European XC results 2016-17, number 1, compiled by Carles Baronet

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EUROPEAN XC results 2016-17 number 1

BELGIUM

Mol (Belgium), 6.11.2016

Men -9,2 Kms-
1 Alex Kibet 27.29; 2 Abdi Bashir 27.41; 3 Soufiane Bouchiki 27.58; 4 Jeroen D’Hoedt 28.04; 5 Andreas Vojta (aut) 28.07; 6 Michel Butter (ned) 28.17; 7 Jesper van der Wielen (ned) 28.25; 8 Ronald SchrÃ¶er (ned) 28.29
Women -5,5 Kms-
1 Sarah Lahti (swe) 18.27; 2 Louise Carton 18.36; 3 Fabienne Schlumpf (sui) 18.38; 4 Zenobie Vangansbeke 19.18; 5 Sofie Van Accom 19.23

FRANCE

Pontcharra (France), 13.11.2016 -Cross National Bayard-

Men -8,360 Kms-
1 Reda Jaafar (mar) 25.43; 2 Charles Korir (ken) 26.00; 3 Abdesalam Kiday (mar) 26.08; 4 Mehdi Belhdaj 26.19; 5 Florent Facy 26.21; 6 John Tanui (ken) 26.42; 7 Qaasiim Shumbii 26.52; 8 Daniel Koshei Chebii (ken) 26.53; 9 Olivier Heaslip (gbr) 26.54; 10 Aschenaki Molla 26.57

Pace (France), 13.11.2016

Men -9,480 Kms-
1 Haymanot-Alew Engdayehu (eth) 28.50; 2 Ezechiel Nizigiyimana (bdi) 28.59; 3 Getinet Mele Gedamu (eth) 29.25; 4 Lionel Irimbere (bdi) 30.08; 5 Serhyy Marchuk (ukr) 30.38
Women -5,870 Kms-
1 Darya Mykhailova (ukr) 19.32; 2 Adanech-Mesgen Mekonnen (eth) (97) 20.02; 3 Betty-Khatambi Murungi (ken) 20.10; 4 Chaltu Negasa (eth) 20.49; 5 Olesya Didovodyuk (ukr) 21.08

Louviers (France), 11.11.2016 -Challenge Carrington-

Men -9,17 Kms-
1 Mehdi Akaouch 28.11; 2 Benjamin Pires 28.16; 3 Yosi Goasdoue 28.25; 4 Getinet Mele Gedamu (eth) 28.36; 5 Fiker Damtew Belete (eth) 28.47; 6 Jake Oregan (irl) 29.00
Women -4,2 Kms-
1 Zenash Gezmu (eth) 14.10; 2 Garenne Chevalier 14.11; 3 Chaltu Negasa (eth) 14.18; 4 Delphine Pasquer 14.26

GERMANY

Pforzheim (Germany), 13.11.2016 -Sparkassen Cross-

Men -9 Kms-
1 Amanal Petros 29.00; 2 Fabian Clarkson 29.47; 3 Philip Kiptoo Rutto (ken) 30.03 Women -6,6 Kms-
1 Fabienne Amrhein 23.50; 2 Anna Gehring 23.52

MÃ¼nchen (Germany), 13.11.2016 -Olympia Alm Cross-

Men -6,6 Kms-
1 Marcel Fehr 21.00; 2 Yossief Tekle (eri) 21.01; 3 Jakub Zemanik (cze) 21.06
Women -6,6 Kms-
1 Hanna Klein 23.31; 2 Brendah Kebeya (ken) 24.34; 3 Diana Mezulianikova (cze) 24.40

GREAT BRITAIN

Milton Keynes (Great Britain), 12.11.2016 -Chiltern League-

Men -9.51 Kms-
1 Andy Vernon 28.42; 2 Ben Connor 28.53; 3 Jonathan Taylor 29.01; 4 Adam Hickey 29.10; 5 Andrew Heyes 29.11; 6 Matthew Sharp 29.15; 7 Andrew Douglas 29.37; 8 William Christofi 29.44; 9 Michael Ferguson 29.44; 10 Jonathan Davies 29.49
Women -5,9 Kms-
1 Pippa Woolwen 19.41; 2 Jessica Judd 19.45; 3 Katrina Wootton 19.48; 4 Gemma Steel 19.48; 5 Lauren Deadman 20.18; 6 Sarah McCormack 20.21; 7 Abbie Donnelly 20.22; 8 Gemma Kersey 20.23; 9 Sarah Inglis 20.34; 10 Victoria Knight 20.35

HUNGARY

BÃ©kÃ©scsaba (Hungary), 22.10.2016

Men -7 kms-
1 Laszlo Gregor 22.44; 2 Marton Papai 23.03; 3 Balssz Vindics 23.05; 4 Tamas Kazi 23.15; 5 Istvan Szogi 23.18
Women -6 Kms-
1 Lilla BÃ¶hm 22.18; 2 Andrea Szederkenyi-Takacs 22.29; 3 Simona Staicu 22.45

