Laura second at Lancing

The previous weekend Burton had competed for the Sussex team in the Inter-Counties Cross-Country Championships on the Saturday and won the Eastbourne Half-Marathon on the Sunday.

On the muddy Lancing Manor course she took the early stages of the 5km race steadily, but in the second half she upped her pace and passed several rivals to take a splendid second behind Crawley's Julie Briggs in 19 minutes 13 seconds to the winner's 18.30.

Veteran Amanda Hester from Peacehaven also had a good run to finish 15th overall and take fourth place in the over-35 race in 21.16.

Racing with the seniors, Charlotte White from Lewes had another steady run to finish 25th overall and take eighth place in the under-17 age group in 21.26.

In the under-17 5km men's race the Lewes Club notched up third team placing behind Hastings and Eastbourne, with Matt Basford leading them home in fifth place in 16.57. Josh Burgess and Ashley Williams placed eighth and ninth respectively in 17.29 and 17.41.

The under-15 boys 4.5km race saw Lewes's Matt Suter have his best run of the season to finish an excellent third in 15.48 behind Crawley's Aaron Stone, who won the race in 15.11.

Aaron Capon and Jago Leckie from Hailsham finished 11th and 16th respectively in 16.37 and 17.21 while Louis Gower (Lewes) placed 23rd in 18.16. Fellow Lewes runners Ben Burgess and Adam Wilkinson finished 25th and 26th in 18.27 and 18.32.

In the girl's under-15 4km race Jessica Lewis was the only Lewes runner in action and she finished in eighth place in 16.16.

The under-13 boy's 3km race saw a fine run from Ludo Goodliffe from Lewes, who finished an excellent second in 11.40sec behind James Moore from Chichester, who clocked 11.30. Fellow Lewes runner Emrys Komen also had a good run to finish fourth in 12.03, while clubmate Ben Pepler placed 11th in 13.01.