Mathew Ashton finished seventh in the junior men's race at the Southern Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill in London, crossing the line in 28mins 59secs.

In the senior men's event, Mike Baillie was Witney's best-placed runner, finishing 23rd in a time of 57.15.

Sally Pitts crossed the line in 40.40 in the senior women's race, while Headington's Allison Hirst was 14th in 34.13.

In the junior women's race, Sarah LeGood finished 41st in 26.10.

OTHER RESULTS

Witney Roadrunners

Senior men: 446 P Ainslie 1.03.50, 518 M Dix 1.05.59. Senior women: 166 J Ashton 42.25. U17 men: 136 G Petts 28.01. U17 women: 54 E Ridley 24.05. U15 boys: 188 L Warren 22.31, 224 T Timms 24.38. U13 boys: 135 D Mason 14.25, 138 S LeGood 14.28, 149 A Sambrook 14.36, 212 C King 16.27. Team: 25th. U13 girls: 138 J Hewlett 16.07, 148 K Smith 16.26.

Headington Roadrunners

Senior men: 201 R Fagerheim 56.30, 245 J Griffiths 57.42, 270 R Thetford 58.23, 284 D Gavaghan 58.41, 343 L Hurman 1.00.41, 435 I Meadowcroft 1.03.32, 522 H Nickay 1.06.08, 635 M Rasgauski 1.09.22, 700 W Atkinson 1.12.45, 766 K Villiers 1.18.51. Senior women: A Hirst 34.13, 180 Fischer 43.10, 183 M Pipe 43.39, 250 C Rafferty 47.55. U13 boys: 224 S Nickau 17.39.

Alchester

J Percival 1.00.15, A Hucker 1.07.13, S Howard 1.10.04, N Lambert 1.15.13, N Cherry 1.18.20, P Chivers 1.19.33.

GARY Richards led home the Abingdon Amblers' contingent at the Slaughterford 9-mile race in Wiltshire. He crossed the line in 1hr 0mins 45secs.

OTHER RESULTS

Abingdon Amblers: S Twinn 1.12, M Richards 1.21, H O'Shea 1.22, A Wright 1.31, L Clark 1.31, R Hollington 1.38.

Eynsham RR: S Taylor 1.29.49.