JORDAN Jones produced an excellent run to become Cheshire cross country champion on Saturday.
Over an undulating Delamere Forest course, Jones stormed to victory in the boys’ under 17s race to finish in 23mins 20secs, with his performance leading Warrington Athletics Club to a team silver alongside Joe Buckley and Jack Wadsworth.
The girls’ and boys’ under 11s teams went one better and picked up team gold, with Alice Nicholson’s time of 9mins 33secs enough to earn her individual bronze.
The girls' under 11s team celebrate their team gold
Nicholson, Esme Heavey and Corin Smith made up the girls’ team, while Benedict Kennedy, Jacob Pryor and Rory Gregory all finished inside the top 10 for the boys.
Left to right, the boys' under 11s team of Jacob Standing, Rory Gregory and Benedict Kennedy won team gold.
The women’s under 20 team of Lauren Ferris, Lauren Goddard and Rachel McQuillan also won gold, with Ferris’ time of 27mins 26secs earning her a bronze medal overall.
There was a further team silver medal for Warrington, with the men’s under 20s team of Daniel Fox (5th), Luke Gamble (8th) and Sam Rostron (10th) all placing well.
Meanwhile, seven Warrington Athletics Club members competed at the City of Manchester indoor open meeting on Sunday, with the under 17s age group proving fruitful.
Cameron Meakin’s personal-best time of 35.91secs was enough to win the 300m race, with clubmate Daniel Richardson coming third.
There were two Warrington athletes on the podium in the girls’ race as well, with Emily Jackson winning in 44.64secs and Charlotte Stokes placing third.
Joe Williams won his 60m hurdles race in 9.5secs and was also fourth in the high jump.
In the under 15s age group, Ashley Nemits was second in her 300m race, clocking 41.97secs, while Amelia Smithers came fourth in the under 13s 60m race and fifth in the 600m.
Elsewhere, Warrington’s Steve Watmough raced against Olympic triathlon silver medallist Jonny Brownlee at the Ribble Valley 10km road race on New Year’s Eve.
Brownlee came second and Watmough 93rd overall, but it was enough to earn him first place in the over 55s age group.
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