Oxford City’s Megan Humphreys continued her rich vein of form with a top-ten finish at the South of England Cross Country Championships at Stanmer Park, Brighton.

Humphreys, who had won her last two starts in the Oxford Mail League and the Apex Sports Chiltern League, finished ninth in the under 17 women’s race in 18mins 20secs.

Cambridge Harriers’s Sabrina Sinha was first home in 17.08.

Abingdon’s Fiona Bunn finished 15th in 18.43 over a testing course, which included hills, grassland and winding woodland paths.

Headington Road Runners’ Diane Moore was the first Oxfordshire runner home in the senior women’s race, finishing 44th in 33.14 over the 8k course.

She led Headington to tenth place in the team event.

She was closely followed by Oxford City’s Martha Lloyd in 48th in 33.30.

A huge field of 855 runners lined up for senior men’s race over 15k and Oxford City’s Aaron Burgess led home the Oxon contingent, finishing 76th in 55.43.

Burgess led Oxford City to 16th place in the team competition, while the club’s under 13 girls were tenth.

RESULTS

SOUTH OF ENGLAND CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abingdon AC – senior men: 653 J Bones (V40) 74.19, 783 A Francis (V40) 82.54. Under 15 boys: 145 D Bunn 17.49, 204 J MacLennan 18.53. Under 13 boys: 58 A Pennington 11.21, 175 K Francis 12.28. Under 17 women: 15 F Bunn 18.43, 84 L Siddle 21.15, 98 V Tilling 21.38. Under 15 girls: 85 C Ridewood 16.30, 183 K Harris 18.03. Under 13 girls: 60 B Darwent 12.13, 86 C Barwick 12.35, 160 M Rutter 13.20.

Headington Road Runners – senior men: 373 R Skilbeck 64.39, 512 H Grange 68.58, 567 A Walton 71.04, 627 J Griffiths 72.56, 808 P Lister 84.54. Senior women: 44 D Moore 33.14, 62 L Barker 34.33, 80 J Craft 35.11, 154 H Griffiths 38.47, 159 C Noakes 39.00, 168 K Sergeant 39.26, 213 M Ding 41.21, 262 A Barry 43.48, 322 E Carter 49.30.

Oxford City – senior men: 76 A Burgess 55.43, 112 S Fisher 56.59, 133 J Richardson 57.40, 183 M Tyrrell 59.18, 205 M Robinson 59.48, 286 R Meredith 1.02.05, 290 N Marley 1.02.16. Senior women: 48 M Lloyd 33.30. Under 15 girls: 147 A Morris 17.14. Under 13 girls: 52 D Palmer 12.10, 61 A Scrivener 12.15, 72 L Newhouse 12.21, 96 A Williams 12.41, 97 E Haines-Gray 12.41, 135 G Scotting 13.04, 143 A Bromley 13.10, 177 J Walter 13.30.

White Horse Harriers – senior men: 417 I Lambourn (V50) 1.06.05, 740 D Day (V50) 1.19.14. Senior women: 241 R Bennett (LV35) 42.55.

HARCOURT PARKRUN

Abingdon AC: 19 K Dixon (V45) 22.16, 34 D Fegan (JM11-14) 24.19, 35 C Fegan (JM11-14) 24.29.

OXFORD 10K CHARITY RUN

Didcot Runners: 88 E Naughton 47.34.