Two runners from Shrewsbury Athletic Club represented the Club at the Midland Cross Country Championships at Leamington on Saturday, Charlie Rogers finishing 88th in 46/31 and Will Preston 90th in 46/42, fine performances on a tough 12K course and a very strong field.
On the road running scene, Mel Price won the Womens' race at the Ilmington 10K in Warwickshire in 41/46, her first victory in Club colours in only her second race for the Club, Paul Jones finished 11th and 1st Veteran Over 45 in the Four Villages Half Marathon in Cheshire, with Club colleague Sara Willhoit 3rd in the Womens' race in a personal best time of 1/20/38. Pete Hughes finished 5th in the Gnosall 10K in 39/51. At the Buff Winter Trail Wales Half Marathon around the arduous trails and tracks of the Coed y Brenin Forest, Michael Betts finished 10th in 1/34/10 and Anna Bartlett was 16th in the Womens' race in 2/03/36.
Photo. Mel Price.