A sizeable contingent of Hercules Wimbledon runners were in action in Saturday's South of England cross country championships at Parliament Hill Fields in north London, with teenagers Liam White and Cassian Hyde best of the bunch.

White improved significantly on his 51st place last season, finishing seventh in the men's U17 6km race in 20 minutes, 49 seconds, less than a minute behind the winner.

He was the third Surrey finisher and therefore stands a good chance of clinching a medal in the postponed county championship race at Croydon on February 20.

Other Hercules Wimbledon runners in the U17 race were Joe Toomey, 87th in 23:35, and Ed Saywell, 123rd in 24:43.

Hyde, who has been showing good form in this winter's Surrey cross country league races, made an impressive South of England debut, when he finished 10th out of more than 200 runners in the boys' U13 3km race in 11 minutes 52 seconds, just over half-a-minute behind the winner.

He was the second Surrey runner to finish so could be another in the medals later this month.

Adam Przedrzymirski led home the Hercules Wimbledon contingent in the senior men's 15km race, finishing 57th out of more than 800 runners in 56:45.

Phil Glynn was 155th in 1:00:18, Stuart Fraser 205th in 1:02:12 and veteran Peter Lee 205th in 1:03:03. Matthew Sharp was 378th in 1:07:15 and veteran Frank Wood 542nd in 1:13:20.

Teenager Alex Robinson was 44th out of 100 runners in the junior men's 8km race in 30:09.

A trio of Hercules Wimbledon runners completed the boys' U15 4.5km race - Joe Clark was 61st in 17:30, Ben Palmer 149th in 18:42 and Augustin Mallon 176th in 19:17.

A quartet of Hercules Wimbledon women also competed at Parliament Hill Fields.

Rosemary Fernando was 43rd in the junior women's 6km race ion 31:16, Ella Dobson 168th in the girls' U15 4km race in 20:00 and Masumi Dobson 166th in the senior women's 8km event in 39:25, with Marilena De Luca 252nd in 43:28.

Competing in the warmer environment of the Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre, sprinter Emily Martin finished second in her 60m race in 7.88 and was third in her 200m race in 25.36.

She was also runner-up in the South London Athletics Network open indoor meeting at Sutton Arena in a slightly slower 7.89.

Dwayne Dowding was runner-up in his men's 60m race in 7.02.

Adam Vandenberg was a comfortable winner of the Wimbledon Common parkrun, covering the 5km in 17:01.

Charles Lawrie was first over-60 finisher in 22:12, with Dennis Williams second in that category in 25:06. Adam Fenton was seventh over-45 veteran in 23:31.

Fenella Willis was seventh in the women's event in a personal best of 24:42 with her 14-year-old daughter Imogen also posting a personal best in 17th in 26:53.

Another Hercules Wimbledon 14-year-old, Freya Popham, competing in the event for the first time, was 36th in the women's race in 31:07.

Former South of England two-mile champion Mike Kortenray, 64, was top over-60 finisher in the Richmond Park parkrun in 22:28.

Competing in his first race of 2010, he was 16 seconds slower than the time he clocked on Boxing Day.

This weekend, Hercules Wimbledon runners are in league action on Saturday.

The men are competing in the final Sweatshop Surrey League Division One meeting at Guildford and the women in the final Surrey Ladies League on Wimbledon Common.

Several Hercules Wimbledon youngsters will be representing Surrey in a schools inter-counties cross country match at Reigate on Saturday.