A great harvest for the Harriers at Plumpton

A stunning 70 Haywards Heath Harriers took on the popular Brooks Sussex Cross-country League events at Plumpton College this weekend.
Haywards Heath Harriers at PlumptonHaywards Heath Harriers at Plumpton
Haywards Heath Harriers at Plumpton

Despite the gloomy skies, the recent rain and challenging conditions, the phenomenal turn out across the age groups demonstrates the depth of running in the Club.

The Harriers are challenging for silverware on all fronts this season and this second round cross-country fixture was no exception. There were excellent performances across the categories with the Ladies now lying second and the Men third in very tight leagues. The Club’s B and Vet teams are also fairing well.

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In the combined U17,U20, Senior & Veteran Women’s race, the senior ladies finished joint first on the day in division two and the vets third in their league.

The top finishers for the Harriers were Kim​ Lo in 16th (24.16) who was also 5th vet overall, Siobhan Amer in 29th (25.11), Kat Barrett in 43rd (26.03) and Michelle Pearce in 49th (26.58).

In the Men’s Under 20, Senior & Veteran race, the outstanding performance came from Paul Cousins winning the v50 age group, with his time of 32.00. This was his second consecutive title having also won at Goodwood in October.

Four Harriers clocked below 32 minutes with Russ Mullen taking the top spot in 21st overall (31.19), followed closely by Paul Tomlinson in 22nd (31.29), Phil Radford in 27th (31.52) and Tom Mullen in 29th (31.56).

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In the under 11s, Teddy March finished in a fantastic 4th place, almost grabbing third up the final hill.

There were also leading junior performances from Jasmin Mamoany, Joseph Martin, Harrison Bird, Daniel Blain and Lily Bliss-Tomlinson.

Next week the Harriers are looking to clinch the 2014 Sussex Grand Prix titles in the final race at Crowborough.

Full results in this week’s Mid Sussex Times