Senior race results,
team standings.
Junior race results,
team standings.
Photos from the Suffolk Winter League race held in Bury St Edmunds on Sunday can be found in the photo gallery. Thanks to Andrew Pattle and Graeme Crissell for sending them in and thanks also to Andrew for another splendid recording of the race.
The races selected for the 2012 SCAA Grand Prix below with more details available on the SCAA website.
Stowmarket Striders Half Marathon - 25th March 2012
Kirton Friday 5 - 1st June 2012
Newmarket 10k - 1st July 2012
Framlingham 10k - 2nd September 2012
Bungay 20k - 4th November 2012
Hadleigh 10 - 25th November 2012
The Suffolk County Athletic Association now has a Facebook page which in time will give information of their events, courses etc to athletes, Officials and Coaches. This may help in keeping you up-to-date with what's happening at County level.
Kieran Clements represented England at the Juan Muguerza Cross in Elgoibar, Spain on Sunday and finished in a creditable 7th place.
Results from the County B races and details on the Anglian Counties can be found on the Suffolk Schools Athletic Association (SCAA) website.
Congratulations to Kieran Clements on his second place finish in the junior men's race at the International Cross Country race in Edinburgh on Saturday. Short video and an extract from a report on the day's races on the UKA website:-
Kieran Clements (Steve Benson) set a high standard for the Aviva GB & NI team with a second place finish in the junior men's 6km event, the opening race of the day.
Clements - ninth in the European (junior) Cross Country Championships and recent winner of Belgium's Lotto Cross Cup - forced his way through to the front at the half-way point of the first lap, but was soon caught by Kirubel Erassa of the USA, the eventual winner in 19:56, who moved into the lead.
Looking for points from the top four finishers it was close to call at the front with three USA and three Brits in the lead pack.
Mark Shaw (Steve Shaw) was the lead Brit after the opening two laps and at one point looked a major contender for the title, but he was working hard in isolation and into a tough wind.He was followed by Clements three metres behind, with the all-important third and fourth team places taken by Gordon Benson (Phillip Townsend) and Charlie Grice (Jon Bigg) in the top ten.
Clements and Shaw - now working together in a bid to pull in Erassa - couldn't overturn his lead but powered off the downhill to the last 400m to finish in second (19:57) and third (19:59) respectively.
"I didn't come into it in the best shape, but I think I could have had him (Kirubel Erassa of USA) if there was another 100m, but I'm happy with second," said runner-up Clements. "Shaw (Mark Shaw) and I didn't plan to work together but we did and it worked well during the race. It was good to have someone to run with. The course is surprisingly fast. I thought it would be muddy, hilly and really slow, but it went out really fast. I surprised me how fast it was, I was expecting a slow, boggy, Belgium-esque kind of running but it was quick." (UKA, 2012)
Junior Men
2 Kieran Clements 19:55
Ipswich Harriers had a great day in the U13 and U15 Suffolk cross country championships at Ickworth park today. Rachel Collett and Chloe Godbold were the first runners in the U13 girls and competed very well with Godbold finishing despite being ill.
The U13 boys, Louis Breyer, Chris Jones, Harry Archer and Daniel Robinson won the U13 team section which was followed up by the U15 girls team of Charlotte Wickens, Olivia Mair and Alice Goodwin winning their team cup with Wickens also gaining a merited second place. Finally the U15 boys team of Theo Passmore, Richard Ling, Josh Sugars and Antonio Carpaso gained 2nd place behind the strong West Suffolk squad.
photos
full results
U17 women
20 Suzie Reid 10:34
U17 men
28 Ross Tennant 15:22
33 Tobias Rankin
U20 men
1 Kieran Clements 15:22
38 Patrick Gravett-Curl
Congratulations go to Daniel Jones, Graham Pattle and Neil Gillingham who have been awarded our club places for the 2012 running of the London Marathon. Athletes who may wish to be considered for the 2013 event should be aware of the updated club selection policy that will come into effect next year.
Well done to Kieran Clements for finishing in a fine 9th place in the junior men's race European Cross Country Championships in Slovenia and for helping his team win gold. Footage of Kieran receiving his medal (and some flowers!) below.
Senior race results,
team standings.
Junior race results,
team standings.
photo gallery
Senior results
Junior results
U11s fun run results
photo gallery
