Youngsters make their mark in Durham County Schools' Cross Country Championships
The nationals are at at Norwich, on Saturday, March 18.
But, before then, they travel to Kirkby Stephen Grammar School for the Inter-County Championships a week on Saturday.
Sixteen athletes will be selected for the match and then a final eight will be selected for the English Schools’ Championships which are staged at the Norfolk Showground.
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Hide AdDurham Central were by far the most successful team in winning five of the eight team races and providing four individual champions.
Sunderland, who compete under the Wearside banner, showed some improvement in finishing three teams compared to none last year.
But Houghton and Washington (West Wearside) were much more successful in providing two individual medallists and 12 runners in the first 10.
Results, Senior Boys (Under-18) 6.8km: 1 A Brown (Durham Central) 23.45, 2 M Wade (Durham Central) 24.09, 3 C Allan (Durham Central) 24.14, 4 L Pickering (Durham Central) 24.28, 5 J Grehan-Bradley (Durham Central) 25.12, 6 B Lambert (Darlington) 25.12, 7 J Brown (Gateshead) 25.41, 8 S Mackie (Wearside) 25.54, 9 J Rainbow (Gateshead) 26.25, 10 J Wood (Darlington) 26.50. Team: 1 Durham Central 26.
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Hide AdIntermediate Boys (Under-16) (5.3km): 1 J Reed (Durham Central) 18.46, 2 B Horsfield (Durham Central) 18.47, 3 M Harris (Darlington) 18.51, 4 C Thomas (SW Durham) 19.02, 5 M Phillips (West Wearside) 19.10, 6 J Martin (S Tyne) 19.11, 7 L Charlton (Wearside) 19.49, 8 R Watson (SW Durham) 20.02, 9 D Openshaw (West Wearside) 20.05, 10 J Le Poidevin (Darlington) 20.10. Team: 1 Durham Central 63
Junior Boys (Under-14) (4.5km): 1 D Joyce (Gateshead) 16.14, 2 S Gibson (Durham Central) 16.19, 3 P Cook (Durham Central) 16.25, 4 D Race (West Wearside) 17.01, 5 J Roberts (Darlington) 17.27, 6 C Phillips (Durham Central) 17.27, 7 J Barnshaw (S Tyne) 17.29, 8 W McKenna (Durham Central) 17.37, 9 T Wraith (SW Durham) 17.41, 10 J Wraith (SW Durham) 17.44. Team: 1 Darlington 74
Year 7 Boys (Under-12) (2.3km): 1 C Perkins (West Wearside) 8.12, 2 C Wood (Darlington) 8.53, 3 O Davison (Durham Central) 8.55, 4 T Moss-Henry (Darlington) 8.57, 5 G Pease (SW Durham) 9.03, 6 G McArthur (Gateshead) 9.06, 7 A Barrett (Gateshead) 9.07, 8 L McBeth (West Wearside) 9.08. 1 Durham Central 95
Senior Girls (Under-18) (4.5km): 1 L-E Hunter (Darlington) 18.37, 2 O Bateman (Gateshead) 19.44, 3 L Kirkham (Darlington) 20.03, 4 K Dawset (Durham Central) 20.22, 5 S Lipscombe (S Tyne) 20.27, 6 C Kenyon (Durham Central) 20.50, 7 M Foggon (Durham Central) 21.03, 8 S Abel (Darlington) 21.17, 9 K Noble (Darlington) 21.53, 10 E Gill (Gateshead) 22.14. No team completed
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Hide AdIntermediate Girls (Under-16) (3.8km): 1 I Pentland (SW Durham) 17.12, 2 C Roberts (Darlington) 17.54, 3 S Robson (S Tyne) 18.33, 4 E Hardie (West Wearside) 18.37, 5 E Quinn (West Wearside) 18.40, 6 J Leslie (S Tyne) 19.00, 7 H Short (Derw) 19.06, 8 S Jones (Darlington) 19.07, 9 S Knight (Wearside) 19.23, 10 L Hardie (West Wearside) 19.34. Team: 1 Darlington 52
Junior Girls (Under-14) (3km): 1 E Chong (Durham Central) 11.36, 2 L James (West Wearside) 12.06, 3 R Wren (Gateshead) 12.22, 4 A Pigford (Durham Central) 12.26, 5 C Reid (Gateshead) 12.33, 7 T Graham (SW Durham) 12.34, 8 S Newby (Durham Central) 12.35, 9 E Salmon (Durham Central) 12.42, 10 A Lewis (Gateshead) 12.45. Team: 1 Durham Central 61
Year 7 Girls (Under-12) (2.3km): 1 E Keeler-Clarke (Durham Central) 9.00, 2 K Francis (Gateshead) 9.25, 3 A Thwaites (Gateshead) 9.32, 4 L Scothern (West Wearside) 9.35, 5 M Openshaw (West Wearside) 9.43, 6 H Cook (Durham Central) 9.52, 7 E McKinnon (West Wearside) 9.58, 8 F Archer (Durham Central) 9.59. Team: 1 Durham Central 50