Match Report By Des Webb
Team Southampton cross country runners put in some fine performances at the latest Hampshire Cross Country League fixture at Reading's Prospect park.

The day started well for the team as early as the first race of the day when youngster Emily Jenkinson produced her highest league finish of the season so far when she ran a very sensible tactical race in the U13 girls race. Starting off steadily Emily picked he way through the field over the second half of the course to overhaul two runners in the final straight and finish in 2nd place. She led her team to second place overall with Daena Bennett (7th) and Caitlin Stewart (9th) also scoring for the team this time. Laura Seaman (16th), Nichole Dally (28th) and Eliza Reynolds (52nd) also ran well for the club in the age group.

In the older age groups it was Vicki Cronin who took 3rd place in the u17 women's race and Jamie Knapp in the U17 mens race who also shone for the club. Knapp took a good second place as well but ran a different race after taking second place about half way through and holding on over the remainder of the tough muddy park course. Chris Dennis came in 10th place overall showing a return to excellent form and Martin Nottingham took 13th to complete the scorers on the day. Other runners in the age group included Aaron Bennett 19th, Scott Legg 24th, and Harry Fisher 30th.

In the seniors Neil Phillips ran extremely well this week after a tough Hampshire championship the week before that had been affected by a busy Christmas when his training schedule had been put under pressure from work commitments. Phillips took a good 4th place on this sunny but cold day in reading and finished just ahead of team mate Gareth Klepacz (6th). Also running well were John Quint (18th), Christian Folliot (28th) and Jon Slade (34th)

The clubs younger runners will now be looking forward to competing in the Hampshire schools championships at Gang Warily this coming saturday (19th Jan) and the seniors and juniors will hope to keep up their good performances at the South of England championships on the 26th January at london's Parliament Hill course

Senior Men

Position	Name	Performance
4	Neil Phillips	29:02
6	Gareth Klepacz	29:11
18	John Quint	31:01
28	Christian Folliot	31:33
34	Jon Slade	32:00
50 (11th U20)	W Davis	32:57
120 (16th U20)	Ross Fripp	37:03
175 (82nd Vet)	John MacInnes	41:32
182 (88th Vet)	Peter Haynes	42:53

Seniors 2nd in Division 1; Vets Team 13th in Division 2

Senior Women

Position	Name	Performance
56 (16th Vet)	Karen Washford	30:37

U17 Men

Position	Name	Performance
2	Jamie Knapp	18:13
10	Chris Dennis	19:36
13	Martin Nottingham	19:43
19	Aaron Bennet	20:15
24	Scott Legg	20:46
30	Harry Fisher	21:41

Team 2nd

U17 Women

Position	Name	Performance
3	Vicki Cronin	15:45

U15 Boys

Position	Name	Performance
5	Louis Gates	13:05
9	Simon Ninnim	13:32
25	Martin Campbell	14:15
33	Simon Campbell	14:45

Team 3rd

U15 Girls

Position	Name	Performance
6	Jenny Beckingham	10:55
9	Mhairi-Clair Stewart	11:15
38	Hannah Musker	14:02

Team 6th

U13 Boys

Position	Name	Performance
9	Alex Ruggles	11:06
14	Zak Peress	11:29
16	David Fisher	11:32
23	Ben Ninnim	12:02
25	Alex Allen	12:03
26	L Williams	12:03
35	Nial Holt	12:50

Team 3rd

U13 Girls

Position	Name	Performance
2	Emily Jenkinson	9:30
7	Daena Bennett	9:48
9	Caitlin Stewart	10:00
16	Laura Seaman	10:22
28	Nicole Dally	10:50
52	Eliza Reynolds	13:15

Team 2nd

Please Note:
These results are based on information sent to me. Any problems with names / times / positions then e-mail teamsouthampton@hotmail.com