ByBrian Sacks, Brian Sacks
Maayan Radus continued her excellent run of form with victory at the Hertfordshire under-11 cross country championship.
In the absence of a Middlesex race for the appropriate age group, Radus ran as a guest, and broke the tape as the City of London schoolgirl registered her second successive win in the event.
Radus said: "The course was hilly, muddy and icy, and run in cold and foggy conditions.
"I ran from the front and used the first hill to open up a gap. The next hill was harder but I felt comfortable and I was able to attack the downhill finish to secure victor.”
Older sister, Lia, placed third in the Middlesex under-13 event.
“It was a very wet day and the Alexandra Park course was muddy and water-logged,” she said. “Four of us were together in the front on the first lap but two broke away from me one lap later. Around 300m from the finish I was able to forge ahead of the girl who had been running with me to finish third quite comfortably."
Judah Yawitch, fourth in the Under-13 race, and Rebecca Hurley, eighth in the Under-17’s, were also notable performers in the Hertfordshire cross country championships.