Blue Star enter 13 teams into Road Relay Championships and race to top-ten places
The event started with the under-13 girls’ race, run over three legs of just over a mile, with Sophie Morris leading off for the A team and running an excellent 6min 51sec for the course, and recording the fastest time for the club.
She handed over to Emilia Burtenshaw who ran 7-18, and with Olivia Sharpe (7-34) running the final leg, she brought the team home in fifth place.
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Hide AdThe B team of Madeliene Way (7-47), Sophie Lopez (8-23) and Katie Oliver (8-33) finished 16th.
The under-13 boys’ race saw five Blue Star teams toe the line. The A team of Ryan Rothe (6-46), Jesse Mackarel (6-44) and Reuben Marsden (6-43) finished ninth.
The B team of Dominic Barber (6-43), Tristan Bradley (6-50) and Luke Bull (7-37) finished 16th, while the C team finished 19th, the D team 23rd and the E team 25th out of the 29 competing teams.
The under-15 boys’ A team saw Ashley Williams run 5-36, the fastest time for the club and with Sam Richards running 6-12 and Ollie Arnold 6-44, the team finished eighth.
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Hide AdIn the under-15 girls’ event, Izzy Hayes ran an excellent 6-26 to record the eighth fastest overall time.
The women’s race, run over three legs of the longer two-mile lap, saw the team finish in an excellent fifth position.
Led off by Annabel Morton (12-04), then Alex Richer (12-29) on the second leg and Yasmin Akbay brought the team home with a final leg of 13-25. Morton was the fastest under-17 woman overall, with Richer third fastest.
The men’s race, run over six legs of the two-mile course, saw the A team finish in sixth place. Luke Burgess led the team off, running 10-39, which earned him third fastest overall for the under-17 age group, he handed over to Harry Eaton, having his first run for the club, kept the team in contention running 10-45. Bernie Spannagl running third leg moved them into fourth position with an excellent run of 10-04.
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Hide AdFrances Scarr ran 11-26 to drop back one place, Bradley Burke held that position on the fifth leg with a run of 11-13 and Luke Triccas brought the team home with 11-34.
The B team of Jonathan Arnold (11-58), Adrian Fautly (11-04), Charlie Maclean (12-48), David Maclean (13-42), Jack Milnthorpe (13-05) and James Maclean (14-24) finished in 20th position.
The over-50 men’s team of Rob Clarke (13-21), Ron Shannon (15-11) and Stewart Mackman (15-03) finished 20th.