MALE runners from Penryn’s Mile High club finished second in the team section of the annual Cornwall Cross County Championship.

In a close fought affair, the team took home silver from Newquay on countback as their fourth and final scoring runner finished one place better than the host club’s did.

Taking top spot in the men’s competition were Cornwall Athletic Club who romped home to victory with a brilliant score of 11, putting them 45 points ahead of Mile High.

The Carn Brea-based club again had a superb day on the course as they claimed victories in several categories.

Among their wins included Dan Rogers and Emma Stepto winning the male and female individual races while their ladies A team won their respective team competition.

Stepto was participating in the race just a fortnight after recording her personal best maration time of 2:32:40 in Frankfurt, Germany.

RESULTS KEY FOR TEAMS BOD Bodmin College, BUD Bude, CAC Cornwall AC, CHT Charlstown, ECH East Cornwall Harriers, HAY Hayle Runners, MBH Mounts Bay Harriers, MBS Mounts Bay School, MH Mile High, NP Newquay & Par AC, NRR Newquay Road Runners, STA St Austell Running Club, STP St Petroc’s Dragons, Bodmin, TAV Tavistock AC, TS Truro School.

Male Senior Men: 1 Dan Rodgers CAC 28.50, 2 Justin Thomas CAC 30.44, 3 Colin Snook CAC 31.00, 4 James Ansell NP 31.05, 5 Paul Whear CAC 31.16, 6 Ken Walker NRR 31.23, 7 Dave Buzza CAC 31.30, 8 Richard Pascoe MH 31.56, 9 Stuart Nicholas STA 31.58, 10 Nick Ratcliffe MH 32.29.

Veterans 40-49: 1 Justin Thomas, 2 Paul Whear, 3 Ken Walker.

50-59: 1 Dave Buzza, 2 Martin Exley-Deane TAV 33.27, 3 Scott Wood NRR 39.01.

60+: 1 Paul Wright NRR 38.25, 2 John Horton N&P 41.23. Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 11 points, 2 Mile High 56 points, 3 Newquay Road Runners 56 points.

Under 20 Men: 1 Sam Lane de Courtin TAV 31.38, 2 Ben Hicks MBH 31.55, 3 Jake Rogers MH 34.11, 4 Dale Triggs CAC 35.26, 5 Chris Harris MH 37.11, 6 Corey Cross NP 37.52.

Under 17 Men: 1 Frankie Aldred NP 17.32, 2 Tom Slattery CAC 18.55, 3 Isaac Parker NP 19.11, 4 Tom Luton NP 19.29, 5 James Williams CAC 19.31, 6 Ben Rogers CAC 19.35.

Teams: 1 Newquay & Par AC 8 points, 2 Cornwall AC 13 points.

Under 15 Boys: 1 Aiden Kent NP 14.07, 2 Finn Birnie TS 14.34, 3 Floyd Ratcliffe HAY 15.31, 4 James Greenwood NP 15.33, 5 Archie Vingoe CAC 15.56, 6 Abu Gupta CAC 16.01.

Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 21 points, 2 Truro School 21 points.

Under 13 Boys: 1 Harris Mier TS 9.46, 2 Bradley McLellan NP 10.16, 3 Josh Broome CAC 10.28, 4 Elliott Mier TS 10.34, 5 Siam Juntakeraket NP 10.45, 6 Finbar O’Connail CAC 10.48.

Teams: 1 Newquay & Par AC 15 points, 2 Truro School 18 points, 3 Cornwall AC 26 points.

Under 11 Boys: 1 Harvey Orchard STP 7.21, 2 James Horton CAC 7.31, 3 Jacob Lamboll NP 7.39, 4 Sam Knob-Loch CHT 7.43, 5 Liam Telford CAC 7.50, 6 George Mitchell CAC 8.09.

Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 13 points.

Female Senior Ladies: 1 Emma Stepto CAC 18.09, 2 Debbie Starkey STA 20.45, 3 Donna Raggett CAC 20.53, 4 Sharon Coyne NRR 21.12, 5 Mhairi Saville CAC 21.16, 6 Joanna Herd NRR 21.44, 7 Kathryn Burgess CAC 21.49, 8 Jessica Buscombe STA 22.26, 9 Karen McClay MBH 22.27, 10 Caroline Stevens TAV 23.31.

Veterans 35-39: 1 Mhairi Saville, 2 Joanna Herd, 3 Kathryn Burgess.

40-49: 1 Emma Stepto, 2 Debbie Starkey, 3 Donna Raggett.

50-59: 1 Sarah Myford NP 24.48, 2 Kate Rogers TAV 26.13, 3 Lesley Dobson NRR 26.20.

60+: 1 Maggie Mann NRR 30.14.

Teams: 1 Cornwall AC’A’ 9 points, 2 Newquay Road Runners 23 points, 3 Cornwall AC ‘B’ 28 points.

Under 20: 1 Charlotte Cayton-Smith CAC 21.14, 2 Megan Davis NRR 23.35.

Under 17 Women: 1 YoYo Barnsley CAC 19.07, 2 Tess Masselink TAV 20.23, 3 Lily England NP 22.01, 4 Tegan Elliott CAC 23.06, 5 Naomi Rescorla-Brown CAC 24.20.

Team: 1 Cornwall AC 10 points.

Under 15 Girls: 1 Sian Temple NP 14.18, 2 Grace Brock CAC 15.00, 3 Elowen Penfold NP 15.19, 4 Ellie Ringwood MBS 15.28, 5 Katie Hughes CAC 15.30, 6 Nell Savage CAC 15.59.

Teams: 1 Newquay & Par AC 11 points, 2 Cornwall AC 13 points, 3 Bodmin College 35 points.

Under 13 Girls: 1 Frances Ratcliffe HAY 11.00, 2 Charlotte Hicks ECH 11.55, 3 Clare Tapsell NP 11.59, 4 Freya Hocking TS 12.04, 5 Nisa Bowden Inque NP 12.09, 6 Jodie Greenwood NP 12.10.

Teams: 1 Newquay & Par AC 14 points, 2 East Cornwall Harriers 31 points, 3 Penair School 41 points.

Under 11 Girls: 1 Freya Perkin MBH 8.05, 2 Jessica Spry NP 8.09, 3 Ella Henry-Brock BUD 8.22, 4 Rebecca Benney CAC 8.25, 5 Daisy Greenwood NP 8.31, 6 Catherine Groves CAC 8.35.

Teams: 1 Cornwall AC 17 points, 2 Mounts Bay Harriers 37 points.