Posting a finishing time of 14m28s, Morpeth's Carl Avery made a last-gasp effort for victory in the Run Through Quayside 5k on Wednesday 22 April, to also take the NECAA 5k Road Championship title.
In doing so, he won by two seconds over visiting athlete Joe Firth of Leeds City, with recent NECAA 10k Champion Alex Brown in third place, a further six seconds adrift.
Brown, formerly with Morpeth, is now back running in the colours of Houghton Harriers.
The Women’s race was won by new Durham City acquisition Megan Stenhouse, who finished in 77th place overall in 16m49s.
Second place in the Women’s race went to Tyne Bridge Harrier Jessica Eaton, who finished 115th in 17m33s, and Morpeth’s Holly Lawrence finished third in 134th place overall, to take a NECAA Bronze Medal, in 17m46s.
These finishers all took part in the faster A race, along with the following Morpeth Harriers: George Lowry (11th) 14m57s, Andrew Swinburne (20th) 15m21s, Sam Hancox (31st) 15m29s, Thomas Prentice (35th) 15m37s, Ollie Tomlinson (40th) 15m46s, Connor Marshall (49th) 16m03s, Lee Cuthbertson (58th) 16m12s, Daniel Craig (87th) 16m59s, James Higgin (105th) 17m16s, Jason Dawson (173rd) 18m32s, Thomas Pattinson (189th) 18m39s.
The following Morpeth Harriers took part in the 5k B race: Robyn Bennett (9th) 19m21s (1st Lady), Richard Glennie (16th) 19m35s, Tony Horsley (53rd) 20m36s.
The following Morpeth Harriers competed in the Junior 3k race: Jack Dhawar (7th) 10m26s, Joseph Fawcett (8th) 10m31s, William Fawcett (21st) 11m52s, Luke Thompson (24th) 11m59s, Charlie Taylor (25th) 12m02s, Jacob Thompson (27th) 12m06s, Charlotte Marshall (31st) 12m46s.
