In the supporting junior race, Waveney numbers were down from the previous race at Framlingham, owing to a lot of them competing the day before in a Suffolk Schools Cross Country Event.
Sam Stevens who is having a excellent winter season, put in another great run to finish in sixth place overall was third in the U15 section with his time of 12:41.
Harriet Lyman, recorded a remarkable double, she finished top in her age group (U17) in the Schools competition the day before, she then went on to win the girls race outright at Sutton with her time of 13:19. Alex Wilson clocked a creditable14:07 in finishing 18th overall (7th in the boys U15). Making her debut in cross country, Oakley Arnould who has competed in several 5km Lowestoft park runs, proved to be just as strong over the mixed terrain at Sutton, took 39th place overall in 16:19 (8th in the Girls U13 section).