RACHEL Masser was the top local finisher in the first round of the Oxford Mail Cross Country League at Ascott-under-Wychwood.

The Woodstock runner was second in the women’s race, clocking 24mins 6secs, just 14 seconds behind winner Sophie Crumly (Newbury).

Clubmate Jessica Webb was fifth (24.21), while Eynsham’s Hannah Hale was two places further back in 24.27.

Witney’s Dan Blake was the pick of west Oxfordshire’s runners in the men’s race.

He crossed the line eighth in 30.56 ahead of tenth-placed James Bolton (Woodstock, 31.14).

The pick of the junior races was in the under 9 girls and boys, which was won by Witney’s Oscar Oweka.

Clubmate Matthew Lock (20.02) was eighth in the Under 15/17 boys event.

OXFORD MAIL CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

Leading results

Men (top 30, senior unless stated): 1 D Ray (Whh, U20) 29mins 38secs, 2 J Cornish (Whh) 29.55, 3 P Fernandez (Abn, V40) 30.16, 4 D Bell (Cir) 30.32, 5 L Newell (Oxf, V40) 30.44, 6 M Robinson (Oxf) 40.45, 7 J Eve (Hed, V40) 30.47, 8 D Blake (Wit) 30mins 56secs, 9 M Vardy (New) 31.07, 10 J Bolton (Wds, V40) 31.14, 11 A Hanson (Tkt, U20) 31.15, 12 C Bampton (Oxf, U20) 31.18, 13 T Wright (Ban, 31.23), 14 E Gault (Oxf) 31.24, 15 B Leggate (Cir) 31.28, 16 J Bilbao (Hed) 31.32, 17 A Burgess (Oxf) 31.37, 18 J Craggs (New) 31.45, 19 PO Jegou (Whh, V40), 20 M Tyrrell (Oxf) 32.08, 21 M Baker (Eyn) 32.13, 22 A Miell-Ingram (Rad, U20) 32.13, 23 N Marley (Oxf) 32.22, 24 B Pollard (Eyn) 32.13, 25 R Gould (Alc, V40) 32.32, 26 M Pembrole (New) 32.35, 27 L Tolhurst (Tkt, V40) 32.36, 28 J Cooke (Whh, V40) 32.43, 29 D Galerin (Cir) 32.44, 30 J Atyeo (Oxf, V40) 32.45.

Women (top 20, senior unless stated): 1 S Crumley (New) 23.52, 2 R Masser (Wds, LV35) 24.06, 3 S Rendell (Alc, LV35) 24.09, 4 M Humphreys (Oxf, U20) 24.13, 5 J Webb (Wds) 24.21, 6 W Nicholls (Cir, LV 40) 24.26, 7 H Hale (Eyn) 24.27, 8 D Moore (Hed, LV 35) 24.39, 9 H Greenwood (Kid, U20) 24.48, 10 S Lackman (Abn) 25.00, 11 Y Ryder (New, U20) 25.03, 12 J McBain (Alc, LV35) 25.09, 13 J Franklin (New, LV35) 25.12, 14 S Davies (Oxf, LV35) 25.31, 15 D Allen (Hkn) 25.35, 16 J Manners (Cir) 25,37, 17 L Barker (Hed, LV35) 25.44, 18 F Snare (Wit) 25.49, 19 HG Wheeler (Cir LV 35) 25.52, 20 E Haley (Rad) 26.03.

Under 15/17 Boys (top 20): 1 W Crisp (Swh, 17) 18.07, 2 E Lassiter (Mar, 17) 18.25, 3 J Shayler (Abn, 17) 18.58, 4 H Insley (Rad, 15) 19.29, 5 O Onay (Whh), 17) 19.38, 6 E Pierce (Swh, 15) 19.41, 7 J McLaughlin (Tkt, 15) 19.59, 8 M Lock (Wit, 17) 20.02, 9 B McIntyre (Swh, 15) 20.10, 10 M Senior (Abn, 17) 20.14.

Under 15/17 Girls (top 20): 11 J O’Connor (Wds, U15) 15.051 F Bunn (Abn, 17) 13.24, 2 C Clover (New, 17) 13.34, 3 E Thompson (Ban, 17) 13.44, 4 I Fry (New, 17) 13.57, 5 J Hannah (Ban, 15) 14.13, 6 J Garry (Oxf, 15), 7 J Duckett (Oxf, 17), 8 T Williams (Ban, 15) 14.32, 9 L Siddle (Abn, 17) 14.45, 10 A Gould (Bic, 15) 14.52.

Under 13 Boys (top 20): 11 T Miller (Wit) 7.461 B Cumberland (Rad) 7.03, 2 S Snelson (Ban) 7.16, 3 M Nicolle (Bic) 7.17, 4 R Miell-Ingram (Rad) 7.25, 5 LK Buck (Cir) 7.31, 6 A Pollock (Ban) 7.34, 7 F Cunningham (GT M) 7.39, 8 G Ferguson (New) 7.40, 9 T Kent (Rad) 7.43, 10 T Allen (New) 7.45.

Under 13 Girls (top 30): 1 M Jeger (New) 7.36, 2 D Palmer (Oxf) 7.39, 3 A Pettit (Tkt) 7.41, 4 B Darwent (Abn) 7.46, 5 L Wells (Tkt) 7.53, 6 L Robertson (New) 7.58, 7 A Prince (Oxf) 8.03, 8 L Newhouse (Oxf) 8.07, 9 A Williams ((Oxf) 8.08, 10 E Porter (Cir) 8.09 Under 11 Boys (top 8): 1 H Channon (Oxf) 3.38, 2 W D’Arcy (Rad) 3.42, 3 Q Miell-Ingram (Rad) 3.42, 4 J James (Rad) 3.51, 5 H Polock (Ban) 3.51, 6 R Snelson (Ban) 3.53, 7 L Miller (Tkt) 3.53, 8 M Lloyd-Thomas (Ban) 3.54 Under 11 Girls (top 20): 14 T WestbrookI C De Jonge (Oxf) 3.48, 2 J Robinson (New) 4.03, 3 L Doherty (Bic) 4.05, 4 M Prince (Abn) 4.05, 5 C Morris (Abn) 4.07, 6 F Gregory (Cir) 4.07.

Under 9 Girls & Boys (top 20): 1 O Oweka (B, Witney), 15 B O’Connor (B, Wds), 18 B Jones (G, Wds), 2 O Veal (Abn, B), 3 I Haines-Gray (Oxf, G), 4 A Elverson (Tkt, G), 5 I Insley (Rad, G), 6 K Dee (Hig, B).