Virtual Gordon Smith Relays, 24th to 30th May 2020
As with many events at this strange time, this year’s Gordon Smith Relays were a virtual affair, with runners choosing their own 2 mile route and running alone against the clock. Claremont entered 10 teams, 5 male and 5 female. There were some good performances, particularly a 7th place finish for our “elite” ladies.
Kris Axon was disappointed with his time of 11:07 (me too, Kris!) but that still placed him 12th fastest senior male.
For the women, Catherine Young was a fantastic 3rd fastest senior lady, with Sarah Kerr and Heather Steel being 10th and 11th respectively in the fastest veteran list – I told you we had some elite ladies!
Heather has written about her experiences of this and other virtual races in her blog – click here for a good read!
Results are shown below:
| Ladies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Position | Runners | Time |
| 7 | Catherine Young Heather Steel Sarah Kerr Team Time | 12:12 13:11 13:08 38:31 |
| 20 | Nicki O’Brien Maddie Day Maria Duenas Team Time | 13:50 14:05 15:26 43:21 |
| 37 | Lena Webster-Costella Sarah Bowen Clare McKitterick Team Time | 17:30 14:39 15:28 47:37 |
| 38 | Nina Jentl Alice Vialard Nina Jensen Team Time | 15:15 17:37 14:52 47:44 |
| 54 | Hazel Juggins Cath Robson Gill Milne Team Time | 16:41 17:50 18:13 52:44 |
| Men | ||
|---|---|---|
| Position | Runners | Time |
| 22= | Kris Axon Paul Robinson Dean O’Brien Team Time | 11:07 11:53 13:31 36:31 |
| 26 | Howard MacLennan Jason Hall Simon Lowe Team Time | 13:23 11:32 12:30 37:25 |
| 48 | Alasdair Wilson Craw Richard Slack Luke Woodend Team Time | 13:57 14:04 13:57 41:58 |
| 57 | Tom Tinsley Brian Hegarty Jamie Harding Team Time | 12:23 17:08 16:01 45:32 |
| 58 | Chris Jones Ken McCormick David Lydall Team Time | 12:43 19:52 13:31 46:06 |
Full results can be found here.
