Hannah Viner was delighted with her silver medal performance
in the London Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill. Viner explained
that she had used the 6 km, two lap race as preparation for this weekend's Euro
Trials at Liverpool. "My plan was to go hard, and I led for three quarters
of the first lap", Viner said. "Stephanie Davis of Clapham overtook
me, but I was able to maintain my second place position and prevent Davis from
stretching her lead much further".
Lia Radus led Barnet Borough to U17 team gold in the London
Youth Games Cross Country Championship at Parliament Hill. Bouncing back from
illness at the start of the week, Radus placed fourth in a close 2.8 km race
over a muddy and challenging course.
"I was in a leading group of five in the long opening
run up Parliament Hill", Radus said. "Over the last kilometre two
leaders broke away, shortly followed by a third. Towards the end I clawed back
most of the gap that had formed, but in the final few metres the girl in front
of me found the strength to fend me off. At the end there were only 12 seconds
separating the winner and myself in fourth place. Despite being a bit
frustrated with having allowed a mid-race gap to develop, I am pleased with my
performance overall."
Maccabiah gold medallist Ellie Edwards showed that her
winter training is going well in an inter-university indoor match at Cardiff. Competing
for Birmingham University, Edwards, now 21, raced 60m in 7.87 and set an indoor
200m PB of 25.88.
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