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

White improved significantly on his 51st place last season when he finished 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 stands a good chance of clinching a medal in the postponed county championship race at Croydon on February 20.

Also in the U17 race, Joe Toomey was 87th (23:35) and Ed Saywell 123rd (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 finisher.

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

Other Hercules runners: 155 Phil Glynn 1:00.18, 205 Stuart Fraser 1:02.12, 205 Peter lee 1:03.03, 378 Matthew Sharp 1:07.15, 542 Frank Wood 1:13:20.

Teenager Alex Robinson was 44th out of 100 runners in the junior men's eight kilometres race in 30:09. A trio of Hercules Wimbledon runners completed the boys under 15 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 (31:16), Ella Dobson 168th in the girls U15 4km race (20:00) and Masumi Dobson 166th in the senior women's 8km event in 39:25 with Marilena De Luca 252nd (43:28).

At Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre, Hercules Wimbledon sprinter Emily Martin finished second in her 60m race in 7.88 and was third in her 200m race (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 five kilometres in 17:01. Andrew Davies was ninth out of more than 150 runners in 19:15 with Charles Lawrie 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 miles 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.

Hercules Wimbledon men compete in the final Sweatshop Surrey League Division One match of the season in Guildford on Saturday. Meanwhile, their women have a Surrey ladies League match on Wimbledon Common.

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