It was good weather for this race and although it was a bit muddy in places, it was much less muddy than usual. The men's race was marked by Tom Corrigan's return to Cross Country running and in the ladies race another top class performance by Sarah Jarvis saw finish in third place and first LV35.
A terrific performance by Emily Japp saw her take a comfortable win for Blackpool in the ladies race. She was followed home by the young Tiffany Penfold of Liverpool and another great performance by our own Sarah Jarvis saw her come home in third place and 1st V35. Rachel Villiers was looking a lot more comfortable than last week at Witton Park and she booked a top ten place and 2nd V35. Our third first team counter was Lorraine Slater who was definitely one degree under before the race, but as always, once she puts her foot on the starting line, you can always rely on Lorraine to put in a doughty performance. Another runner, in a similar vein is Jacqueline Collins, who finished just a couple of place behind Lorraine. Barlick were third team overall and first V35 team. The ladies B team was a remarkable 8th team overall.
Tom Corrigan dominated the men's race for Barlick, but as always, Craig Shearer is a tough competitor and throughout the race had Tom in his sights and finished just a couple of places behind him. Marc Hartley was the last top twenty finisher for Barlick. During the race, we lost two of our runners. Lucas Payne had to drop out with a hamstring injury and Chris Smale had to drop out with a back problem.
Women
3 Sarah Jarvis 20:56 1st LV35
10 Rachel Villiers 21:46 2nd LV35
16 Lorraine Slater 22:10 4th LV40
18 Jacqueline Collins 22:47
40 Victoria Peel 24:17
42 Paula Clark 24:24
94 Nicola Muller 28:14
120 Marie Beech 30:35
126 Heather Mitchell 30:54
147 Lucy Creasey 34:31
Men
10 Tom Corrigan 32:45
12 Craig Shearer 33:29
20 Marc Hartley 34:49
64 Scott Boardman 38:26
115 Carl Nevison 41:08
118 Scott McCreadie 41:18
120 Gary Bradley 41:21
129 Zac Kaye 41:48
134 Andrew Smith 42:06
140 Paul Elcock 42:13
204 Tom Duffy 47:50