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SUNDERLAND Harriers pulled out all the stops to make sure their popular 5k went ahead after the course around Silksworth lakes was
deemed unsuitable due to damage at a major point on the circuit. With the event including the Northern Athletics, North East Counties
and North East Masters Championships, Jimmy Johnson and his team quickly set into action and quickly found an alternative which started and finished on the Silksworth track, a course which found to be to the liking to the majority of competitors who lined up in the two races.
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Midlands visitor Megan Stenhouse (Rugby & Northampton) held off a strong local challenge to be first across the line in 16 min 46 secs with Birtley’s Lydia Turner chasing her home to finish runner-up in 16:43 with Houghton’s talented teenager, Charlotte Dillon, third home in 17:07. Ava Leadbetter (Newcastle University) crossed the line in seventh position in 17:50 to receive the bronze award in both the Northern and NE Championships behind Lydia and Charlotte.
First home in the Masters’ category was David Milligan (Elvet Striders) in 17:20 followed by Alnwick’s Steven Carragher (17:46) and
Steven Hamil of Durham City in 17:49. In the team section Sunderland finished first on 37 points with Jessica Fox, Grace Carroll
and Jennifer Tomlin all posting new pbs; Jarrow and Hebburn with Alex Sneddon, Jenna Killock and Michelle Thompson claimed the
silver awards with 59 points while Elswick (Imogen Bungay, Rachell Dodds and Felicity Smith) completed the one-two-three with 64
points. Crook finished in fourth place on 65 points. There were 146 finishers. Full results on Sportsoft
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It was again visiting athletes who claimed the major honours with Leeds City duo Ed Bovington (15:00) and Angus Cole (15:06) crossing
the line in first and second place respectively. However, chasing the pair home with the run of his life was Tyne Bridge youngster Zak
Kettle who finished in third place on a tough course in an excellent new pb of 15:10. The trio claimed the Northern individual medals
while Morpeth pair James Tilley, who finished fourth in 15:13 and Joe Dixon, who was fifth in 15:17, joined Zak onto the podium as NE
individual medallists which augurs well for the future as all three are still in their teens! In the team section, Ben Gillham backed up Ed
and Angus to give Leeds City a convincing victory with 16 points; Morpeth finished runners-up with 25 points with Connor Marshall
backing up James and Joe. Sunderland finished in bronze medal position on 33 points with their scorers being Jake Ridding; Liam
Taylor and Stephen Jackson. Tyne Bridge finished fourth on 46 points. First over-40 was the host club’s Stephen Jackson in 15:46
followed by team-mate Michael Barker (16:28) with Gateshead’s David Dawson in third position in 16:48. Full results on Sportsoft
NA, NECAA and NEMAA once again indebted to Sunderland Harriers for hosting their events, and to all the volunteers and technical officials for helping to make it a successful and enjoyable championships.
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