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Sussex County Medals at Barns Green Half Marathon
While Mike and Lewis were taking on the marathon in Berlin other club members were battling the half marathon at Barns Green. This event was also the Sussex half marathon championship and three Lewes AC runners came away with County Championship medals plus a team medal.
Leading the medal chase was Tom Evans who finished the race in second place just behind the race winner by a mere 13 seconds. His time of 1hour 13mins 45secs however earned him the Championship gold medal as the race winner did not qualify for a County medal.
Winning a championship bronze medal in the men aged over 40 category was Chris Gilbert who finished in 12th position overall in a time 1.18.10 which placed him third in his age category earning him the County medal.
Moving up an age group into the men aged over 60 Andrew Chitty put in another great performance to win the individual Championship silver medal in a time of 1.35.45.
The individual medal winning performances of Tom Evans and Chris Gilbert together with Matt Bass who finished with a time of 1.28.06 earned the Lewes combination the bronze team medal just behind the teams of Haywards Heath Harriers and Arena 80.