Race Reports

Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, had a successful day at the South of England Masters Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley on Sunday. She won gold in the W60 long jump with a leap of 3 metres 05, and took silver in the W60 hurdles in 15.11 seconds. Club colleague Alan Dolton was fourth in

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their final Surrey Cross-Country League Division One match of the season, at a muddy Lloyd Park on Saturday. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who placed 98th of the 212 finishers, completing the five-mile course in 30 minutes 55 seconds. Andrew Aitken was 100th (31:16) while team manager

Steph Upton, from Striders of Croydon, had a very good run to be the first woman to finish the Riddlesdown parkrun on Saturday. She placed 14th overall, covering the five-kilometre course in 22 minutes 36 seconds. Club colleague Kara Boaks was the second woman to finish the South Norwood parkrun, placing 26th overall (23:55). For

Jenny Rowe, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to be the first woman to finish the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. She placed 31st overall out of 261 finishers, completing the undulating five- kilometre course in 22 minutes 54 seconds. Club colleague Sophia Sachedina was the first woman to finish the

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the penultimate Surrey Cross-Country League Division One match of the season, at Mitcham on Saturday. They were led by Alastair Falconer who was 118th of the 235 finishers, covering the 8.3 kilometre course in 31 minutes 37 seconds. Andrew Aitken was close behind in 120th (31:41) with Lee

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Surrey Cross-Country Championships, at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their best performance came from Rachel Lindley, who ran very well to place 21st of the 138 finishers in the senior women’s race, covering the eight-kilometre course in 31 minutes 56 seconds. Jenny Rowe also ran well to place

Nikki Javan, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to be the second woman to finish the Northampton parkrun on Saturday. She placed 35th overall out of 416 finishers, recording 21 minutes 39 seconds. For Striders’ men, Martin Filer was third in the Riddlesdown parkrun (18:36) while veteran Simon Pannell was third in the South Norwood

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Championships, held in cold and wet conditions on Saturday afternoon at Beckenham. Their first man home was Andrew Aitken, who ran well to place 75th of the 337 finishers, completing the 12-kilometre course in 44 minutes 41 seconds. Team manager Krzysztof Klidzia