Pembury Nation Park, Llanelli, noticed Griffiths win the lads’s race whereas Lauren Cooper gained the senior girls’s crown
WELSH CHAMPIONSHIPS, PEMBURY COUNTRY PARK, Llanelli, January 25
A change from the standard Pembury course was introduced simply 9 days earlier than the occasion however that didn’t cease Dewi Griffiths from profitable yet one more Welsh senior cross-country title, his ninth over 13 years.
Nonetheless, it was all comparatively shut as Belgrave’s Thomas Chaston ran the holder shut however each have been nicely away from third-placed Dan Nash.
Chaston spends all of his time racing in america though did place sixth within the British Olympic Video games steeplechase trials, operating 8:42.21.
Lauren Cooper not solely took the ladies’s race but additionally led her Pontypridd membership to the crew championship as she regained the title she final gained in 2022.
Males (10.295km): 1 D Griffiths (Swan) 31:31; 2 T Chaston (Belg) 31:36; 3 D Nash (P’pridd) 32;40; 4 D Nazareth (Les C) 32:58; 5 J Griffiths (Swan) 33:23; 6 C Campion (Card) 33:40
M45: 1 P Matthews (P Bryn) 33:49
M50: 1 H Evans (P Bryn) 37:10
M55: 1 L Ahearne (P Bryn) 39:06
M60: 1 D Warren (Cardigan) 40:57
TEAM: 1 Meirionnydd 94; 2 Swansea 16; 3 Lliswerry 27
M35 TEAM: 1 Swansea 12
M40 TEAM: 1 Parc Bryn 11
M45 TEAM: 1 Pontypridd 7
M50 TEAM: 1 Pontypridd 8
M55 TEAM: 1 Chepstow 12
M60 TEAM: 1 Swansea 15
M65 (7.73km): 1 L Davis (Swan, M70) 32:10
M75: 1 R Morris (S Dom) 4118
U20: 1 N Vaughan (Eryri) 22:35. TEAM: no crew closed in
U17: 1 Ok Oberon (Warriors) 17:18. TEAM: 1 Cardiff 32
U15: 1 O Parry (Menai) 14:08. TEAM: 1 Deeside 17
U13: 1 O Phillips (Card) 11:43. TEAM: 1 Cardiff 28
Lauren Cooper (Paul Stillman)
Girls (7.73km): 1 L Cooper (P Bryn) 29:05; 2 I Lloyd (Swan) 29:36; 3 G Sutton (Swan) 29:55; 4 P Oliver (Belg) 30:01; 5 S Jones (Liv) 30:23; 6 M Owen (Dees) 30:27
W40: 1 L Flynn (Les C) 30:56
W45: 1 L Jones (Les C) 31:48
W55: 1 T Jenkins (P’cawl) 33:00
W60: 1 L Geyer (TROTS) 36:25
TEAM:1 Pontypridd 33; 2 Les Croupiers 58; 3 Swansea 88
W35 TEAM: 1 Pontypridd 8
W40 TEAM: 1 Swansea 6
W45 TEAM: 1 Bridgend 9
W55 TEAM: 1 3M 9
W60 TEAM: 1 TROTS 6
W65 TEAM: 1 Swansea 9
U20/U17: 1 L Hale (Swan, U17) 19:00. TEAM: 1 Swansea 9
U15: 1 H Watson (Dees) 15:54. TEAM: 1 Carmarthen 25
U13: 1 G Hayes (Dees) 13:09. TEAM: 1 Carmarthen 43
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