MILE High Running Club put a solid team performance together at the Newquay 10k road race on Sunday.

The Penryn-based group finished second in the men’s team competition of the meet, which is the penultimate round of the 2014 Cornwall Grand Prix Series.

Despite only having seven runners in the field, with the top six places counting to the score, finishes in the top 20 for Richard Pascoe, Nick Ratcliffe, Aaran Benney, Andrew Martin and Nick Martin helped them reach 104 points.

Mick Chapman came 38th overall to be the last scoring runner for them.

Cornwall AC topped the men’s competition with 70 while their females also came first with 95.

Among the individual performances from the Carn Brea-based team were five prizes in the age categories.

These included Tom Slattery, from Falmouth, who came second the Under 20s while Helston’s Jason Webb also finished as runner-up in the 45-49 section.

A top run was recorded by Falmouth Road Runner Janet Watson who finished a whole seven minutes quicker than any other female in the 60-64 age group category.

RESULTS KEY FOR CLUBS CAC Cornwall AC, CR Carn Runners, ECH East Cornwall Harriers, FRR Falmouth Road Runners, G&G Grit & Grin, HR Hayle Runners, LH Liverpool Harriers, LRR Launceston Road Runners, MBH Mounts Bay Harriers, MH Mile High, NRR Newquay Road Runners, PM Plymouth Muskateers, QRC Quakers Running Club, STA St Austell Running Club, TAV Tavistock AC, TRC Truro Running Club, TT Tamer Trotters, U Unattached.

Men: 1 Dan Rodgers LRR 32.10, 2 Ash Chambers LH 33.37,3 Justin Thomas CAC 33.54, 4 Ken Walker NRR 34.15, 5 Paul Smith CAC 34.23, 6 Paul Whear CR 34.34, 7 Colin Snook CAC 34.36, 8 Sam Lane de Courtin TAV 34.39, 9 Jordan Morant HR 35.09, 10 Richard Pascoe MH 35.31. Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 70 points, 2 Mile High 104 points, 3 Hayle Runners 178, 4 Newquay Road Runners 184 points, 5 Carn Runners 197 points, 6 St Austell Running Club 206.

Ladies: 1 Miranda Heathcote NRR 36.50, 2 Emma Schuck HR 37.20, 3 Jane Khan HR 39.21, 4 Rhiannon Strickland CAC 40.25, 5 Anne Luke TT 40.48, 6 Wendy Chapman TRC 41.01, 7 Anne Waller MBH 41.24, 8 Jessica Buscombe STA 41.28, 9 Joanna Herd NRR 42.04, 10 Charlotte Bennett HR 42.20. Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 95 points, 2 Hayle Runners 98 points, 3 Newquay Road Runners ‘A’ 133 points, 4 St Austell Running Club 146 points, 5 Mounts Bay Harriers 282 points, 6 Newquay Road Runners ‘B’ 332 points.