Becky Penty turned the fourth totally different feminine winner of the summer season because the York and District Highway Race League reached spherical 5. Phrases: Ed Mezzetti
Penty (York Knavesmire Harriers) triumphed by 25 seconds on the brand new Yorkshire Wolds course, which began and completed at Bugthorpe.
Making her first look within the league since 2015, Penty held off Charlotte Mason (Metropolis of York), whose runner-up spot meant she assured at the very least a share of the ladies’s collection title.
Jordan Howe (York Postal Harriers) was topped males’s champion after spherical 4, however made it 5 wins in a row as he completed 55 seconds away from Dan Tate (Selby Striders).
The undulating profile of the course, which featured over 500 ft of ascent, meant common instances have been slower than in earlier races, and made Penty’s 36:46 clocking all of the extra spectacular.
Penty completed in tenth place general, with the constant Mason (37:11) twelfth, whereas Knavesmire’s Helen Cross was third girl in 37:57. Cross must win spherical six at Wistow to complete as joint champion with Mason within the feminine standings. Knavesmire trio Josie Rawes (38:26), Emily Baines (39:17) and Susannah Reid (40:42) accomplished the highest six.
Howe might have been forgiven for placing his ft up after successful the primary 4 races of the collection, however truly secured his greatest victory margin of the summer season with a 33:01 clocking. Tate recorded 33:56 for second and boosted his personal hopes of ending runner-up within the males’s standings.
Tadcaster Harriers’ James Eaton (34:14) took third, forward of Knavesmire’s Laurence Griffin (34:56), Tadcaster’s Wayne Wetherill (35:09) and Metropolis of York’s Alex Dickinson (35:53).
Penty was the main vet 35 girl, forward of Cross, who was topped class champion after spherical 4, and Selby’s Elizabeth Nairn (40:53).
Already vet 45 champion, Knavesmire’s Hazel Corridor (43:47) made it 5 class wins in a row, forward of Metropolis of York’s Karen Wooden (47:13) and Tadcaster’s Joanna Millican (47:25).
Tadcaster’s Joanne Derry (48:30) continued her personal 100% file within the girls’s vet 55 class, with Selby’s Susan Farr (49:20) and Knavesmire’s Kathryn Dickinson (49:24) finishing the rostrum. Tadcaster’s Sally Ann Polkey (54:11) took the vet 65 spoils forward of Knavesmire’s Mary Farmery (59:01) and Easingwold’s Sally-Anne Lardner (67:30). That class will likely be determined in race six at Wistow.
Tate’s sturdy exhibiting earned him the vet 40 males’s title, with Eaton and York Acorn’s Chris Poulton (36:16) finishing that class on the evening. Likewise, Easingwold’s Simon Donoghue secured the vet 50 crown together with his fourth class victory of the summer season. Donoghue clocked 38:19 forward of Pickering’s Simon Jones (39:07) and Pocklington Runners’ Richard Ginn (39:31). Metropolis of York’s David Lancaster (43:23) was the main vet 60 man, adopted by Knavesmire pair Tim Franklin (44:02) and Jeremy Benson (45:54).
Lancaster’s clubmate Steve Wright was topped vet 60 champion after spherical 4. Pickering’s Michael Hetherton (49:43) gained the vet 70 class, forward of Tadcaster’s William Allan (50:42) and Knavesmire’s Michael McGrath (56:45). That age group will even be determined within the ultimate race.
Knavesmire sealed the ladies’s collection staff title with one other dominant show, a fifth straight win putting them forward of Pocklington and Selby on the evening. Tadcaster wrapped up the boys’s crown in equally emphatic vogue, with Knavesmire and Acorn second and third on the evening.
Yorkshire Wolds 10km outcomes may be discovered right here. The complete league standings may be discovered right here.