PAUL Jegou produced one of his best performances for White Horse Harriers to finish third at Saturday’s gruelling Man v Horse race near Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales.
He completed the mountainous 20-mile route in 2hrs 45mins 28secs.
Jegou was also in action at the Veteran League Western Division meeting at Swindon, finishing third in the 1500m and fourth in the 5000m.
Abingdon were victorious in both the men’s and women’s competitions and lead the respective overall standings.
Nikki Gregory (W50 long jump and high jump), Philippa Terry (W50 hammer), and Noel Blatchford (W60 hammer) were the female A-class winners.
In the men’s, victories for Mark Spivey (M50 hammer), Marc Juffkins (M35 high jump), Duncan Talbot (M50 high jump), Paul Fernandez (M35 5000m) and Mark Lewy (M50 5000m) helped Abingdon score 178 points and beat Oxford City AC.
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Sport
Abingdon enjoyed success in the shot through Dave Raison (M35), Steve Pomeroy (M50), and Ron Jones (M60).
Oxford AC dominated the 1500m events with Les Newell (M35), Rob Wester (M50), Sarah Davies (W35) and Caroline Struthers (W50) all victorious.
Radley were third in the women’s match and fourth in the men’s.
OXFORD City's Simi Fajemisin won the long jump with 5.50m at the South of England AA U20/ Senior Championships at Lee Valley.
Clubmate Tim Stephens ran a personal best of 55.65secs to finish second in the under 20 400m hurdles.
Ben Claridge, of White Horse Harriers, set two personal bests in reaching the under 20 400m final and finishing fifth overall.
RESULTS (senior men unless stated)
VETERAN LEAGUE WESTERN DIVISION (Oxfordshire winners)
Men – M35 – 1500m: 1 L Newell (Oxf) 4.21.1. 5000m: 1 P Fernandez (Abn) 15.52.3. High jump: 1 M Juffkins (Abn) 1.45. Long jump: 1 S Clark (Oxf) 5.35. Shot: 1 D Raison (Abn) 11.11. M50 – 1500: 1 R Webster (Oxf) 4.33.2. 5000m: 1 M Lewy (Abn) 18.18.8. High jump: 1 D Talbot (Abn) 1.40. Hammer: 1 M Spivey (Abn) 39.55. Shot: 1 S Pomeroy (Abn) 10.41. M60 – 400m: 1 C Padmore (Oxf) 1.04.5. Shot: 1 R Jones (Abn) 9.31. Relay: 1 Oxf 3.58.2. Overall: 1 Abn 178pts, 2 Oxf 162, 4 Rad 111, 8 Whh 37.
Women – W35 – 1500m: 1 S Davies (Oxf) 5.08.5. Javelin: 1 C Lacey (Oxf) 21.06. Hammer: 1 J Cherry (Oxf) 20.66. W50 – 100m: 1 J Ellacott (Rad) 14.5. 400m: 1 J Ellacott (Rad) 68.9. 1500m: 1 C Struthers (Oxf) 6.27.2. High jump: 1 N Gregory (Abn) 1.15. Long jump: 1 L Ahmet (Rad) 3.33. Hammer: 1 P Terry (Abn) 18.39. W60 – 400m: 1 L Ahmet (Rad) 88.6. Long jump: 1 L Ahmet (Rad) 3.33. Hammer: 1 N Blatchford (Abn) 17.22. Overall: 1 Abn 138, 3 Rad 121, 4 Oxf 89.
SOUTH OF ENGLAND AA U20 & SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men – 200m heat 4: 5 L Chown (Abn) 22.80. 200m semi-final: 5 L Chown (Abn) 22.49. Under 20 – 400m heat 3: 2 B Claridge (Whh) 49.08pb. 400m final: 5 B Claridge (Whh) 49.03pb. 400mH heat 1: 2 T Stephens (Oxf) 57.41. 400mH final: 2 T Stephens (Oxf) 55.65pb.
Women – Long jump: 1 S Fajemisin (Oxf) 5.50. Shot: 5 A Hussain (Rad) 9.47.
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