Davies and Jones lead the way as race returns
TAF Running and Orienteering hosted the St Clears 10k road race, which was returning after a two-year absence.
The men’s race was won by Amman Valley Harrier Rob Davies by nearly a minute from Llanelli’s Dean Summers.
The race attracted 120 runners, with 34 from the host club taking up the challenge of the undulating course between St Clears and Llangynin.
Nerys Jones kept all 33 of her clubmates behind her as she crossed the line in ninth overall, the first female finisher by four minutes from Sarn Helen’s Caryl Davies.
Although just 10 seconds over the 40-minute barrier, Jones’s time was the second fastest for a woman in the history of the event, just 18 seconds off the course record set by Ann Thomas in 2008.
She was closely followed by Luke Evans in 10th and Aled Jones-Davies in 11th.
Trots placings and times: 9 (1st lady) Jones 40.10; 10 Evans 40.36; 11 Jones-Davies 40.44; 15 (2nd M50) Kevin Griffiths 42.00; 16 Richard Phillips 42.07; 26 Vincent Bailey 45.32; 28 Simon Scurrell 45.46; 30 (1st F55) Mel Holliday 45.55; 33 Rodney Powell 47.02; 39 David Daly 49.05; 40 (2nd OF) Kayleigh Bagshaw 49.15; 43 (1st F45) Emma Richards 50.15; 45 Andrew Salmon 51.40; 46 (3rd F45) Joanne Bowes 51.44; 51 Rachel Holland 53.07; 53 (3rd OF) Hannah Skinner 53.21; 59 Jonathan Williams 55.42; 62 Charlotte Caswell 56.28; 63 Tom Bryant 56.30; 65 Janette Reynolds 57.20; 68 Ceri Jenkins 58.11; 73 Alys Williams 59.34; 80 Lon Morgan 1:00.38; 84 Morfydd Davies 1:01.43; 87 Leanne McFarland 1:02.03; 91 Sally Thompson 1:02.20; 92 Claire Jones 1:02.21; 94 Bridget Moseley 1:03.19; 98 Emma Perkins 1:05.38; 105 Emily Edwards 1:10.53; 107 Jean Driscoll 1:12.48 108 Yvonne Davies 1:13.06; 109 Annie Palmer 1:13.23; 111 Glyn Anthony 1:28.43.