Recent young recruit Abby Wilson showed impressive signs of her potential with an eye-catching run in the Sherwoods Darlington 10k last weekend.

Abby was fastest junior in a top-class field, finishing 60th overall in a swift 38 mins 23 secs. Harriers' senior athletes were out in force with white and blue vests prominent in the 1,000-strong field.

Drew Inglis made the long return trip from Cheltenham to put on his racing shoes on home soil and came home 16th and first finisher for the club. Drew, another young athlete with bags of promise, came home in 34:49.

Conditions were warm, but not too oppressive, and were conducive to fast times. Ben Wilson was second over the line for Harriers, finishing 23rd overall in a time of 36:11.

Colin Taylor replicated his time in the recent Croft Circuit 10k by finishing in 37:14. Colin was 41st, and just finishing in the top 50 was veteran Paul Kelly, who had an excellent run to record 37:46 and take the M50 prize.

Ronnie Read produced a flat-out sprint approaching the finishing line to beat Graham Bell in a time of 40 mins dead. Close behind in 100th place was Bernadette Taylor in 40:11.

Bernadette made a late decision to run the race and will be pleased with her performance after two years of injury problems. Georgie Rutherford, who is preparing for world triathlon championships in Hamburg, is another athlete who has had recent injury problems.

Georgie finished in 112th place in 40:52. Kevin Grainger was next home in 147th place in 42:19, followed by Ian Neill, who was 165th in 42:49.

Brian Hannah was 176th in 43:09 ahead of Linda Noble, who was 192nd in 43:34. Steve Hutchinson was 203rd in 43:59. Super veteran Ian Barnes was M70 winner with his 251st place, recording 45:13.

Ian recently won the 1500m title in the British Masters track and field championships at Birmingham, where he also finished third in the 5000m.

Martyn Knox was 253rd in 45:14 ahead of F60 winner Shirley Gibson, who finished 368th in 48:24. Jeremy Shaw was 387th in 48:51 and Lindsay Ogle was 426th in 49:47. John Brant was 468th in 50:37 and Brian Burdon was 508th in 52:14. George Prince was 546th in 50:11.