Stevenson reigns supreme

Feb 9 2009 The Journal

NEW Marske athletes dominated the Senior Men’s event at yesterday’s penultimate North Yorkshire and South Durham Harrier League fixture at Blakeston School, Stockton.

Unable to defend the North Eastern Counties Road Race Championship, due to cancellation, on Saturday, the Cleveland club turned out in force.

Junior international Ricky Stevenson led throughout on the testing four-lap course, the distance of the circuit being reduced because of the frozen underfoot conditions.

He came home 82secs ahead of clubmate Dominic Shaw, with Andrew Wiles another 31secs adrift in third place.

Stevenson, who recently won the North of England Junior title, was not the only area champion on view as brothers Josh and Dan Schofield, of Scarborough, who won the Under-15 and Under-17 titles at St Helens, were successful in their respective events. For good measure, elder sister Helena took third place in the Senior Women’s race.

As expected, Middlesbrough’s Carolyn Summersgill won the latter event, by a wide margin from Hartlepool veteran Tracey Waller.

A day earlier, Summersgill was successful in the snow in the Albert Park 5km at Middlesbrough.

Yorkshire champion Maddy Winzer was an impressive winner of the Under-15 Girls’ race.