YOUNGSTERS set the pace in the Chester and District schools cross country event at Christleton High School.
Hundreds of pupils from schools across Chester took part in the event, with a big incentive for those who placed well.
The top 20 finishers in each age group will go on to compete in the county championships in Ellesmere Port in January.
In the team categories, King’s School Chester won the senior boys group and shared the inter boys title with Christleton High. Tarporley Primary School were victorious in the junior boys and the minor boys categories.
The King’s School took most of the honours in the girls competition, winning the senior, inter and minor girls titles. Tarporley Primary School prevented a clean sweep by taking the junior girls category.
Individual winners
Senior boys: 1 Chris Goodwin (Christleton), 2 Dom Harper (Christleton), 3 Harry Ashworth (King’s), 4 Will Millar (King’s), 5 Fred Hill (King’s).
Inter boys: 1 Matt Sheen (Tarporley), 2 Ben Paxton (King’s), 3 Jordan Coxall (Christleton), 4 Tom Richardson (Christleton), 5 James Realff (Bishop Heber).
Junior boys: 1 W Parsons (Abbeygate), 2 Cameron Weaver (Bishops), 3 Samuel Pode (King’s), 4 Mark Latham (Tarporley), 5 Chris Harrop (Tarporley).
Minor boys: 1 Joshua Hinchley (Tarporley), 2 Thomas Thelwell Jones (King’s), 3 Matthew Willis (King’s), 4 Evan Roberts (Tarporley), 5 Adam Carlile (Christleton).
Senior girls: 1 Tess McCormick (Upton), 2 Charlotte Fraser-Cox (King’s), 3 Lucy Simmonds (King’s), 4 Kate Coppack (King’s), 5 Miranda Harle (King’s).
Inter girls: 1 Rebecca Hirst (Upton), 2 Eve Riley (Christleton), 3 Megan Pode (King’s), 4 Sally Stanford (Abbeygate), 5 Amelia Barry (King’s).
Junior girls: 1 Amy Hinchley (Tarporley), 2 Jessica Renner (Christleton), 3 Annie Huntbach (Tarporley), 4 Anna Willis (King’s), 5 Jemima McEvoy (Queens).
Minor girls: 1 Jessica Thomas (Abbeygate), 2 Martha Owen (King’s), 3 Sophie Hemingbrough (Tarporley), 4 Georgia Spibey (Tarporley), 5 Ella Robson (Bishops).
