Millard sets standard with fine top 10 finish

Athletics

N Invicta East Kent athletes turned out in force for the South of England Cross Country Championships at Stanmer Park, Brighton, where conditions proved challenging.

Alexandra Millard achieved the highest finish, showing excellent stamina over the undulating 5k home to cross the line 10th in the under-17 women’s race.

Like Millard, clubmate Roseanna Temple has shown good form during the Kent League campaign and she was happy with her 35th placing in a strong field of 115.

Th e club had five representatives in the under-17 boys’ race with Matthew Stonier making a brilliant start which saw him as part of the leading group for most of the first lap.

Cameron Macrae was similarly placed and the pair maintained strong positions, finishing 11th and 16th respectively.

Charlie Brisley, returning from injury, finished an excellent 24th while James Futcher was 161st and fellow Southern first-timer Matthew Boucher eight places further back.

Anna Weston strode out with Rhian Dawes 163rd and strongly in the under-20 women’s Rebecca Jackson 240th. race, coming home 13th while Adam Mckenna was 256th and Sarah Hall ran consistently for Steve Barber 687th in the men’s 33rd. race.

The field for the under- 15 The cross country season boys was 232 and only seven continues with some Invicta places separated Invicta’s two athletes running in schools representatives, with Oscar and club inter county events Parrick 32nd and Sam Newson over the next month or so.39thcontinuingtheirconsistent form. ot forgetting the much

Teigan Sullivan, back after awaited nationals at Parliament illness, ran well for 23rd in the Hill and the coveted English under-13 girls’ race and in the Schools’ Championships for boys’ category, Reef Page, Tom which several of our athletes Hutton and Benedikt Stokes will hope to gain selection in the pushed themselves hard, coming weeks after successes at finishing 22nd, 33rd and 190th in the Kent Schools Championships a field of 260. Jildou Chappell and in Dover. Emilia Stokes both dug deep in the under-15 girls’ race, to finish 129th and 168th out of 211.

The senior women and men were last to set off and the weather started to worsen with the rain moving in.

Both races involved large fields of runners over gruelling 8k and 15k courses.

Gabija Rasiukevicte was first Invicta female home, in 88th,

Anna Weston was 13th in the under-20 women’s race