ALEX Miell-Ingram put his injury woes behind him to record an excellent result at round two of the Chiltern Cross Country League.

The Radley AC member only returned last month from a year out, but was the third-fastest Division 2 runner in Milton Keynes.

As the rain came down, Miell-Ingram clocked a time of 33mins 23secs to finish 68th overall.

Abingdon AC’s Owen Stepney was the next best Oxfordshire athlete, his time of 34.48 enough to finish 99th and seventh-fastest in Division 2.

Close behind was Fergus Campbell, of Headington RoadRunners, who was 11th in Division 2 but won the V50 category in 36.06.

It was also a memorable day for Oxford City AC’s John Exley, whose time of 45.32 saw him finish fastest of the V70 runners.

His clubmate Sarah Davies was the pick of the bunch for Oxfordshire in the ladies’ events.

The LV45 was 84th overall, crossing the line in 25.26, but this was enough for an impressive fourth place in her category.

Meanwhile, Helen Turley was comfortably the fastest LV65 runner, the Headington RR member’s time of 29.39 almost two minutes quicker than the next best in her category.

There were few top-ten finishes from Oxfordshire runners in the age group events, but Elsie Jacobs made history in the under 11 girls’ race.

The Bicester AC member became the first person from her club to win a race in the Chiltern League, triumphing in 6.54.

In Division 1, there was an intriguing competition between the teams from Oxford University and the Royal Air Force.

Luke Cotter flew the flag for the students to place 14th overall in 30.40, while Charlotte Dannatt finished in the same position in the ladies’ race in a time of 21.10.

submitted club results

CHILTERN LEAGUE

SENIOR MEN

Headington RR: 89 D Lawrence 34.25, 133 F Campbell (V50) 36.06, 151 J Smith (V40) 36.49, 211 A Aimon 38.26, 218 J Fenning 38.33, 219 P Wrighton-Smith (V40) 38.34, 221 R Skilbeck (V40) 38.38, 228 K Lowies (V50) 38.49, 248 D Simpson (V50) 39.39, 266 R Thetford (V50) 40.13, 279 D Bremner 40.36, 298 T Clarke 41.17, 304 A Phelps (V50) 41.25, 311 A Darbyshire (V50) 41.36, 330 John Griffiths (V60) 42.22, 360 R Cousens (V40) 43.30, 361 A Grant (V40) 43.31, 496 I Homer (V50) 52.01.

UNDER 13 BOYS

Bicester AC: 11 O Stocker 10.51, 30 J Smith 11.22, 67 R Charlton 12.19.

UNDER 11 BOYS

Bicester AC: 54 G Mansell 7.44.

SENIOR WOMEN

Headington RR: 94 A Johnson 25.48, 108 M Ding (LV35) 26.06, 113 R Shaw (LV35) 26.14, 123 S Power 26.49, 144 Y Morris (LV45) 27.26, 165 J Peebles 28.08, 214 H Turley (LV65) 29.39, 253 N Hare (LV45) 31.06, 258 S Harding-Brown (LV45) 31.18, 262 C Childs (LV45) 31.27, 271 C Hanratty (LV45) 31.46, 299 R Winder (LV35) 33.37, 309 E Carter-Biggs (LV45) 34:00, 310 S Cassettari (LV55) 34.02, 312 K Homer (LV45) 34.08, 360 S Leach (LV45) 40.10.

Under 17/20 ladies

Bicester AC: 114 L Montague 26.39.

UNDER 15 GIRLS

Bicester AC: 33 L McGrath 17.33, 84 S Armstrong 24.43.

UNDER 11 GIRLS

Bicester AC: 1 E Jacobs 6.54, 48 A Busby 8.48, 78 M Evans 8.56.