TWO Boston and District distance runners competed in the Marham 10-mile Road Race with Geoff Knight finishing first in 54 minutes, 11 seconds.

Despite the windy wet conditions and the fact that he was way ahead of the rest of the field from the three miles mark, Knight's winning time was only 16 seconds off the course record.

Edgars Sokolovsris crossed the finish line in 10th position, clocking 63 minutes.

Meanwhile, José Ferriera and Aiden McClure competed in the Sherwood Pines 10K Trail Race held over a tough undulating course on woodland trails at Sherwood Pines Country Park near Mansfield.

In a field of over 640 runners, José finished in 17th place in a time of 38minutes 22seconds and Aiden (15), one of the youngest competitors in the 10K challenge claimed 65th position recording just over 43 minutes.

Boston and District A.C's young athletes achieved third place at the end of the 82 events in the Young Athletes League programme at the final match in the 2009 series a "home" fixture at Grantham's South Kesteven Stadium.

The depleted squad of young Gold Tops finished behind Lincoln Wellington and Hallamshire Harriers (Sheffield).

In the Under-17 men's age group, two throwers harvested maximum points in hammer and shot and just one less in the discus event for an excellent contribution.

Haden Brittain won the 'A ' hammer event with 47.65 with Marc Bradbury winning the 'B' event with 34.14m.

The positions were reversed in the discus with Bradbury taking the top spot with a throw measured at 39.75m and Haden recording 27.24m, to head the "B" listings.

A putt of 11.38m earnedBradbury second place in the shot and Haden won the "B" contest wih 11.03m.

The two Under-17 Long Jump representatives also achieved maximum points with Jeremy Baily leaping 5.89m to win the "A" event, well supported by Luke Chester who cleared 5.06m to win the "B" competition.

Jeremy also claimed victory in the triple jump with a leap of 12.11m and added a second in the 400 metres finishing in a time of 54.6 seconds. Tyrone Chase recorded 12.7 seconds in second place in the 100 metres and 25.7 seconds in third in the 200 metres and cleared 1.66m for second in high jump.

Luke Chester clocked 17.5 seconds for second in the 100m hurdles and 13 seconds for runner up position in the "B" 100 metres.

In the 4 X 400m relay quartet, he also finished second in a time of just over four minutes.

In the Under 17 women's section. the javelin and high jump events were the most productive for the "Gold Tops".

Melanie Bristow threw 27.22m to win the "A" javelin competition with Wednesday Pywowariw taking the honours in the "B" event with 19.24m.

In high jump, Wednesday won with a clearance of 1.35m with Chelsea Brockett juggling her trials with track commitments going over 1.30m to claim maximum points for B.A.D.A.C.

Chelsea achieved victory in the 300m hurdles recording 49.2 seconds and finished second in the 80m Hurdles in 13.3 seconds with Melanie Bristow winning the "B" 80m hurdles race in 15.2 seconds.

Melanie also took maximum points in the pole vault, going over 2.30m and Jasmine Orrey was second in the "A" long jump with a leap of 4.58m, with Wednesday Pywowariw winning the "B" contest with a clearance of 4.54m.

Jasmine added value in the sprints with a third, over 100 metres and a fourth in the 200 metres.

In the middle distance events, Louise Rutt was third over 800 metres and 1500 metres and Emma Penniston claimed a pair of seconds in the "B" races.

The 4 X 100m squad recorded 55.4 seconds in second place.

A depleted Under-15 Boys squad contributed a number of points to the Boston and District A.C. total.

Anthony Sandall was second in the "A" Shot 7.16m and Javelin 23.67m and first in the "B" Long Jump 3.50m.

Oliver Smith was second in 200 metres (27.4 seconds) and Long Jump (4.14m) and third in 400 metres. Five Under-15 Girls worked hard for their 32.5 points total.

Alice Flint cleared 1.30m for second in high jump and achieved third position in both 200 metres and 800 metres.

Ellie Boyson earned the runners up position over 1500 metres.

Karlie Wright was fourth in both long jump and 100 metres and second in the "B" 75m hurdles 15.8 seconds.

Emily Phillips was second in the "B" 100 metres 15.2 seconds, third in the Shot 6.51m and fourth in the 75m Hurdles 14.5 seconds.

In the javelin, Leah Bristow claimed second position with 16.36m and Ellie Boyson secured further points in second place in the "B" contest 12.19m.

Leah added a third in both Discus (14.87m) and the "B" Long Jump (2.96m).

The 4 X 100m relay quartet crossed the finish line in third place clocking 57.8 seconds.