St Albans parkrun 678: Results from Verulamium Park

Weekly - The parkrun takes place at Verulamium Park <i>(Image: Google Maps)</i>
Weekly - The parkrun takes place at Verulamium Park (Image: Google Maps)
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St Albans parkrun welcomed 443 participants for its 678th event, held at Verulamium Park on Saturday.

Runners and walkers gathered to take on the course, with a strong turnout from the community.

At the front of the field, Adam Yorwerth was the fastest finisher, crossing the line first with a time of 17.47.

He was followed by Charlie Hodge in second place on 18.13, while Jonathan Earp completed the top three with a time of 19.02.

Emily Hickey-Baird led the way as the fastest female, finishing with a time of 20.48.

Eva Granottier was the second female finisher in 21.18, with Kerry White behind in third place on 23.14.

A total of 47 personal bests were recorded during the event.

The event was made possible thanks to the volunteers who gave up their time: Peter Goodchild, Helen Bolam, Sophia Christie, Phyllida Jones, Rosie Mawdsley, Sam Austin, Olivia Markwell, Harry Smith, Robert Tanner, Edward Dunn, Gino Golluccio, Nicolas Long, Salvatore Grime, Adam Praverman, Martin Cook, Freddie Davies, Tom Knust, Kavish Desireddy, Alex Johnstone, Aidan Snell, Harry Wong, Kathryn Hearn, Paul Hearn, Luca Coppin, Michael Engelhardt, Bryony Gillibrand, James Grills, Graham Jack, Adam Kearney, Dara Owladi, Hannah Smith, Bohdan Tymashov, Wilfred Yu, Phil Stewart, Linda Green, Kate Webb, Hilary Cunningham, Sophie Gage, Charlie Hodge, Peter W. Jones, Ann Rabinowitz, and Jason Rabinowitz.

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