Tonbridge Athletics Club juniors clinch honours during national cross country event in Mansfield
by Alan
Newman
Tonbridge AC took two team
titles at the National Cross Country Relays at Berry Hill Park,
Mansfield on Saturday.
The under-13 boys’ and
under-17 men’s races were won by Tonbridge with four individual
performances listed in the top ten fastest times of the
day.
The under-13 boys were 19
seconds clear of Team Bath after the sterling efforts of James
Puxty (7.22), Charles Crick (7.06) and Thomas Kendrick (7.10).
Crick was fourth fastest overall and Kendrick seventh.
The under-17 men had a tough
battle with Liverpool Harriers but were seven seconds ahead,
through Max Nicholls (9.31), George Duggan (9.18) and Sean Molloy
(9.24). Duggan (6th) and Molloy (10th) featured on the fastest
overall.
Tonbridge finished fourth in the junior men’s relay with
the winners Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers only 16 seconds ahead.
Charlie Joslin-Allen (9.07), Henry Pearce (8.59) and Luca Russo
(9.09) were the trio unlucky to miss medals.
06/11/12
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