Steve Kimber and Hatti Dean (pictured) produced impressive displays as Oxfordshire's men's and women's teams finished in creditable positions at the UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championship at Nottingham's Wollaton Park.

In the men's event, Oxfordshire's athletes battled hard to finish 16th out of 30 teams, while the women's team were 17th out of 27.

Kimber clocked 39mins 54secs on the 12km course in the men's race, which brought him home in 57th place in a large field.

And Dean, who still represents Oxfordshire despite running for Hallamshire Harriers, clocked 28.53 in the 8km women's race, finishing 13th.

Elsewhere, Melissa Hawtin (Oxford City) led home her teammates in the under 15 girls' competition, finishing 13th in the 4km race in a time of 15.32.

Hawtin led her team to 20th out of 40.

The junior men, led home by Jack Bibbings, finished 20th.

OXFORDSHIRE RESULTS

Senior men: 57 S Kimber 39.54, 109 D Merckel 41.29, 128 M Coffey 41.51, 136 O Bristow 42.03, 152 M Bishop 42.21, 156 A Chetwynd 42.31, 180 P Haarer 43.18, 197 T Bradford 43.49.

Senior women: 13 H Dean 28.53, 79 F Briscoe 31.39, 123 R Elliott 32.40, 133 R Kelling 32.51, 142 J Dixon 33.08, 187 N Gomm 34.31.

Junior men: 78 J Bibbings 29.00, 119 S Copley 30.00, 123 F Slemeck 30.06, 132 J McCrohon 30.24, 148 B Pawson 30.51, 153 T Freeman 30.58, 184 M Hawkins 33.15.

Under 17 men: 123 J Simmons 22.28, 150 R Glastonbury 22.46, 164 P Manning 22.59, 226 A Jones 23.58, 244 A Hamilton 25.31, 251 D Hamilton 25.59, 253 T Joyce 26.04.

Under 17 women: 136 M Roberts 21.36, 144 T Morgan 21.47, 193 C Bradley 22.47, 195 E Patrick 22.50, 214 E Berg 23.26, 217 J Brewer 23.39, 225 A Berger 24.09.

Under 15 boys: 30 G Miller 15.50, 88 S Ferguson 16.22, 100 A Duff 16.29, 183 D Walters 17.08, 238 E O'Hara 17.58, 281 R Cadle 22.58.

Under 15 girls: 13 M Hawtin 15.32, 96 B Warne 16.47, 107 E Clark-Jacques 16.52, 172 J Sutherland 17.29, 176 B Murphy-Hand 17.31, 244 H Sangan 18.17.

Under 13 boys: 85 O Simmons 13.21, 102 T Beigel 13.28, 165 D Stainthorp, 177 W Handscombe 13.54, 240 M Rose 14.26, 254 J Tack 14.34, 259 O Stepney 14.36, 265 J Unwin 14.38.

Under 13 girls: 25 C McMillan 13.59, 80 I Kempton 14.31, 125 L Hawtin 14.50, 129 J East 14.50, 136 I van-Zyl 14.54, 148 R Byren 14.59, 262 S Elkirate 16.01.