EMMA Stepto moved to third place in the national 40-44 year old category for the 5,000m distance after coming fifth at Par.

The Cornwall Athletics Club runner who lives in Helston clocked a time of 16.24.9 at the final race of the 2014 Duchy Athletic Network Summer Track Series race, putting her in fifth place overall and the first lady runner home.

This time has only been bettered by two other British female athletes in the same age group, recent 10,000m European champion Jo Pavey and former Commonwealth Games bronze medalist in the 1,500m Helen Clitheroe.

Dan Nash, of the East Cornwall Harriers, ran away with first place overall with his time of 15.03.5 with spurts at the 1,000m and 2,000m marks pushing apart from his rival.

Cornwall AC’s Dan Rodgers came second with a time of 15.09.3 while third place went to John Scott from Newquay Road Runners who completed the race in 15.58.0.

Mawnan Smith’s Paul Smith finished sixth after clocking 16.25.0 in the A race, being beaten by just a tenth of a second by his Cornwall AC team-mate Stepto after the pair battled it out on the home straight.

Smith was closely followed by Paul Whear, from Helston, as the Carn Runners member came eighth in a time of 16.26.8.

Good times were also recorded by other runners from Helston as Jason Webb and John Telford, both of Cornwall AC, ran the 5,000m in 17.33.8 and 17.41.7 respectively.

In the B race held during the meet, 16-year-old Bailey Gill from the Falmouth Road Runners ran superbly finishing second in a personal best time of 18.40.4.

RESULTS KEY FOR CLUBS AD Airedale Dodgers, BRR Bodmin Road Runners, CAC Cornwall AC, CR Carn Runners, ECH East Cornwall Harriers, FRR Falmouth Road Runners, MC Mud Crew, MFR Mercia Fell Runners, NP Newquay & Par AC, NRR Newquay Road Runners, NVH Nene Valley Harriers, STA St Austell Running Club, TAV Tavistock AC, TRC Truro Running Club, U Unattached.

A Race: 1 Dan Nash ECH 15.03.5, 2 Dan Rodgers CAC 15.09.3, 3 John Scott NRR 15.58.0, 4 Justin Thomas CAC 16.01.6, 5 Emma Stepto CAC 16.24.9, 6 Paul Smith CAC 16.25.0, 7 Frankie Aldred NP 16.26.1, 8 Paul Whear CR 16.26.8, 9 Steven Sims ECH 16.31.5, 10 Ken Walker NRR 16.38.1, 11 Jonas Gummesson NRR 16.57.5, 12 Dave Buzza CAC 16.59.7, 13 Robert Prady NVH 17.09.3, 14 Eleanor Davis NRR 17.22.0, 15 Richard Drage TAV 17.27.9, 16 Jason Webb CAC 17.33.8, 17 John Telford CAC 17.41.7, 18 Tom Luton NP 18.08.7, 19 Laurie Lee STA 18.10.7, 20 Tony Wright NRR 18.18.1, 21 Owen Drage TAV 18.32.9, 22 Martin Davis NRR 18.45.9, 23 Robert Chirgwin TRC 18.51.1.

B Race: 1 Paul Sawford CR 17.49.3, 2 Bailey Gill FRR 18.40.4, 3 Donna Raggett CAC 18.42.5, 4 Chris Walker NRR 18.46.2, 5 Adam Willoughby AD 19.14.7, 6 Derren Blewett STA 19.16.4, 7 Gareth Massey U 19.18.8, 8 Joseph Hughes MFR 19.25.7, 9 John Sole BRR 19.34.6, 10 Joshua Taphouse NP 19.36.9, 11 Paul Wright NRR 19.41.9, 12 Peter Allen NRR 20.03.1, 13 Trevor Heath MC 20.23.7, 14 Nigel Trevena CAC 20.43.2, 15 Simon Manuel STA 21.07.2, 16 John Horton NP 21.08.3, 17 Garry Player STA 21.15.3, 18 Jamie Lewis STA 21.15.7, 19 Jason Axe NRR 21.27.0, 20 Geoff Harris NRR 21.59.2, 21 Malcolm Evans U 23.12.9, 22 Jenny Bowden NRR32.17.7, 23 Ray Frith NRR 32.19.6, 24 Nicola Short AD 32.33.9.