City athletes add Stubbington 10k glory to cross-country medals

Some fantastic times were posted as City of Portsmouth athletes shone in the Stubbington 10k on Sunday.
Katie Simister racing in the Hampshire Cross-Country Championships. Picture: Paul SmithKatie Simister racing in the Hampshire Cross-Country Championships. Picture: Paul Smith
Katie Simister racing in the Hampshire Cross-Country Championships. Picture: Paul Smith

Jacob O'Hara was the first junior male in fourth place overall with a brilliant time of 32min 51sec. That was after his excellent county cross-country under-20 medal.

Katie Simister, 17, was the first junior female as she recorded a personal best of 39.36, also adding to an excellent cross-country race at Fairthorne Manor.

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Mia Billins also ran very well and she was third junior female with a good time of 43.19.

Adam O'Hara ran strongly and was seventh in the VM40 category with a time of 35.35.

Emma Montiel finished second VF40 as she ran strongly to finish in 37.34.

Mark Hargreaves was fifth in the VM60 category as he ran 40.01.

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City coach Vince Stamp regularly clocked some top times in the Stubbington 10k during his career and he was impressed with the results.

He said: '˜Katie Simister was really positive and she had to be.

'˜She went through 5k seven seconds faster than her personal best and she got the 10k time she wanted, a sub-40.

'˜It's early in the year but it puts her second on the UK under-20 list for 10k and the girl who is number one did a 10k in France.

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'˜Jacob had a great run to finish fourth and get a fast time. 

'˜We had lots of really good runs. I'm chuffed for Adam O'Hara and Emma Montiel, they ran really well.

'˜Mia Billins was making her 10k debut and she ran well, getting good strength work in.'  

The next Hampshire Road Race League fixture is the Ryde 10 on February 03.