Wreake, Charnwood and Leicester Coritanian lead successes at Midlands Counties Road Relays
Coritanian enjoyed masters gold, while Charnwood and Wreake dominated the junior races at Sutton Park
James SharpeLeicester City correspondent
Hollie Gamble, Rachel Nealon and Katie Parker were victorious for Wreake & Soar Valley
Leicestershire enjoyed success in both the junior and masters races at the Midlands Counties Road Relays.
Leicester Coritanian clinched the masters crown as Gordon Lee, Chris Southam, Rob Sheen, David Pearce, Chris Jordan and Mark Powell won by nearly two minutes at Sutton Park.
Powell produced a scintillating final leg of 19min 19sec – the second-fastest leg across all six stages – to stride Coritanian to victory.
Charnwood masters missed out on a place in the medals by just 13 seconds as they were edged out by Wolverhampton into fourth.
Charnwood were the county's highest-placed senior men's side, finishing ninth.
The club thrived in the under-17 category, too, with a victory in the women's race and silver and bronze medals among the boys.
Mia Atkinson charged through the field in a stunning final leg to take Charnwood from fifth to first, after opening legs from Lottie Davidson and Laura Aryeetey.
Charnwood had three teams in the top five in the under-17 boys, with the 'C' team of Charlie McGlinch, Ethan O'Shea and Daniel Maud finishing second, ahead of the 'A' team of Luke Nuttall, Jack Douglas and Oliver Rouse.
Wreake and Soar Valley AC again dominated the younger girls' age groups, with victories in both the under-13 and under-15 races.
Katie Parker, Rachel Nealon and Hollie Gamble took the victory in the under-15 girls, to win by nearly 30 seconds.
Parker held her nerve against the two fastest legs of the day in the age group hand over to Nealon in third place.
Nealon pulled the team through to hand over to Gamble in second who carved herself a comfortable 27-second lead over Wolverhampton & Bilston.
Sophie Dunbobbin ran a scintillating final leg for Wreake's A team in the under-13s, who began the leg in third place, yet managed to surge past Birchfield Harriers, who had led from the beginning.
Rebecca Cullen had led the way, handing over to Eliza Weselby for the second leg, before Dundobbin overhauled a 21-second deficit to win the title for Wreake for a third consecutive year.
Wreake has five teams running in the race, with three of them finishing in the top 10.
Charnwood's young trio of Lucy Morrison, Rachel Newport and Amelie McCann claimed third place.
Wreake's under-15 boys team had to settle for second place in the under-15 boys race, as Xavi Salcedo and twins Roman and Lucca Watson-Quilter were unable to overthrow the winning Birchfield Harriers team, who led from start to finish.
Saffron A team finished second in the under-13 boys, courtesy of strong performances from Lachlan Finch, Alex Keeble and Ashley Butler.
The teams will head to the same Sutton Park venue on October 7 in the hope of adding national medals to their regional ones.
For full results go to www.race-results.co.uk/results/2017/ .