VOAAC March 2025 – Round-Up

March was a busy month for our athletes up and down the country (and in the USA), on the track, the road and over cross country courses.

It involved two road race victories for James Davis in the space of a week, with one being a course record (!), another Great Britain vest and team bronze medal for club stalwart Alan Roberts at the World Masters Cross Country Championships in Florida, a top 10 finish at the Inter County Cross Country Championships for Luca and a fantastic 3^rd place at the Teddy Hall Relays for the club.

Full results from our athletes can be found below:

BERKHAMSTED HALF MARATHON (2^nd March)

• Mark Baines = 7^th – 75mins 24secs (PB)
• Charlie May = 33^rd – 83mins 22secs
• Alan Roberts = 455^th – 1hour 49mins 10secs

OUNDLE 5k/10k/20mile (2^nd March)

• Richard Day 20miles = 47^th – 2hours 30mins 13secs

CAU INTER COUNTY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (8^th March)

U15 Girls

• Gabriella = 236^th – 18mins 49secs

U20 Women

• Lucy Cuthbert = 135^th – 32mins 12secs

U13 Boys

• Luca = 7th – 11mins 09secs

U15 boys

• Zachary = 197th – 15mins 48secs

U17 Men

• Seth= 188th – 22mins 14secs

Senior Men

• Nathan Jones = 90th – 33mins 29secs
• Jamie Pugh = 164th – 35mins 11secs

HARDWICK X-STREAM (9^th March)

• Alan Roberts 6miles XC = 56^th – 53mins 59secs
• Lucy Cuthbert 6miles XC = 64^th – 54mins 42secs

TEDDY HALL RELAYS (Oxford – 12^th March)

• Mark Baines – 23min 53secs
• Will Ralston – 24mins 02secs
• Andy Byerley – 29mins 08secs
• Grace Rowland – 31mins 16secs
• Team = 3^rd

RUNNING2TIME BRUNEL INDOOR OPEN SERIES (Uxbridge – 12^th March)

• Harry 100m – 12.54secs (PB) & 12.65secs

MILTON KEYNES FESTIVAL OF RUNNING (16^th March)

• James Davis Half Marathon = 1^st – 72mins 46secs (PB)
• Alan Roberts Half Marathon = 274^th – 1hour 48mins 13secs
• Hannah Welsh Half Marathon = 827^th – 2hours 29mins 13secs
• Richard Day 20miles = 142^nd – 2hours 29mins 55secs (PB)

FLEET HALF MARATHON (16^th March)

• Grace Rowland = 590^th – 93mins 24secs (PB)

ASHRIDGE BOUNDARY TRAIL RUN (22^nd March)

17.5miles (approx.)

• Mark Baines = 2^nd – 1hour 55mins 46secs

TWIN LAKES 10/20MILE RACES (Milton Keynes – 23^rd March)

• James Davis 20miles = 1^st – 1hour 54mins 26secs (PB) (course record!)

WORLD MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Florida, USA – 23^rd March)

V60 Men

• Alan Roberts = 25^th – 42mins 49secs

GREAT HORWOOD 5KM (23^rd March)

• Andy Stephenson = 1^st V60 – 22mins 9secs

NORTHEN UNIVERSITIES CUP (Bury – 26^th March)

• George Whincup 400m – 51.08secs
• Thomas Fell 5000m – 15mins 35.60secs

SOUTH OF ENGLAND 6 &12 STAGE ROAD RELAYS (Milton Keynes – 30^th March)

12 Stage Men

• Leg 1 – James Davis – 29mins 03secs
• Leg 2 – Stephen Parsons – 19mins 59secs
• Leg 3 – Mark Baines – 29mins 50secs
• Leg 4 – Mark Fallaize – 18mins 25secs
• Leg 5 – Peter Huck – 29mins 17secs
• Leg 6 – Aaron Ward – 19mins 15secs
• Leg 7 – Euan Anderson – 30mins 34secs
• Leg 8 – Conor Richardson – 18mins 09secs
• Leg 9 – Adam Johnson – 33mins 34secs
• Leg 10 – Marcus Maxwell – 20mins 35secs
• Leg 11 – Nathan Jones – 27mins 41secs
• Leg 12 – Ewan Maxwell – 16mins 35secs

Team = 36^th overall

6 Stage Women

• Leg 1 – Charlotte Steptoe – 22mins 13secs
• Leg 2 – Alice Rolfe – 34mins 38secs
• Leg 3 – Louise Card – 23mins 12secs
• Leg 4 – Sophie Delderfield – 33mins 06secs
• Leg 5 – Sarah Pearse – 21mins 29secs
• Leg 6 – Amanda Esslemont – 22mins 50secs
• Team = 22^nd overall