The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Paralympian Rae wins Ceres 8
Rio Paralympian Derek Rae (Fife AC) finished a decisive winner of the 30th Ceres 8 Mile Road Race.
Recently returned from warm-weather training, Kirkcaldy athlete Rae clocked 44 minutes 12 seconds over the undulating circuit, nearly three minutes clear of Dundee Hawkhill veteran Billy Gibson.
Fife AC women completed a clean-sweep of the podium placings, led home by Auchtermuchty runner Sheena Logan.
She placed 16th overall out of 180 finishers.
Logan, the winner of last Sunday’s New Gilston 5km over a section of the Ceres 8 course, clocked 50 minutes 30 seconds.
Jennifer Spence followed in 22nd, overall shading Fife colleague Alison McGill in 25th over the final mile.
Ceres resident Nanette Heaney (Falkland TR) ran well to make the top 10 females, taking the over 60 prize in 58.39.
Leading results: 1 D Rae (Fife AC) 44.12, 2 B Gibson (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st veteran. 47.03, 3 D Monaghan (PH Racing) 47.33, 4 R Sellar (PH Racing) 2nd veteran. 47.48, 5 J Peebles (PH Racing) 47.48, 6 S Robertson (Perth RR) 3rd veteran. 48.16, 7 D Scott (Kinross RR) 4th veteran. 48.28, 8 C Morris (Fife AC) 1st junior. 48.55, 9 D Ryan (Perth RR) 5th veteran. 48.57, 10 K Riddell (Perth RR) 49.08, 11 D Knight (Perth RR) 6th veteran. 49.31, 12 S Fernando (Fife AC) 2nd junior. 49.39, 13 C Walsh (Unatt.) 49.46, 14 A O’Connor (Fife AC) 49.52, 15 C Sevier-Guy (Dundee RR) 50.22... 24 I Taylor (PH Racing) 1st over 50. 51.52, 38 J Crookston (PH Racing) 1st over 60. 53.34.
Women. 1 S Logan (Fife AC) 50.30, 2 J Spence (Fife AC) 51.42, 3 A McGill (Fife AC) 51.58, 4 K Lownie (PH Racing) 53.09, 4 A Watt (Fife AC) 53.40, 5 J Menzies (BMF Dunfermline) 1st veteran. 56.06, 6 F Cruickshanks (Anster Haddies) 58.19, 7 N Heaney (Falkland TR) 1st over 60. 58.39, 8 H Ritchie (Fife AC) 1st over 50. 59.25, 9 I Burnett (Carnegie) 1st over 60. 59.41, 10 M Gamble (Dundee RR) 2nd over 50. 59.50, 11 G Sangster (Dundee RR) 3rd over 50. 59.58, 12 L Fairweather (Strathearn) 60.23, 13 A McNeilly (Dundee RR) 2nd veteran. 60.26, 14 E Ramsay (Edinburgh AC) 3rd veteran. 60.31, 15 C Douglas (Perth RR) 4th veteran. 60.33.