There was a good spread of Bicester AC athletes competing at the recently held Town and Gown 10km road race which also incorporated a shorter 3km for younger athletes. The races takes in the historic sights of the city of Oxford.
There were no less than 6,876 athletes contesting the 10km race. Bicester’s three athletes were all competing in their first competitive 10km road race. Bicester AC’s leading finisher was Finn Kerr who ran very well to finish 211th clocking 40mins 00secs. Noah Pearce was contesting his first ever competitive race for Bicester AC and he finished in 1,772nd with 54mins 54secs. And club Chair Paul Groves was not far behind in 2,406th clocking 55mins 08secs.
Bicester AC had four athletes in the 3km race, which also attracted a bumper field of 629 runners. Charlie Joiner ran excellently to finish 7th with a 10mins 46secs clocking. Lily Childs was next in for Bicester placing 134th in 14mins 26secs and she was 18th out of the 205 girls competing. Childs finished just in front of Archie Joiner who was 136th (14mins 29secs) and he was 2nd in his age category. Madison Joiner was Bicester’s other finisher in 259th (16mins 19secs).