SARAH Lackman led the way for Abingdon, finishing in the top 20 at Sunday’s annual Berks, Bucks & Oxfordshire Cross Country Championships in Horspath.

Despite a very cold chilly wind, the athletes faced a dry course bathed in sunshine and Lackman was Abingdon’s first senior woman to cross the line in 18th in a time of 25mins 43secs.

In the men’s race, clubmate Paul Fernandez continued his hectic schedule by finishing 11th in 34.00.

Abingdon had 62 girls taking part in the under 13 event, with Beth Darwent excelling to come home sixth.

Teammates Mette Rutter, Mieke Bedlington and Izzie Jones were 18th, 20th and 27th respectively.

They helped the club secure fifth place in the team event, five points short of a medal.

In the under 17 girls, Chloe Ridewood returned after an injury-hit summer to finish tenth in 26.30.

Vicky Tilling was 14th and Lottie Siddle 17th as Abingdon secured fourth in the team competition.

Kie Francis (15th), Alexander Pennington (14th) and Jack Shaylor (16th) led the way for the club in the under 13, 15 and 17 boys races.

White Horse Harrier Paul Jegou finished as the first Veteran 40 in the Wessex League meeting at Aldon Park in Yeovil.

Meanwhile, Richard Jegou competed in the Swindon Winter Throws competition and set a club record of 31.80m in the discus.

RESULTS (senior men unless stated)

BERKS, BUCKS & OXON CX CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon AC: 11 P Fernandez (V40) 34.00, 36 P Keating 37.01, 56 G Wood 40.00, 75 D Wilson 43.01, 79 A Francis (V45) 43.40, 97 G Bartley (V50) 48.24, 101 R Davies (V55) 50.28. Senior women: 18 S Lackman (SW) 25.43, 47 K Adams (LV35) 29.15, 70 P Wilson (LV55) 34.59, 73 G Lodowski (LV50) 41.23. U17 boys: 16 J Shayler 22.24, 23 C Pierre 26.07. U17 women: 10 C Ridewood 26.30, 14 V Tilling 27.09, 17 L Siddle 27.37. Team: 4. U15 boys: 14 A Pennington 15.52, 26 A Ede 16.32. U15 girls: 33 K Harris 18.50, 48 M Darwent 21.13. U13 boys: 15 K Francis 12.09, 41 G Fernandez 13.45, 45 J Fernandez 14.27. U13 girls: 6 B Darwent 12.26, 18 M Rutter 12.51, 20 M Bedlington 13.02, 27 I Jones 13.25. Team: 5.

White Horse Harriers: 6 P Jegou (V40) 35.52, 91 D Day (V50) 47.13.

SWINDON 10K

White Horse Harriers: 24 K Rogers 39.14, 162 R Gilmour (V50) 49.20, 194 C Wainwright (LV45) 50.56.

WESSEX LEAGUE

White Horse Harriers: 4 P Jegou (1st V40) 30.15.

MEON VALLEY MARATHON

Didcot Runners: 24 R Sharp (V45) 4.07.58.

SWINDON WINTER THROWS

White Horse Harriers – R Jegou (V70) – Hammer: 29.96; Shot: 9.70; Discus: 31.80 (pb & club record); Javelin: 17.25; Weight: 11.54.

ABINGDON PARKRUN

Abingdon: 1 P Goddard 19.39pb, 3 R Kembleton 20.29, 9 D Richards (V55) 21.36, 14 J Moore (V50) 21.55, 15 N Hamilton (V55) 22.00, 32 P Stepney (V55) 23.44, 47 J Newton (V40) 24.51, 52 M O’Neill 25.14, 61 R Buckley (JW10) 25.50, 68 S Cozens (LV45) 26.34, 72 A Newton (JM11-14) 27.00, 75 P Terry (LV50) 27.20, 76 L Blackmore (SW) 27.30, 85 J Styles (V50) 28.08, 98 C Onions (LV55) 30.01, 100 A Moger (LV55) 30.07, 124 B Evans (V65) 32.20, 137 J Worth (LV40) 37.14, 139 H Bower (LV35) 37.17, 153 A Dawkins (V60) 44.54.

DIDCOT PARKRUN

Didcot Runners: 4 A Keen 21.34, 11 S Jones (V35) 22.14, 15 E Naughton 22.27, 26 J Talbot (V45) 25.02, 47 H Gascoigne 29.16, 61 G Jackson (V80) 33.37, 64 T Talbot (LV45) 35.10, 71 M Walker 43.19. Abingdon: 2 G Wallace (V45) 20.31, 6 E Lawton (JM11-14) 21.49, 8 M Shepley (V50) 22.09, 13 S Lawton (JM10) 22.22, 42 T Evans (SW) 28.45, 55 M Shepley (LV45) 31.07, 69 D Heller (LV70) 41.29.

HARCOURT HILL PARKRUN

Abingdon: 7 C Walters (V50) 20.48, 53 S Hopgood (LV40) 28.17pb, 57 G Walters (JM11-14) 29.11.

OXFORD PARKRUN

Abingdon: 118 H Burton (LV35) 30.19.

HALLS PARKRUN, NELSPRUIT, SOUTH AFRICA

Abingdon: 19 G Lean 27.54.