Nemesvamos (Hungary), 12.11.2016

Men -8 Kms-
1 Laszlo Gregor 27.15; 2 Benjamin Kovacs 27.54; 3 Marton Papai 28.06; 4 Balasz Juhasz 28.24; 5 Balasz Vindics 28.27
Women -5 Kms-
1 Andrea Szederkenyi-Takacs 19.41; 2 Kriszta Koszas 20.05; 3 Lilla BÃ¶hm 20.13

ITALY

Sgonico (Italy), 13.11.2016 -42th Carsolina Cross-

Men -9 kms-
1 Marouan Razine 27.50; 2 Najibe Marco Salami 27.52; 3 Yassine Rachik 27.54; 4 Lorenzo Dini 28.03; 5 Samuele Dini 28.07; 6 Italo Quazzola 28.17; 7 Yohanes Chiappinelli 28.18; 8 Patrick Nasti 28.20
Women -7 Kms-
1 Sara Dossena 25.24; 2 Francesca Bertoni 25.32; 3 Christine Santi 25.36; 4 Sara Brogiato 25.42; 5 Barbara Bressi 25.47; 6 Giulia Mattioli 26.01; 7 Silvia La Barbera 26.05; 8 Roberta Ciappini 26.07

LATVIA

Carnikava (Latvia), 15.10.2016 -National Championships-

Men -8 Kms-
1 Janis Girgensons 26.32.05; 2 Reinis Hartmanis 27.14.00; 3 Indulis Bikse 27.38.55 Women -6 Kms-
1 Agnese Pastare 24.38.75; 2 Guna Germane 24.53.15; 3 Gundega Heidingere 25.49.25

LITHUANIA

Jurbarkas (Lithuania), 21.10.2016

Men -6 Kms-
1 Darius Petkevicius 21.46; 2 Robertas Valisauskas 21.54; 3 Modestas Dirse 21.59 Women -4 Kms-
1 Banga BalnaitÃ© 15.44; 2 Egle Morenaite 15.52

NETHERLANDS Stiphout (Netherlands), 13.11.2016 -Molenvencross-

Men -8,5 Kms-
1 Sjoerd Weijers 27.29, 2 Mark van Kessel 28.13 Women -8,5 Kms-
1 Kim Walraven 35.55; 2 Angelique de Vries 36.03

NORWAY

Kristiansand (Norway), 12.11.2016 -Nordic Championships-

Men -9 Kms-
1 Orjan Gronnevig 29.43.7; 2 David Nilsson (swe) 29.57.7; 3 Marius Vedvik 30.13.7; 4 Mikkel Dahl-Jensen (den) 30.15.2; 5 Hans Kr. Floystad 30.34.9
Men u20 -6 Kms-
1 Kristian Holm Jensen (den) 20.20.1; 2 Stian Aarvik 20.31.8; 3 Simen H. Haugen 20.44.5; 4 Oliver LÃ¶fqvist (swe) 20.45.4; 5 Casper Stornes 20.48.9
Women -7,5 Kms-
1 Charlotte Fougberg (swe) 28.36.7; 2 Camilla Richardson (fin) 29.10.9; 3 Annemari Kiekara (fin) 29.11.6; 4 Louise Wiker (swe) 29.18.6; 5 Sara Holmgren (swe) 29.23.2
Women u20 -4,5 Kms-
1 Christine Naess 17.15.7; 2 Stine Wanberg 17.26.7; 3 Mariann Roe 17.31.6; 4 Louise Rode (den) 17.33.6; 5 Anna Mark Helwigh (den) 17.34.8

ROMANIA

Baile Felix (Romania), 22.10.2016 -National Championships-

Men -10 Kms-
1 Nicolae Soare; 2 Marius Ionescu; 3 Andrei Stefana
Women -8 Kms-
1 Ancuta Bobocel; 2 Monica Florea; 3 Cristina Negru; 4 Roxana Birca; 5 Paula Todoran

SERBIA

Cuprija (Serbia), 5.11.2016 -Balkan Championships-

Men -10 Kms-
1 Ã–zdemir Ramazan (tur) 30.11; 2 Tuncer Ã–mer 30.20; 3 Demir Alper (tur) 30.23; 4 Nicolae Soare (rou) 30.47; 5 Osman Junuzovic (bih) 30.57
Men u23 -8 Kms-
1 Karabulak Suat (tur) 24.43; 2 Korkmaz Enis (tur) 24.51; 3 Etkatmis Saffet (tur) 24.53
Men u20 -8 kms-
1 Barbaros Ramazan (tur) 18.07; 2 Dorin Rusu (rou) 18.08; 3 KaragÃ¶z Ramazan (tur) 18.15
Women -8 Kms-
1 Ancuta Bobocel (rou) 27.05; 2 Eytemis Sevilay (tur) 27.11; 3 Roxana Birca (rou) 27.14; 4 Akpinar Sebahat (tur) 27.27; 5 Kaya Ã¶zlem (tur) 27.32; 6 Amela Terzic 27.45
Women u23 -6 Kms-
1 Demir Fatma (tur) 20.35; 2 Hatun Tuna Emine (tur) 20.48; 3 Erdal Tubay (tur) 20.50
Women u20 -4 Kms-
1 Uskun GÃ¼lnaz (tur) 13.49; 2 Silviya Georgieva (bul) 13.53; 3 KiliÃ§ Yayla (tur) 14.13

