​Six top-ten finishes in Fife 5K for host club runners

​Dundee Road Runners senior Ewan Duthie won the latest edition of the race, first staged in 2007, in a time of 14:54, with Fife senior Ben Sandilands second after clocking 14:57 and Ross County Athletics Club under-20 Billy Sutherland third in 14:59.

The five runners following Sutherland home were all members of the kingdom club – Carter Taylor, fourth in 15:35; Ruan Van Rensburg, fifth in 15:47; Jamie Lessels, sixth in 15:48; under-20 Max Callender-Galbraith, seventh in 15:50; and Ben Kinninmonth, eighth in 15:52.

Five further Fifers managed top-20 finishes in a field of 160 – the host club’s Scott McClung and under-20s Marcas Macfarlane and Lewis Whittingham, respectively 13th in 16:11, 18th in 16:37 and 19th in 16:39, and PH Racing Club over-50 Andrew Wright and over-40 clubmate Barry Smith, 12th in 16:09 and 15th in 16:29.

Over-40 Tom Rainey was Anster Haddies’ first finisher, placing 26th in 17:31, and his fellow over-40 clubmate Kevin Brady ended up 70th in 20:30.

Wormit Runners were also represented, with over-40 David Cole placing 34th in a time of 17:49.