A fine seventh place from the Brighton & Hove U13 Boys team was the highest placing by a Sussex team on the first day of the South of England Road Relay championships at Aldershot.
Adam Firsht finished ninth on the opening leg in 11:02 while Haiden May and Joshua Pay held that placing in 11.31s and 11.15s respectively while over the final leg Pat Connolly lifted the team into seventh place with a lap time of 10:54s to record the 12th fastest lap of the day.
The Brighton & Hove U13 Girls finished 17th in their race with Lois Dooley the fastest of the team in 11.56s. and the U15 girls team placed 22nd with Niamh Halloren clocking 11:52.
Only in the U15 Boys race was Sussex support for this event really evident apart from Brighton & Hove and in this event they finished 17th with Tom Eames, who moved up from 39th to 27th on the second leg clocked 10:06s.
Results:
U13 Boys
1st leg Adam 9th 11.02 Guy 31st 11.53
2nd leg Haiden 9th 11.31 Will 25th 11.52
3rd leg Josh 9th 11.15 George 31st 13.36
4th leg Patrick 7th 10.54 James 28th 12.42
U13 Girls
1st Leg Lois 22nd 11.56 Roxy 58th 13.15
2nd Leg Astrid 14th 12.00 Tatum 51st 13.42
3rd Leg Ella 17th 12.30 Ella 44th 13.23