SLOVAKIA

Dudince (Slovakia), 23.10.2016 -National Championships-

Men -9,36 Kms-
1 Jozef Urban 30.17; 2 Radovan Tomecek 30.37; 3 Boris Csiba 30.43
Women -7,84 Kms-
1 Lucia Janeckova 30.54; 2 Petra Fasungova 31.44; 3 Zuzuana Durcova 31.59

SPAIN

Atapuerca (Spain), 13.11.2016 -13th Cros International-

Men -9 Kms-
1 Ayalew Aweke (brn) 25.05; 2 Timothy Toroitich (uga) 25.05; 3 Jida Imane Merga (eth) 25.12; 4 Awel Muktar Edris (eth) 25.22; 5 Jairus Birech (ken) 25.24; 6 Phillip Kipyeko (uga) 25.30; 7 Antonio AbadÃa 25.34; 8 Ilias Fifa 25.35; 9 Jaouad Tougane 25.35; 10 Carlos Mayo 25.39; 11 Langosiwa Thomas Pkemei (ken) 25.42; 12 Goitom Kifle (eri) 25.43; 13 Ayad Lamdassem 25.48, 14 Dewi Griffiths (gbr) 25.49; 15 Moses Kibet (uga) 25.53; 16 Sergio SÃ¡nchez 25.55; 17 Adel Mechaal 26.18; 18 JesÃºs EspaÃ±a 26.21; 19 Fernando Carro 26.23; 20 Lahcen Ait Alibou 26.24
Women -8 kms-
1 Teferi Senbere (eth) 24.48; 2 Tirop Agnes Jebet (ken) 24.52; 3 Alice Aprot (ken) 24.58; 4 Oljira Belaynesh (eth) 25.11; 5 Fionnuala McCormack (irl) 25.26; 6 sofia Ennaoui (pol) 26.15; 7 Trihas Gebre 26.22, 8 Kate Hulls (gbr) 26.24; 9 Elinor Kirk (gbr) 26.32; 10 Juliet Chekwel (uga) 26.40; 11 Charlotte Arter (gbr) 26.40; 12 NÃºria FernÃ¡ndez 26.41; 13 Blanca FernÃ¡ndez 26.43; 14 Elizabeth Potter (gbr) 26.46; 15 Sonia Samuels (gbr) 26.50

SWEDEN

VÃ¤sterÃ¥s (Sweden), 22-23.10.2016 -National Championships-

Men -4 Kms- (22)
1 Abraham Adhanom (eri) 11:53; 2 Suldan Hassan 98 11:57; 3 Andreas Ã…hwall 11:57; 4 Staffan Ek 11:59; 5 Daniel Lundgren 12:03
Men -12 Kms- (23)
1 Abraham Adhanom (eri) 37:38; 2 David Nilsson 37:50; 3 Olle WallerÃ¤ng 38:22; 4 William Lind 38:33; 5 John Foitzik 38:43; 6 John Kingstedt 38:54
Women -4 Kms- (22)
1 Sarah Lahti 13.14; 2 Charlotte Fougberg 13.26; 3 Louise Wiker 13.50; 4 Ronja Fjellner 13.52; 5 Sara Holmgren 13.53
Women -8 Kms- (23)
1 Charlotta Fougberg 27.42; 2 Ronja Fjellner 29.08; 3 Sara Holmgren 29.12; 4 Lisa Ring 29.18; 5 Frida Kristiansson 29.29

UKRAINE

Bila Tserkva (Ukraine), 21-22.10.2016 -National Championships-

Men -4 Kms- (21)
1 Volodymyr Kyts 12.11; 2 Dmytro Myakhov 12.13; 3 Yuriy Kischenko 12.14; 4 Pavlo Oliynyk 12.14; 5 Serhiy Berezyuk 12.18
Men -10 Kms- (22)
1 Dmytro Siruk 31.29; 2 Roman Romanenko 31.33; 3 Ivan Strebkov 31.39; 4 Vasyl Koval 31.53; 5 Artem Kazban 32.22
Women -4 Kms- (21)
1 Nataliya Batrak 14.09; 2 Tetyana Vernyhor 14.17; 3 Tetyana Kuzubova 14.34; 4 Svtilana Oliynyk 14.37; 5 Hanna Pechko 14.44
Women -8 kms- (22)
1 Yuliya Shmatenko 28.28; 2 Viktoriya Pohoryelska 28.29; 3 Valentyna Kilyarska 28.31; 4 Valentyna Zhudina 28.37; 5 Darya Mykhaylova 28.55

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