It’s wet but still wonderful: city race series comes to exciting end
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He helped pull four others to sub-14 minute times with Onjuro Sumba and Cameron Walker-Powell occupying the next two placings.
Team Purser’s Lewis Banner was on top over the three races for overall victory with his squad taking the sports team category.
In the women’s race Cassie Thorp, also from Solent Endurance, returned after missing race two to win by nearly 90 seconds in a speedy 15.06. But consistent Mia Billings from Team Purser took the overall crown and led her team to a win over Chichester Casuals, led home by promising under-17 Anya Barrett.
Probably the most keenly contested awards are the corporate team men’s and women’s categories with Hampshirebased DSTL again too good for the rest.
They had a huge 17-minute gap over SSE and D3R in the men’s rankings with a real battle to be first local team, Cawley Crawlers just edging out Lightning Langley by 26 seconds over the series.
It was an all West Sussex affair for the women with Cowdray getting the better of Oakwood School staff, who just edged out North Mundham Fundamentals into 3rd. Primary schools
It was in the very first race of the evening where the large crowds witnessed a new course record, which was broken by not one but two athletes.
Jonathan Tildesley of St Swithins crossed the line in 4min 26sec, a mere single second in front of Oliver Cameron from Horndean.
They both became the first ever primary school runners to dip under the 4.30 barrier, a time set well over a decade ago by Ben Collins.
The pair were comfortably at the head of the overall rankings with Levi Pearce of The March School in third.
Charlie Carman from St Mary’s Climping juust beat Theo Rehill on the night to scoop overall victory in the Year 5 age group.
Rehill and Year 6 third placer Hugo Johnson led Kingsham to overall team victory over Downview and Walberton & Binstead.