LCL Race 3: Wimbledon Common

Round 3 of 6: Wimbledon Common

Thanks to everyone who raced in or organised race 3 of the season! Wimbledon Common was looking glorious in fading Autumnal sunshine and the course was muddy underfoot. A tough, undulating and twisty course with good hills makes it a great test for true cross country runners.

Ladies Race

Claire Arnold of St mary's won the race in a rapid 18:18, second was Melissa Courtney of Brunel (18:38) and third was Georgie Ball of St Mary's (18:49).

The top ten then ran: Sidnie Sales (St Mary's), Gemma Astin (St Mary's), Sarah Astin (St Mary's), Beth Wynn (St Mary's), Isabel Brinsden (Royal Holloway), Abi Schofield (Bedford), Maria Blocher (King's).

UL Individual results

First lady over the line from a UL College was Isabel Brinsden of Royal Holloway in 8th, the rest of the top 5 were Maria Blocher (King's, 10th), Ella Fuller (UCL, 11th), Laura Dransfield (King's, 12th) and Shannon Colman (King's, 14th).

Imperial only had 2 Ladies in the race: Imogen Keane on 20th and Andra Negoescu in 63rd.

Ladies team result

King's had another strong team performance with Maria Blocher, Laura Dransfield and Shannon Colman in 10th, 12th and 14th respectively. UCL also performed well, although had their highest placed runner from Richmond, Meg Kobza, missing and were more spread out over the longer course of Wimbledon. Ella Fuller, Emily Bliss and Fion Hargreaves places 11th, 18th and 24th respectively.

King's now hold a 16 point lead over UCL. The ladies team contest reads:

1	St Mary's	881
2	King's College London	787
3	University College London	771
4	Brunel University	741
5	University of Reading	695
6	King's II	693
7	Imperial College London	650
8	UCL II	628
9	University of Bedforshire	606
10	King's III	601

Men's race

Karl Billington of St Mary's won in 32:58, Joe Morwood, of St Georges was second in 33:21 and Ryan Driscoll of St Mary's was third in 33:31.

1	Karl Billington	St Mary's	32.58	150
2	Joe Morwood	St Geroge's	33.21	149
3	Ryan Driscoll	St Mary's	31	148
4	Michael Wood	St Mary's	44	147
5	Jason Prickett	St Mary's	51	146
6	Faron Hesse	Imperial	56	145
7	Tom Meade	St Mary's	34.01	144
8	Stuart Campbell	Brunel	15	143
9	David Fry	St Mary's	24	142
10	Sam O'Neill	Imperial	29	141

UL individual results

Joe Morwood was the first UL man over the line in second place. The rest of the top five were: Patrick Hough (UCL, 11th), Rob Walker (Barts, 20th), William De Donker (UCL, 29th) and Mike Walker (St George's, 32nd).

Imperials Men finished: Hesse, 6th, O'Neill, 10th, Thomas 17th, Bogg 22nd and Davy Martin, 27th.

Men's Team Result

1	St Mary's University College	2633
2	Imperial College London	2325
3	Brunel	2301
4	St Marys II	2096
5	University College London	2042
6	Imperial College II	1828
7	University of Reading	1715
8	University of Bedfordshire	1605
9	London School of Economics	1576
10	Barts and the London	1507

Well run everyone, see you at round 4 at Alexandra Palace, last LCL of the term!! Sadface!

Top 5 Men's UL teams

Imperial
1. UCL [Hough, De Donker, Kronemer, Barron, Canty, Nehamkin]
2. LSE [Van der Linden, Stevens, Liote, Smith, Zimo, Koh]
3. Barts [Walker, Kantsedikas, Croysdale, Hockridge, Masters]
4. King's [Wingrove, Woodburn, Vetois, James, Barker-Flores, Rhule]
5. UCL II [Renner, Pinto, Hunter, Jones]

Top 5 Ladies UL teams

1. King's [Blocher, Dransfield, Colman]
2. UCL [Fuller, Bliss, Hargreaves]
3. King's II [Hever, Kennard, Smart]
4. UCL II [Fiabema, Saloranta, Kenny]
5. King's III [McDermott, Chadd, Willson]

LCL Race 2: Richmond Park

Round 2 of 6: Richmond Park

Thanks to everyone that ran in or organised race 2 of the season!

Ladies race

There was a familiarity to the top 3: Emily Hosker-Thornhill of St Mary's won the race in 15:43, establishing a 100% win record at LCLs this season. Emily Moss of Royal Holloway was second in 16:02 and Gemma Astin of St Mary's was third in 16:36.

The top 10 then ran: Sarah Astin (St Mary's), Anne Whitfield (Brunel), Isabel Brinsden (Holoway), Abi Scholfield (Bedford), Maria Blocher (King's), Anna Rust (Bedford), Meg Kibza (UCL).

