Newcomer Nick Bennett had a relatively easy win in March's Running Bath 5k road race.
Bennett clocked 16mins 36secs to finish 19 seconds ahead of runner-up Nick Shearn, who was the first veteran over-40 home.
The leading under-20 runner was 15-year-old George Chapman, who produced an excellent performance to finish sixth overall in 18:11.
At the other end of the age scale, 55-year-old David Vaudin came eighth in 18:46 and Andrew Maggs, who recently turned 50, clocked 18.59.
Tamsin Simmons was the first woman in 20:03, with Elan Lindsay second in 22:06.
Romek Kriwald took the most improved pride after slicing 53 seconds from his best time. Jeol Staley and Craig Chapman also set new personal bests.
Bennett leads the league standings after three of the 12 races – with the fastest six to count. He has an average time of 16:36 and is followed by veterans Dave Coales (16:54) and Shearn (16.55).
Vaudin (18:46) heads the over-50s standings from Maggs (18:59), while Chapman (18:01) is the under-20s leader.
Jenny Carter (18:45) is the leading lady, with Naomi Webber (18:58) second and Rebecca Pierce (19:16) third. Joanne Mumford is the first over-40 female with 20:57 and Kirsty Stanley tops the under-20 section with 21:41.
MARCH RESULTS: 1 Nick Bennett 16:36, 2 Nick Shearn 16:55, 3 Jon Cracknell 17:19, 4 Steven Curtis 17:49, 5 George Frost 18:04, 6 George Chapman 18:11, 7 Josh Taylor 18:17, 8 David Vaudin 18:46, 9 Neil Turner 18:52, 10 Matt East 18:52, 11 Andrew Maggs 18:59, 12 Simon Fry 19:08, 13 Colin Swaney 20:00, 14 Tamsin Simmonds 20:03, 15 Joel Staley 20:26, 16 Simon Attwood 20:51, 17 Marcus Wiltshire 20:58, 18 Tim Hill 20:59, 19 Stuart Robinson 21:00, 20 Elen Lindsay 22:06, 21 Nick Kingwell 22:17, 22 Andrew Guest 22:41, 23 Romek Kriwald 23:07, 24 Paul Taylor 23:27, 25 Craig Chapman 23:48, 26 Kara Hughes 23:50, 27 Louise Jeffries 24:17, 28 Izzy Lutz 27:10, 29 Ray Brigden 32:01, 30 Janice Rambridge 37:27.
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