ATHLETICS: Hawtin's silver lining at Luton

Hawtin took home the silver medal in the under 13 girls’ race, finishing seven seconds behind winner Connie Lewis, from Chiltern Harriers, clocking 18mins 56secs.

Her teammates, Mya Walker and Beth Mulvany finished 73rd and 79th respectively.

City’s sole under 11 girl, Ciara Huxley, was 25th in her race, clocking 9.43.

In the under 15 girls’ competition, City’s girls packed well to finish in second place.

They were led home by Imogen Kempton, who was sixth in 13.36.

Lauren Hawtin clocked 13.41 for seventh place, with Rebecca Byren (16th) and Elissa Clarke (20th) making up the quartet.

The oldest of the Hawtin sisters, Melissa, was third in the under 17 girls’ race, helping City to second in the team event, 14 points behind Marshall Milton Keynes.

At senior level, Diane Sharp was top senior home in the women’s race, finishing 66th, while Julian Richardson led the men’s challenge, finishing 43rd.

Multiple acccidents on the M40 dented Headington Roadrunners’ chances, especially in the women’s race, which both Jude Craft and Laura Kyte missed completely.

Helen Barnes led the way for those that did arrive, finishing sixth in 22.17.

Frances Burge, Lisa Shaw and Polly Owens completed their quartet with times of 23.43, 27.12 and 27.15 respectively.

Chris Dettmar finished 19th in for Headington’s men, clocking 29.46.

OTHER RESULTS

Senior women

Oxford City: G Hueter 27.24, L Brinicombe 29.00, L Sammons 29.18, C Marshall 30.04.

Senior men

Headington RR: R Thetford 32.07, J Smith 32.10, C Prince 32.32, M Dunmore 33.19, L Hurman 33.30, A Darbyshire 35.34, A Phelps 36.09, J Worth 41.17, R Cherry 52.59, K Villiers 1.00.00.

Oxford City: A Gleeson 33.01, T Dixon 33.03, R Treadwell 34.32, S Thorp 34.41.

Under 17 boys

Oxford City: H Robertson 20.13, J Cody 22.18, S Kelly 23.45.

Under 15 boys

Oxford City: J Tack 16.02, M Marshall 16.11.

Under 13 boys

Oxford City: N Jones 11.25.

Under 11 boys

Oxford City: F Johnson-Ward 10.20.