Fast-improvmg James Flood won his third Richmond Park 5km time trial in 13 attempts on Saturday morning, writes Mark Bass.

Flood clocked 17 minutes 50 seconds, just over half a minute clear of Stragglers’ Jim Desmon, with Ranelagh Harriers’ Vaughan Ramsey third.

The women’s winner was Isobel Rea of West 4 Harriers who clocked 20 minutes 33 seconds to finish 54 seconds clear of debutant Sarah Lintern. West 4’s Rose Lewis was third (21:43).

First junior was Alex Leslie in 13th, while Bill Neely produced the top age-graded performance.

RESULT 1 James Christopher FLOOD M 17:50 72.90% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 2 Jim DESMOND M 18:25 74.66% VM40-44 Stragglers 3 Vaughan RAMSAY M 18:47 70.19% SM35-39 Ranelagh Harriers New PB 4 Ali YOUSUF M 18:52 70.76% SM35-39 West 4 Harriers New PB 5 Jerym BRUNTON M 18:54 69.75% SM35-39 Unattached 6 Tom CARBRO M 19:00 68.68% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 7 Bill NEELY M 19:19 75.75% VM45-49 Unattached 8 Trevor MAGUIRE M 19:21 72.18% VM40-44 Ranelagh Harriers 1st run 9 Neil JENNINGS M 19:22 66.61% SM25-29 St.. Mary's Richmond AC New PB 10 Keith SIMPSON M 19:27 70.18% VM40-44 West 4 Harriers New PB 11 Alan DOYLE M 19:41 66.30% SM30-34 Unattached 1st run 12 Gary ROBINSON M 19:48 65.91% SM30-34 West 4 Harriers 13 Alex LESLIE M 19:50 69.08% JM15-19 Unattached 14 John SANDHU M 20:03 68.08% VM40-44 Unattached New PB 15 Jason BLAIR M 20:11 64.00% SM25-29 Unattached 16 Stephen INSTONE M 20:12 74.83% VM50-54 Ranelagh Harriers 17 George RIDING M 20:26 64.93% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 18 Isobel REA F 20:33 72.18% SW30-34 West 4 Harriers 19 Tom HUTCHINGS M 20:44 62.30% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 20 Duncan BROWN M 20:50 69.68% VM45-49 Unattached New PB 21 Frederic FRIZZARIN M 20:55 63.82% SM35-39 Unattached 1st run 22 Mark LANSLEY M 21:27 62.24% SM35-39 Serpentine RC New PB 23 Sarah LINTERN F 21:27 69.08% SW30-34 Unattached 1st run 24 Sean EGAN M 21:31 66.92% VM45-49 Unattached 25 Mark GEE M 21:38 64.02% VM40-44 Unattached New PB 26 Rose LEWIS F 21:43 71.60% VW40-44 West 4 Harriers New PB 27 David CHRISTIE M 21:45 60.61% SM35-39 Unattached 28 Zoltan KOMLOSI M 21:49 59.13% SM25-29 Unattached 29 Rachael HOLMES F 22:02 67.17% SW25-29 Unattached 1st run 30 Geoff NEWMAN M 22:09 68.25% VM50-54 Fleet & Crookham AC New PB 31 Christopher PARSONS M 22:11 72.28% VM60-64 Unattached 32 David James HILL M 22:27 57.46% SM20-24 Unattached New PB 33 Neil CHESTERTON M 22:28 62.61% VM40-44 Unattached 34 Jason ALCOCK M 22:29 57.67% SM30-34 Unattached 1st run 35 Ade Hands LAMBO M 22:36 57.15% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 36 Jerzy KROL M 22:39 65.12% VM50-54 Unattached 37 Unknown ATHLETE M 22:42 0.00% SM--- Unattached 38 Andrew Kew BROWN M 22:47 68.03% VM55-59 Unattached 39 Michael WOOD M 22:54 60.99% VM40-44 Unattached New PB 40 Steve JESSOP M 23:13 63.03% VM45-49 West 4 Harriers New PB 41 Iain David EDWARDS M 23:20 55.93% SM30-34 Unattached New PB 42 Michael Derek john HILL M 23:43 54.39% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 43 Louise BOTTOMLEY F 23:44 64.19% VW35-39 West 4 Harriers 44 Chris GRIFFITH M 23:49 0.00% SM--- Epsom & Ewell Harriers 1st run 45 Ian LESLIE M 