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Jack Rowe runs speedy 28:02 to win 10km in Telford

The British distance runner is now joint-fifth on the UK 10km all-time list after his run in the Shropshire town

Jack Rowe got the better of Phil Sesemann at the Telford 10km, shaving five seconds off his personal best with a time of 28:02 (December 14).

The Aldershot, Farnham & District athlete’s previous quickest mark was the 28:07 he clocked in Manchester three years ago.

Not only was Rowe’s 28:02 the fastest time by a Brit over 10km this season but it also put him joint-fifth on the UK all-time list over the distance.

This was Rowe’s fourth major win of the autumn road season after victories at the Big Half, Vitality London 10,000 and Manchester Half Marathon.

It’s been quite the season for Rowe, who’s recorded personal bests in the 1500m, 3000m, 5000m and 10,000m.

Sesemann meanwhile clocked 28:08 for second in Telford, just short of his 10km best of 28:26, set at the Corrida Pédestre Internationale de Houilles meet in France five years ago.

Kadar Omar was third in 28:34 with his Birchfield Harriers team-mate fourth Aron Gebremariam in 28:58.

It was Gebremariam’s first ever 10km and the English national cross-country junior champion performed well.

It was a much closer affair in the women’s field, with Amelia Quirk edging out Sarah Astin by just three seconds.

Quirk, who won the English national cross-country crown in 2020 and is a regular on British distance teams, clocked 32:40.

The Bracknell AC athlete races sparingly on the roads and this was only her second outing over 10km, with Quirk’s previous best mark being 31:53 from Valencia last year.

Natasha Phillips ran 32:56 for third place, a mark that put her top of the British under-20 rankings this season and fourth on the all-time junior list, after being pushed by Bournemouth based Ethiopian Atsede Gidey.

Teenager Holly Weedall also set a personal best of 33:21, improving on the 33:58 she clocked in Telford last year.