The Harriers were very well represented at the first West Yorkshire Cross-Country meeting of the season at Nunroyd Park in Guiseley on Sunday with a total of 37 seniors and juniors competing. In the seniors, there were 12 Harriers in the men's race and two in the women's. Ben Crowther was the first Harrier home in the men's race, completing the 9.5km course in 33:06, taking first place in the V35 category and finishing 21st overall. Gareth Burrell was next in 35:39 followed by Jacob Ewart in 36:24.
In the women's race, Katrina Oddy won the V55 category, clocking 23:03 on the 5.5km course in 34th position. Bethan Davies finished in 27:20.
Full results are in the Recent Races section on the website.
An amazing 23 junior Harriers took part in the different age category races that varied in distance from 1.5kms for the under 11s to 5.5kms for the under 17 men. Kitty Harrison-Sargent was third in the U15 girls' event. Seven boys raced in the U15s with Eli Cattermole (13:21) just pipping Sam Keighley (13:23) across the line as first Harrier. Very well done to all our juniors!
Not content with just the Cross-Country race, Ryan Barker warmed up in the morning by competing in the Sheffield Ten10Ten! Ryan completed this multi-terrain 10k course, with a mix of grass, road, paved paths and woodland trails, in a time of 44:30, securing second place in the M50-59 category. Not a bad day's work, Ryan!
Also off-road, Nigel Jamieson took part in Saturday's Goyt Valley Challenge Marathon in the western Peak District. Nigel completed the beautiful, but tough, route with a total ascent of 4,000' in 7:26:33.
Will and Kirsty Carver competed in Sunday's ever-popular Chester Marathon in very warm conditions. Both recorded personal bests for the distance with times of 3:06:40 and 5:25:31 for Will and Kirsty respectively. Many congratulations to both!
Martin Ellis participated in Sunday's Rochdale Half Marathon, completing the multi-terrain course, which included canal towpath and a lap of Hollingworth Lake, in 2:11:56.
Hanni was home from Germany this weekend for a family function and squeezed in a race on her flying visit.
The Hopton 10k offered some boggy Sunday fun for 5 Harriers. With steep uphills and fast downhills through sodden woodland, it was a fun muddy race with no clock watching pressure.
Will Stewart was the first Harrier home with a time of 47:43. April Stewart was 2nd lady with 49:27 and James O’Rourke got 51:52. Hanni Maeer and Nigel Rigg crossed the line together in 1:07:29.
European Masters - Italy
Rob Macdonald has continued to gain International experience on the track, as a V55, representing GB at the Masters European Championships in Pescara, Italy at 200m, 400m and 4x 100m relay, where he became a European Championships silver medalist
Rob right of pic