A NUMBER of St Albans Striders were in action around the globe this week as members participated in events in fields as far as Europe and the United States.

Last weekend, Carole Mooney, Sylvi Roberts (3:45.06), Denise Morgan (4:47.36) and Caroline Hargreaves (4:51.09) made the trip to Frankfurt for the local marathon with Mooney finishing top Strider with a personal best of 3:34.44.

Meanwhile, over in Washington, John Hattersley competed in their marathon and came home in 3:21.58, while Jack Brooks notched up marathon number 40 with his time of 3:38.40.

Stuart Guest, Patrick Hill and Toby Baxendale competed in a marathon in New York and admist tight security turned in creditable times of 2:43.02, 4:08.12 and 3:49.51 repectively.

With so many club members either competing in or recovering from marathons the Striders struggled to get numbers together for their domestic cross-country fixture in the Metropolitan League at Wormwood Scrubs.

To make matters worse the club had injuries to some key members, notably Captain Sam Pullan, out with a hamstring strain, which meant that the club were unable to field a complete men's team.

With numbers at a premium Amanda Yorwerth once again produced an excellent performance despite being out of action for seven weeks to finish in tenth position.

Veterans Suzanne Pritchard and Zoe Lowe finished the two and a half mile course in 21st and 22nd places respectively, Paula Livesey turned in her usual solid performance in 42nd position and younger sister Belinda finished with veteran Faith Suter in 48th and 49th positions. Coral Aliousalah completed her first cross-country race for the club in 20.26 giving her 89th place.

In the men's race, Mark Hamer warmed up for his duathlon next weekend and led the Striders challenge, finishing the five mile course in 29.43 which gave him 14th place overall.

Ross Milne demonstrated his good form at the moment storming round the two-lap circuit in 30.55 and finishing 37th in the process.

November 9, 2001 11:00