Elaine stars

She finished in 13th place in the senior women's race on a testing undulating course.

This helped the team to 22nd place overall with Kate Pratten 143rd, Sarah Belaon 146th, Justine Eastbury 203rd and Carolyna Jones Baldock 236th.

The last time these championships were held at the venue, Blackheath Harriers, as was then, won their first ever senior men's title in their 117 year history.

This was start of a golden period which saw the club win the championship seven times in the 1990s and the national title twice.

Sadly history will record that in 2012 they finished in 41st with David McKinlay 86th, Danny Brewer 105th, Roy Priestley 330th, Richard Hall 396th, Andrew Lawes 543rd and Ian Montgomery 608th.

Those there did what they could, but the turn out was not good.

Best team performance of the day was undoubtedly the U13 girls who have been outstanding throughout the winter both in quality of performance and in the numbers competing.

Their talent and strength in depth ensured they achieved a fine third place to pick up a well deserved set of bronze medals.

First home was Naomi Kingston in 6th place with Jessica Keene next in 10th.

Shannon Riskey in 55th and Yasmin Austridge in 59th secured the third place and there was plenty of back up too as Mary Guy was 119th, Elizabeth Ibidunni 156th, Joanna Clowes 166th and Chloe Kibblewaite 201st.

The only other age group in which the Club finished a team was the under 15 boys who were a very useful 11th.

Jamie Gosnell led the team home in 52nd with Richard Webb 57th, Bailey Stickings 103rd and Thomas Desborough 151st.

In the under 20s age group Mel Kane was 38th and Danielle Critchley 40th in the women's race while Ben Cockburn was 47th in the men's.

Amber Read ran well in the U17 age group finishing in 38th with Bethony Frost 83rd.

For the men Will Ruiz was 101st.

Niamh Bridson Hubbard took 68th in the U15 girls' race and Lucy Sidey was 85th.

Josh Davidson was first U13 boy to finish in 67th with Lewis Stickings 157th and Scott Bulmer 171st.

Official results from the London schools' cross country are still not available but Naomi Kingston won the Year 7 race over 2,700m by 300m.

Mary Guy was 12th in the junior girls' race despite her school arriving three minutes before the start.

This weekend a number of club members have been selected to run in the SE schools' inter-counties at Basildon.

These include Georgina Taylor, Jessica Keene, Niamh Bridson Hubbard, Leah Everson, Shannon Riskey and Charlotte Rhule in the junior girls' race, Lucy Sidey, Janae Galley and Bethony Frost in the intermediate girls', and Amber Reed and Emma Rowland in the senior girls'.

Georgina Taylor and Amber Reed have already been selected for the English schools at Taunton on March 18 with a further five places to be selected in each age group after this race.

Kate Curran has been selected for the English schools but has turned down selection for triathlon.

Indoors Adam Gemili was in outstanding form at the London Games at Lee Valley.

Still an U20, he timed 6.72s for the 60m, easily the quickest by an athlete in his age group this winter and one of the quickest in the senior age group as well.

Others to impress on the track included Rachel Dickens and Krystal Galley who ran 57.68s and 58.83s in the 400m.

Dina Asher Smith ran 7.66s for the 60m and Serita Solomon clocked 8.49s for the 60m hurdles.

In the field Shaunagh Brown won the shot with a throw of 14.64m, Mark Longhurst cleared 4.70m in the pole vault and Oliver Newport leapt 6.85m in the long jump.

In America, Lorraine Ugen ran 7.62s for the 60m at the Razorback Invitational at Fayetteville, Arizona.

Shavaun Henry ran in the Welsh Indoor 3,000m championships and finished in third place with a new best of 10m18.09s.

Femi Owolade showed he is returning to form after graduating recording a very useful 6.85s for the 60m at the Newham Indoor meeting.

Fintan Parkinson was the club’s first finisher in the latest Bromley 5km park run at Norman Park.

He finished fourth in a time of 18m13s with Andy Tucker sixth and Fran Green the club’s first female finisher in 18m36s, eighth overall.

Russell Bentley was sixth in the event at Edinburgh, Nigel Haffenden 24th at Greenwich and Brendan McShane fourth at Lloyd Park.

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