23:50 62.38% VM50-54 Unattached 1st run 46 Susannah EASTON F 23:58 61.75% SW25-29 Unattached 1st run 47 Derek HENDERSON M 24:02 59.43% VM45-49 Unattached 48 Ben CHAPMAN-SMITH M 24:06 53.53% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 49 Christopher MORGAN M 24:10 58.21% VM40-44 Thames Turbo Triathlon New PB 50 Martin CLARK M 24:15 72.71% VM70-74 Ranelagh Harriers 51 Jan LARSEN M 24:52 53.35% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 52 Eric MARCHESSEAU M 25:02 52.66% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 53 Unknown ATHLETE M 25:03 0.00% SM--- Unattached 54 Oscar KENT-EGAN M 25:04 57.85% JM14 Unattached New PB 55 William YELL M 25:08 55.11% VM40-44 Unattached 56 Martin PRYCE M 25:09 57.26% VM45-49 Unattached 57 Andrew PROSSER M 25:23 53.78% VM40-44 Ranelagh Harriers New PB 58 Nick J HAIGH M 25:28 57.92% VM50-54 Cani-Cross 59 Tracy ROBINSON F 25:31 59.37% VW35-39 Unattached 60 Frank SCHULZ M 25:32 58.22% VM50-54 Unattached New PB 61 Leigh REYNOLDS F 25:32 59.07% VW35-39 Unattached 62 Becky SILVER F 25:34 68.77% VW50-54 Unattached 63 Dionne MASON F 25:35 58.24% SW30-34 Unattached 1st run 64 Bethan HOPE F 25:36 57.81% SW25-29 W4 Harriers New PB 65 Simon BURRELL M 25:38 54.88% VM40-44 Ranelagh Harriers 66 Jennifer MASON F 25:39 57.70% SW20-24 Unattached New PB 67 Rachel PIKE F 25:43 57.55% SW25-29 Unattached 1st run 68 Michael SIKORA M 25:52 61.47% VM55-59 Unattached 69 Shona CAMPBELL F 25:55 57.11% SW25-29 Unattached 70 Paul E MARTINGELL M 26:02 58.07% VM50-54 Ranelagh Harriers 71 Suzanne GILL F 26:37 57.98% VW40-44 Barnes Runners New PB 72 Sally WOODWARD GENTLE F 26:50 58.94% VW40-44 Unattached New PB 73 Pete MILES M 26:59 49.47% SM35-39 Unattached New PB 74 Tamsin LOKE O'CONNOR F 27:02 58.01% VW40-44 Unattached New PB 75 Rob KITCHEN M 27:35 46.83% SM25-29 Unattached 76 Francis Richard philip BOLTON M 28:12 45.80% SM25-29 Unattached 77 Richard SOUTH M 28:16 49.41% VM40-44 Unattached 1st run 78 Kyoko MURAKAMI F 28:52 56.52% VW45-49 Unattached 1st run 79 Franz WERNDLE M 28:55 54.99% VM55-59 Stragglers 80 Russell MATTHEWS M 28:58 50.12% VM45-49 Unattached New PB 81 Philippa SHAW F 29:01 51.01% SW25-29 Unattached 82 Ben WESTERBY-COX M 30:05 54.35% JM14 Stragglers 83 Craig LLEWELYN-WILLIAMS M 30:13 43.41% SM30-34 Unattached 84 Josie GAYTON F 30:22 49.45% VW35-39 Unattached 1st run 85 Serge LOURIE M 30:23 53.70% VM60-64 Unattached 86 Tamsin MILES F 30:45 48.62% VW35-39 Unattached 1st run 87 Alessandro CESTARO M 31:45 40.68% SM25-29 Unattached New PB 88 Clive LESTER M 31:53 50.76% VM60-64 Unattached 89 Sanchia SILVER F 32:29 45.56% SW25-29 Unattached 90 Pat HEWLETT F 32:31 74.22% VW70-74 Ranelagh Harriers 91 Annemarie GOODRIDGE F 32:50 47.77% VW40-44 Unattached 1st run 92 Helen WESTERBY-COX F 33:04 49.34% VW45-49 Unattached 93 Natalie Patricia EDWARDS F 35:20 41.98% SW30-34 Unattached 1st run 94 Gill SHORTT F 35:35 0.00% SW--- Unattached 1st run 95 Geri CUMMINS F 35:36 43.07% VW40-44 Unattached 1st run 96 Ursula LEHNERT F 36:15 41.24% VW35-39 Unattached 1st run 97 Alberto PACCANARO M 36:15 38.21% VM40-44 Unattached 1st run 98 Tom BUSH M 37:30 34.40% SM25-29 Unattached 1st run 99 Peter MARTINGELL M 37:33 37.77% JM14 Unattached 100 Amanda BIRKINSHAW F 37:34 40.55% VW35-39 Unattached