Leeds City athletes James Walsh and Dave Webb ran well in the Inter Counties Cross Country Championship at Nottingham on Saturday but Yorkshire had a disappointing day in the men's race.
The White Rose women's team, however, rose to the occasion in style to win the team title.
Results: Men – 1 T Humphries (Staffs) 37:03; 2 P Wicks Surrey) 37:11; 3 M Skinner (Kent) 37:19; 6 J Walsh (Warwickshire/Leeds City) 37:44;
10 D Webb (Yorks) 37:55; 15 M Watson (Yorks) 38:16; 37: J Heneghan (Yorks) 39:03. Team: 1 North East.
Junior Men – 1 D Forrester (Merseyside) 25:37; 2 S Horsfield (Gt Manchester) 25:48; 3 P Bernten (Hampshire) 25:49; 10 J Brownlee (Yorks) 26:30; 18 J Wilkinson (Yorks) 26:48; 31 A Heyes (Yorks) 27:30; 47 M Salter (Yorks) 28:09; 50 J Kraft (Yorks) 28:18. Teams: 1 Greater Manchester 63; 2 Yorkshire 106.
Under-17 Men – 1 A Amed (Yorks) 20:04; 2 C O'Hare (Scotland East) 20:07; 3 J Robinson (Norfolk) 20:14; 15 D Schofield (Yorks) 20:55; 30 T Crowley (Yorks) 21:08; 34 G Belcher (Yorks) 21:19; 44 J Hallas (Yorks) 21:36. Team: 1 Yorkshire 80.
Under-15 Boys – 1 T Curr (Gloucestershire) 14:57; 2 S Webb (Suffolk) 15:04; 3 D Vernon (Scotland West) 15:08; 20 M Wood (Yorks) 15:39; 26 J Gray (Yorks) 15:44; 29 D Collins (Yorks) 15:49; 31 S Wood (Yorks) 15:50. Teams: 1 Scotland West 40; 3 Yorkshire 106.
Under-13 Boys – 1 F Roberts (Yorks) 12:09; 2 L Gregory (Gt Manchester) 12:18; 3 F Rae (Scotland West) 12:21.Teams: 1 Kent 66; 4 Yorkshire 111.
Women: 1 L Kenney (Warwickshire) 27:56; 2 J Wilkinson (Essex) 28:09; 3 R Townend (Hampshire) 2:10; 7 V Wilkinson (Yorks) 28:30; 18 R Edwards (Yorks) 29:09; 22 A Woodvine (Yorks) 29:44; 28 B Penty (Yorks) 30:02; 32 J Russell (Yorks) 30:07; 33 S Partridge (Scotland West/Leeds City) 30:0; 37 L O'Gorman (Wakefield) 30:22; 30:24; 48 L Adams (Yorks) 30-40 Team: 1 Yorkshire 155.
Junior Women: 1 L Park (Cumbria) 22:31; 2 E Pallant (Hampshire) 22:35; 3 L Partridge (Surrey) 22:37; 42 J Fawcett (Yorks) 25:32; 48 K McHale (Yorks) 26:04. Teams: 1 Hampshire 34; 9 Yorkshire 217.
Under-17 Women – 1 J Burns (Devon) 18:06; 2 A Jarman (Lancs) 18:09; 3 I Brinsden (Surrey) 18:15. Teams: 1 Lancashire 42; 20 Yorkshire 382.
Under-15 Girls: 1 E Goreck (Surrey) 14:22; 2 R Haynes (Surrey) 14:45; 3 E Walbank (Bedfordshire) 14:48; 6 L Procter (Yorks) 15:06; 8 C Thackery (Yorks) 15:16; 11 A Bell (Yorks) 15:24; 34 S Smith (Yorks) 15:57; 35 H Shreeve (Yorks) 15:57; 49 C Robertson (Yorks) 16:09. Teams: 1 Surrey 50; 2 Yorkshire 5.
Under-13 Girls: 1 J Judd (Essex) 13:19; 2 L Bleaken (Wiltshire) 13:23; 3 R Knapton (Hampshire) 13:24; 27 D Braithwaite (Yorks) 14:02; 50 H Callaghan (Halifax) 14:18. Teams: 1 Hampshire 52; 4 Yorkshire 228.
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