MALE runners from Penryn’s Mile High club helped their team achieve a second place finish at the Brooks Summer Turkey Trot.

The four mile race saw the men wearing the distinctive blue and white vests give host club Cornwall AC a scare with Richard Pascoe, Mitch Weegman, Andrew Martin, Aaron Benney and Nick Ratcliffe finishing in 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th places.

These results coupled with Nick Martin’s 20th place finish gave Mile High a total of 79 points.

But they could still not prevent CAC from claiming their sixth Grand Prix team victory of the season.

Justin Thomas came first in the men’s race in a time of 21:12 and top ten finishes for Paul Smith and Ceri Whitmore helped set up the win.

Strong finishes from Steve Wherry, Mike Dowrick and Craig Salamone, who all came in the top 20, saw CAC end on 66 points.

There was success for female members of Mile High as Katherine Martin took home gold in the 50-54 category after clocking a time 30:07.

She had to put up a fight towards the line as Lynn Counter from the Newquay Road Runners contested a sprint finish with her, but Martin was able to hold her own and edge it in the end.

The overall winner of the ladies’ race was CAC’s Emma Stepto who completed the course in 22:08, beating Emma Schuck from the Hayle Runners by 1:35.

Coming in third place was Eleanor Davis from Newquay who clocked a time of 24:04.

Newquay Road Runners took home first place in the team competition, scoring 59 points, beating CAC by 37, with third place going to Hayle Runners with 112.

RESULTS CLUB KEY: CAC Cornwall AC, CoN City of Norwich, CR Carn Runners, ECH East Cornwall Harriers, G&G Grit & Grin, HEAD Headington Road Runners, HR Hayle Runners, LRR Launceston Road Runners, MBH Mounts Bay Harriers, MH Mile High, NDRC North Derbyshire Running Club, NEW Newbury AC, NRR Newquay Road Runners, OX Oxford City AC, PEN Pennine, SCV Southern Counties Veterans AC, STA St Austell Running Club, TRC Truro Running Club, WOOD Woodstock AC.

Men 1 Justin Thomas CAC 21:12, 2 Neil Eddy MBH 21:23, 3 Dave Bartlett NRR 21:56.

Age Categories: Under 20: 1 Josh Carnell ECH 22:14, 2 Tom Slattery CAC 23:32, 3 Dale Triggs CAC 24:42.

Under 35: 1 Neil Eddy, 2 Dave Bartlett, 3 Jordan Morant HR 22:34.

35-39: 1 Ceri Whitmore CAC 22:30, 2 Martin Dawson NDRC 22:41, 3 Stephen Nicholls CoN 24.11.

40-44: 1 Justin Thomas, 2 Paul Smith CAC 22:21, 3 Nick Ratcliffe MH 22.53.

45-49: 1 Paul Whear CR 22:17, 2 Adrian Ball CAC 23:26, 3 Andrew Eddison CAC 23:21.

50-54: 1 Steve Wherry CAC 22:58, 2 Nick Martin MH 23:22, 3 Glynn Davis CR 24:39.

55-59: 1 Laurie Lee STA 24:29, 2 Martin Davis NRR 24:30, 3 Barrie Cardew CR 25:39.

60-64: 1 Malcolm Roberts STA 26:12, 2 Colin Martin NRR 30:02, 3 Chris Ramsey TRC 30:07.

65-69: 1 Dave Parsons OX 26:32, 2 Paul Wright NRR 26:58, 3 Mick Welland SCV 28:39.

70-74: 1 Stewart Townend HR 31:59, 2 Mike Shipway WOOD 33:29, 3 Norris Kington CAC 36:24.

75+: 1 Peter Mander LRR 38:34.

Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 66 points, 2 Mile High 79, 3 Newquay Road Runners 152, 4 Carn Runners 194, 5 Hayle Runners 198.

Ladies 1 Emma Stepto CAC 22:08, 2 Emma Schuck HR 23:43, 3 Eleanor Davis NRR 24:04.

Age Categories: Under 20: 1 Martha Carlisle CAC 29:00, 2 Jessica Behennah ECH 29:04, 3 Dulcie Atkinson CAC 29:53.

Under 35: 1 Emma Schuck, 2 Eleanor Davis, 3 Rebecca Campbell HEAD 26:05.

35-39: 1 Jessica Franklin NEW 26:17, 2 Joanna Herd NRR 26:51, 3 Julia Pearce CAC 27:56.

40-44: 1 Emma Stepto, 2 Ann Waller MBH 26:34, 3 Charlotte Bennett HR 27:03.

45-49: 1 Sharon Coyne NRR 26:45, 2 Karen McClay MBH 27:37, 3 Karen Harrison CAC 28:35.

50-54: 1 Katherine Martin MH 30:07, 2 Lynn Counter NRR 30:09, 3 Caroline Merrikin G&G 33:27.

55-59: 1 Pat Coates NRR 32:10, 2 Katherine Harvey PEN 32:30, 3 Diane Warren HR 34:22.

60-64: 1 Susan Mellis STA 34:05, 2 Penny Uren MBH 37:56, 3 Eileen Milsom MBH 38:39.

65-69: 1 Mary Mullarkey ECH 32:56, 2 Jackie Jenkin CAC 37:13, 3 Cheryll Leach LRR 40:56.

70+: 1 Timothea Cardell HR 39:01, 2 Lisa Wright NRR 40:49, 3 Val Hawken NRR 48:09.

Teams: 1 Newquay Road Runners 59 points, 2 Cornwall AC 96, 3 Hayle Runners 112, 4 Mounts Bay Harriers 198, 5 Newquay Road Runners 209.