Huntingdonshire AC seniors maintained their perfect run as they went four for four by winning the latest Frostbite League 5-mile cross country team race held at March.  Dave Hudson led the 357-stong field as he claimed victory for the second time this season with 28:13.  Dave was part of a club 1-2-3 as Martin Amos filled the runner-up position in 29:28 with James Orrell in 3rd just seconds behind with 29:36.  Remaining scoring positions were James Uff making his debut this season (9th 30:49), Ty Farrer (10th 30:52), Simon Bowman (11th 30:53) and Darren Matthews (12th 31:08).  In the 22 seasons in which Hunts AC has taken part in this league, Darren's final scoring position in 12th place is the best-ever achieved by the club with 17th in 2019 as the previous best.  Tim Jones found himself in the unenviable position of finishing in 13th place and not scoring for the team.  The three Hunts AC women scorers were no less spectacular.  Lucy Mapp finished 1st woman for the fourth time in a row (32:55) with her 25th pace overall equalling her own club record of highest-ever placing by a Hunts AC woman out of men and women combined.  Ieva Klavina (39th overall and 3rd woman in 34:38) and Shelley Duffy (48th overall and 5th woman in 35:33) completed the scoring team.  Similar to Darren, Shelley as final scorer in 48th place beat the previous club record of 68th set in the previous race.  Once team points were tallied, Hunts AC found themselves way ahead of the opposition with their best-ever points score of 160, beating their previous best of 240.  With just two races remaining, the Hunts AC senior have a comfortable lead in the league standings.

Race Team Results

1 Hunts AC 160 points

2 Yaxley 579

3 March 615

(16 teams)

League Standings

1 Hunts AC 64

2 Yaxley 54

3 Riverside Runners 46

 

The 1.5-mile junior race saw Tom Waterworth win his first-ever Junior race in 8:24 with Aaron Hawkins in the runner-up position just three seconds adrift.  Noah Scott-Donkin closed out the boys' scoring in 4th place with 8:41.  For the second time this season, Lola Fletcher finished as first girl in 9:40 (17th overall) with Cara Still picking up the final scoring position as 6th girl (29th overall 10:18).  Hunts AC won the team race comfortably with 53 points, their second-best-ever score just short of 52 points scored in 2020.  After winning three straight, Hunts AC juniors have to finish at least third in each of the last two races to secure the league title.

Race Team Results

1 Hunts AC 53 points

2 Peterborough & Nene Valley AC 133

3 Thorney 135

(15 teams)

League Standings

1 Hunts AC 59

2 Peterborough & Nene Valley 55

3 Thorney 51

Close to 400 entries across all age groups/races.

Last cross country championships held two years ago.

Huntingdonshire AC won 21 medals - equal most since at least 2005 and probably equal most ever (since club formation in 1967).

29 Hunts AC runners came away with at least one medal.  Dave Hudson, James Orrell, Ieva Klavina and Shelley Duffy came away with three.

Under 13 Boys

1 Thomas Richards 9:59 GOLD

3 Oliver Albone 10:10 BRONZE

Thomas, Oliver and Natty Clifford (5th in 10:21) won team GOLD

 

Under 15 Boys

3 Noah Scott-Donkin 18:10 BRONZE

Noah, Tom Waterworth (6th in 18:47) and Aaron Hawkins (12th in 20:15) won team SILVER

 

Under 15 Girls

3 Eliza Mardon 19:37 BRONZE

 

Under 17 Men

Aedan Lydon (5th in 19:12), Dom Pauley (6th in 19:46) and Joseph Reindel (8th in 20:48) won team SILVER

Ryan Howe (10th in 21:24), Ciaran Burke (12th in 22:51) and Adam Bearpark (13th in 24:56) won team BRONZE

 

Under 20 Men

2 James Orrell 37:47 SILVER

James, Dylan Tomaselli and Brandon Ballard won team GOLD

 

Senior Men

4 Dave Hudson 36:49, 7 James Orrell 37:47, 11 Martin Amos 38:38, 12 Dylan Tomaselli 38:42, 21 Ty Farrer 40:08, 22 Dave Connell 40:13 won team BRONZE

 

Veteran Men

1 Dave Hudson 36:49 GOLD

Dave, Ty Farrer (5th in 40:08) and Dave Connell (6th in 40:13) won team GOLD

 

Steve Church won BRONZE in M50 category

Shane Hunt won SILVER in M60 category

 

Senior Women

3 Lucy Mapp 21:28 BRONZE

Lucy, Ieva Klavina (6th in 22:45) and Shelley Duffy (8th in 23:17) won team SILVER

 

W35

2nd Ieva Klavina 22:45 SILVER

3rd Shelley Duffy 23:17 BRONZE

Ieva, Shelley and Alison Stewart (4th in 23:26) won team GOLD

 

Alison Fox won GOLD in W55 category

16th Dan Steel Day 1 60m - 7.71 PB (previously 7.76 2018) LJ - 5.71 SP - 9.72 HJ - 1.64 Day 2 60mH - 10.21 PB (previously 10.54 2015) PV - 3.03 1000m - 3:17.48 Score - 3505 (Inaugural Club Record)

Lesley Jackson not only won the race but also improved her best by 66 seconds with 49:51 to consolidate her 49th place in the all-time club rankings.