UL Individual results

First lady over the line from a UL College was Emil Moss of Royal Holloway in 2nd. The rest of the top five from UL college runners were Isabel Brinsden (Royal Holloway), Maria Blocher (King's), Meg Kobza (UCL), and Ella Fuller (UCL).

The top Imperial runner was Sophie Kirk in 19th yet again, although this time far more closely followed by her teammates Josie Bowler and Imogen Keane in 20th and 21st respectively. They're catching you up Sophie!

Ladies team results: Rumble in the Richmond Jungle!

St Mary's maintain their top spot with 586 points.

Highlight of the meet is the thriller of a contest between UCL and King's for top spot on the UL ladies team competition. One solitary point separated these two households (both alike in dignity) after the first race on Hampstead Heath and the sequel did not disappoint. From this ancient grudge breaks a new mutiny as the entirety of both UCL and King's first team runners were separated by a total of only 9 seconds at the finish! 

Maria Blocher (King's) had a storming run to finish 8th in 17:36, but only 4 seconds behind was Meg Kobza of UCL, followed by her teammates Ella Fuller (17:44) and Emily Bliss (17:45), who finished with exactly the same time as Laura Oransfield of King's, a mere 2 seconds later Shannon Colman finished in 15th place, completing the King's first team. 

King's and UCL are still only separated by a single point, but in a reversal to the result on the Heath, UCL are now ahead 521 points to 520.

The Ladies team contest now reads:

1	St Mary's	586
2	University College London	521
3	King's College London	520
4	Brunel University	485
5	Imperial College London	479
6	King's II	463
7	University of Reading	458
8	Royal Holloway	450
9	UCL II	426
10	King's III	395

Mens Race

Just like at the Heath St Mary's had a strong showing with Jason Pricket winning in 28:36. He was followed home by teammate Luca Russo in 28:51 but John Bird of Brunel broke into the top 3, finishing in 28:57. Joe Morwood of St Georges and Nathaniel Tamaillon of LSE of the UL colleges had very strong runs.

1	Jason Prickett	St Mary's	28.36	150
2	Luca Russo	St Mary's	51	149
3	John Bird	Brunel	57	148
4	Faron Hesse	Imperial	29.08	147
5	Joe Morwood	St Georges	21	146
6	David Fry	St Mary's	54	145
7	Daniel Woodgate	St Mary's	55	144
8	Nathanaël Tamaillon	LSE	30.00	143
9	Rhys Glastonbury	St Mary's	4	142
10	Dale Clutterbuck	St Mary's	6	141

UL individual results

Joe Morwood (St George's, 5th) was the first man over the line from a UL college. The rest of the top five were: Nathaniel Tamaillon (LSE, 8th); Patrick Hough (UCL, 14th); Chris Lloyd (UCL, 23rd) and Rob Walker (Barts, 30th).

Imperials men finished: Faron Hesse (4th), Phil McCorquodale (11th), Sam O'Neill (15th), Christopher Thomas (16th), Reuben Bogg (21st).

Mens team result

St Mary's still take the top 2 spots but Imperial have moved up to 3rd, with UCL having another strong result, moving from 7th to 5th.

1	St Mary's University College	1756
2	St Marys II	1624
3	Imperial College London	1529
4	Brunel	1510
5	University College London	1364
6	Imperial College II	1162
7	St Marys III	1098
8	University of Reading	1061
9	London School of Economics	1027
10	Barts and the London	998

Well run everyone, see you at Wimbledon for round 3!

Top 5 Mens UL Teams 

(Imperial included out of courtesy and for completeness despite not being a UL College)

(Imperial)
1. UCL [Hough, Lloyd, De Donker, Barron, Faulkner, Nehamkin]
(Imperial)
2. LSE [Tamaillon, Stevens, Loite, van der Linden, Smith, Koh]
3. Barts and the London [Walker, Kantsedikas, Townsend, Croysdale, Masters]
4. UCL IIs [Canty, Partridge, Gotham, Fraser, Franklin, Medrano]
5. King's [Wingrove, Garcia, Irving, Rhule, Vetols, Barker-Flores]

Top 5 Ladies UL Teams

1. UCL [Kobza, Fuller, Bliss]
2. King's [Blocher, Oransfield, Colman]
(Imperial)
3. King's IIs [Cullity, Hever, Polland]
4. Royal Holloway [Moss, Brinsden, Evans]
5. UCL IIs [Hargreaves, Fiabema, Johne]

Full results here: 

http://www.ulu.co.uk/athletics/content/879483/athletics_x-country__triathlon_-_london_colleges_leagu