On Saturday Ballydrain Harriers hosted the historic Comber Cup Cross Country races, in a different time slot but back on the calendar, after an absence of several years. In the men’s 8k race, pre-race favourite David O’Flaherty (Newcastle AC) led throughout. For North Down Stephen Wylie was 5th in 28:30 and, as 3rd open man reached the podium. In a close group further back, master athletes Oscar Sanchez, Simon Cummings and Gordon Wilkinson were 39th, 42nd and 45th. In the ladies and Vet 60+ men’s 6k race, Terry Eakin was the 1st Vet 60+ to finish, after recording 24:19, with Norman Lellett 4th in the category. U15 boys and girls ran over 3K with the North Down girls impressive. Jessica Scott, Anna Scott, Lauren Hamilton and Anna McDowell were respectively 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 9th.
Full Results: Comber Cup XC 2014 Results
North Down Results
Race Pos |
Time |
Cat |
Race No |
Athlete |
Cat Pos |
U15 Boys & Girls 3K |
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7 |
12:35 |
G15 |
41 |
JESSICA SCOTT |
2 |
12 |
13:13 |
G15 |
40 |
ANNA SCOTT |
3 |
16 |
13:57 |
G15 |
56 |
LAUREN HAMILTON |
5 |
21 |
14:20 |
G15 |
142 |
ANNA MCDOWELL |
9 |
Women & 60+ Men |
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2 |
24:19 |
M60 |
119 |
TERRY EAKIN |
1 |
23 |
30:15 |
M60 |
26 |
NORMAN LELLYETT |
4 |
Comber Cup Men 17 – 59 |
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5 |
28:30 |
MO |
71 |
STEPHEN WYLIE |
3 |
39 |
36:15 |
M40 |
77 |
OSCAR SANCHEZ |
16 |
42 |
36:44 |
M40 |
9 |
SIMON CUMMINGS |
18 |
45 |
37:20 |
M50 |
13 |
GORDON WILKINSON |
9 |