Richard Gould led the way for Alchester AC at Sunday’s Thame 10k, finishing third in his age category.

The Vet 40 athlete crossed in 12th place overall in 35mins 55secs, his fastest 10k time for more than four years.

Nigel Lambert finished first Vet 70 Oxfordshire man, winning his second county medal of the term.

Jennifer McBain led the Alchester women, finishing third in the Vet 35 category and fourth woman in 38.57.

Bicester AC combined with Banbury Harriers to finish third in the penultimate Midland Division 2 North East match at Whyndley, West Midlands.

Jess Cherry triumphed in the under 20 B string woman’s javelin with a personal best throw of 23.17m.

She was also second in the hammer, triple jump and shot.

Emily Benfield won the under 20 woman’s long jump, with a leap of 4.51m.

Elsewhere, Josephine Parker took gold in the under 9 75m at the Quadkids competition at Oxford City AC.

Clubmates Joshua Parker (U11 75m) and Ben Groves (U11 long jump) were also victorious.

RESULTS

(senior men unless stated)

THAME 10K

Alchester AC: 12 R Gould (3rd V40) 35.55, 34 S O’Gorman (V40) 37.48, 36 J Bagnall 37.57, 48 G Warland 38.53, 55 J McBain (3rd V35) 38.57, 62 A Weeks 39.36, 71 V Bayliss 40.09, 72 S Usher (V35) 40.10, 143 R Kerr (V50) 43.56, 209 O Underhill (U23) 46.12, 258 C Kerr (V45) 48.01pb, 340 S Fisher (V35) 49.54pb, 453 N Lambert (1st V70) 53.58.

CUMNOR LEGION 5K

43 F Warland (Alc, V35) 38.31.

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE MIDLAND NORTH EAST 2

(A-string results only)

Men – Under 20 – 400m: 5 J Dunn 58.2.

4x100m: 3 Banbury/Bicester 54.0. 800m: 4 J Stickley 22.69.

Under 17 – 800m: 6 T Gould 2.28.7. 4x100m: 4 Banbury/Bicester 49.9. 4x400m: 2 Banbury/ Bicester 4.04.0. Javelin: 4 J Cherry 24.07.

Women – Under 20 – 100m: 2 E Benfield 13.8. 200m: 4 E Benfield 29.7. 4x100m: 1 Banbury/Bicester 56.2. Long jump: 1 E Benfield 4.51. Triple jump: 2 J Cherry 9.79sb.

Shot: 2 J Cherry 9.63. Hammer: 2 J Cherry 21.33pb.

Under 17 – 100m: 5 D Lenihan 13.2. 4x100m: 2 Banbury/Bicester 54.3. 4x300m: 1 Banbury/ Bicester 3.15.0pb. L jump: 3 D Lenihan 4.36.