Grace Baker from Rye was the highest placed Sussex runner in the South East Schools Inter-county cross-country championships at Reigate on Saturday.
On an afternoon when many of the leading Sussex runners were missing from the battles Baker had a brilliant run to finish third the junior girls race behind two talented Essex girls.
Sophie Riches finished well clear clocking 12:45 but Baker had a great battle with Georgina Tuckfield before losing the runner up position by just one second in 13:02.
Chailey’s Holly English finished, nearly one minute back in 18th place clocking 14:00.
In the senior girls Sion’s Brittany Saville just missed a podium position finishing fourth in 15:10 with Sussex Downs Gina Wilson, who had missed the Sussex Schools event because of illness did well to finish 17th in 16:44.
There was a sixth place in the junior boys race when County Schools champion Ben Collier (Tanbridge House) led the Sussex team home.
The intermediate boys race saw Ardingly’s Will Durkin squeezed into the “Top Ten” in 19:50 while Crowborough’s Ryan Driscoll was not far adrift in 20:01.
Finn McNally (Cardinal Newman) led the senior boys team home placing tenth in 24:03 with Blatchington Mill’s Will Gray placing 12th in 24:18 and BHASVIC’s Kieran ..
The South East Schools Inter-county match at Reigate on Saturday will dominate this weekend’s cross-country events as youngsters strive to catch the selectors eyes for a place in the Sussex Schools teams for the English Schools championships next month.
Although the top five in each of the races at the Sussex ..
Crashes in the early morning frost on the M23 deprived the Brighton & Hove Under 15 Boys team of almost certain team medals in the South of England Cross-country championships at Parliament Hill Fields.
Traffic was diverted through Reigate, adding more than an hour to the coach’s journey, which meant the ..
For a change Steyning walkers did not dominate their annual 15km road walk.
It was, frequent Surrey visitor to Sussex, Mark Easton, who broke clear over the second half of the race to win by nearly one minute from fellow Surrey walker Stephen Crane clocking 74:33 to 75:27.
Steyning’s Ian Richards, who ..
Nicole Taylor was the only winner to upset the favourite at the first “Brooks” Sussex Schools Cross-country championships ever to be held over the Lancing Manor course.
Thanks largely to the efforts put in by Worthing’s Don Smith and Maureen Stephens the courses were clear and well marked and the afternoon ..
The Sussex Schools Cross-country championships at Lancing tomorrow (Saturday) breaks new ground as it moves to only its fifth venue in the fifty year history of the race.
Road works at Stanmer Park has ruled its traditional course for this year but Don Smith and Maureen Stephens have worked hard to ..
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Grace Baker from Rye was the highest placed Sussex runner in the South East Schools Inter-county cross-country championships at Reigate on Saturday.
Crashes in the early morning frost on the M23 deprived the Brighton & Hove Under 15 Boys team of almost certain team medals in the South of England Cross-country championships at Parliament Hill Fields.
Nicole Taylor was the only winner to upset the favourite at the first “Brooks” Sussex Schools Cross-country championships ever to be held over the Lancing Manor course.
The Sussex Schools Cross-country championships at Lancing tomorrow (Saturday) breaks new ground as it moves to only its fifth venue in the fifty year history of the race.
