 423 ran (record). Malling: Men: 1 Steve Beaney (Medway Tri) 18.45, 2 Noel Lyons (M45 Medway Tri) 18.48, 3 Terry Knightley (M55 Ilford) 19.22. Women: 1 Emma Vickers (W45 Stratford) 22.12, 2 Annie Rebindaine (Reigate Priory) 22.56, 3 Laura Taylor (Larkfield) 23.16. Age-Grade: Knightley 79.35%. 144 ran. Sittingbourne: Men: 1 Graeme Saker (M50 Tonbridge) 18.27, 2 Martin Kelk (M45 Invicta) 18.38, 3 Lee Simpson (Sittingbourne Striders) 19.13. Women: 1 Karen Seymour (W50 Sittingbourne Striders) 23.20, 2 Sarah Black 23.53, 3 Kelly Foster (W35 Rebel Runners Medway) 25.22. Age-Grade: Saker 82.57%. 169 ran.