The first leg of the women’s race gets under way at Sutton Park
WOMEN
The drop-out was greater among the women’s clubs as just 62 of the 78 starting teams managed a full quartet. One of those was Kingston & Polytechnic Harriers, whose Phoebe Law had one of her best ever runs to win the opening 4315m lap by a few metres from Leeds’ Claire Duck in 14:29, the equal fifth fastest time of the afternoon.