SERENA O’Connor led the way as Dorset claimed nine individual medals in the South West Cross Country Championships at Exeter Racecourse.

The Poole Runners ace finished third overall in the combined women’s race, securing the under-20 title and Dorset’s only gold medal.

Wimborne AC’s Emma Martin joined her on the podium with under-20 bronze.

Tom Austin of Poole AC was third in the combined men’s event, gaining the senior men’s silver medal.

Veteran Poole Runners duo Alan Lewis and Daveena Tweed each claimed age group medals.

Wimborne AC’s Grace Copeland and Emily Shaw both finished as runners-up.

Club-mate Abbie Lovering was outsprinted to under-15 bronze by Dorchester’s Madeleine Johnson, but achieved the consolation of team gold for both club and county.

Ben Lewis was third in the under-17 men’s race for Poole AC.

Leading Dorset results from the South West Cross Country Championships (Wimborne AC unless stated) – senior men: 3 Tom Austin (PAC) 27:39, 18 (4th under-20) Daniel Mulryan (PR) 29:28, 40 Tom East (PR) 31:00, 78 Ryan Walbridge 33:17, 79 Tom Andrews (PAC) 33:19, 81 Andrew Howse (PR) 33:30, 86 Adam Gough (DAC) 33:48, 95 Simon Davis 35:31, 120 (2nd over-60) Alan Lewis 39:01.

Under-17 men: 3 Ben Lewis (PAC) 19:18, 9 Dominic Willmore (PR) 19:54, 14 Joseph Kelliher 20:07, 26 Mathew Yates 20:59, 29 Joe Mitchell (PR) 21:04, 42 Edward Dart 23:32. County: 3 Dorset 51.

Under-15 boys: 6 Harry O’Donoghue 13:29, 14 Ruben Wilson-Connell (PAC) 14:06, 24 Ben Martin 14:37, 25 Thomas Farwell (BAC) 14:43, 33 Nathaniel Willmore (PR) 14:57, 38 Seth Lake 15:09, 41 Joshua Davey 15:13, 49 Zach Fenwick 15:46, 50 Charlie Davis 15:47, 57 William Bodle (PR) 16:59. County: 5 Dorset 74. Club: 3 Wimborne AC 109.

Under-13 boys: 6 Josh Smith (PAC) 7:46, 12 Finn Pardy (PAC) 8:00, 15 Joe Goodwin 8:04, 24 Oliver Rawles 8:12, 48 Benjamin Harwood 8:50, 55 Joseph Healey 9:02, 65 Jay Dunn 9:43. County: 2 Dorset 52.

Senior women: 3 (1st under-20) Serena O’Connor (PR) 21:20, 15 (3rd under-20) Emma Martin 22:52, 20 Mary Butler 23:03, 24 Florence Swan (Honiton) 23:22, 40 Dawn Dibden (PAC) 24:53, 44 Olivia Manson 25:19, 46 Katrina Ashford (PR) 25:24, 51 Abbie Hine 25:53, 54 Flora Johnson (DAC) 26:00, 56 Hannah Acquah 26:13, 59 Sarah Swift 26:35, 66 (3rd over-55) Daveena Tweed 28:24. County: 5 Dorset 202. Club: 4 Wimborne AC 130.

Under-17 women: 2 Grace Copeland 14:24, 18 Hannah Slater 16:07, 24 Alice Forster (PR) 16:34, 25 Araminta Stubbs 16:38, 26 Caitlin Rogers 16:39, 27 Lita Short (PR) 16:40, 28 Zoe Stibey (PR) 16:42, 29 Carla Sheppard (PAC) 16:42. County: 6 Dorset 69. Club: 3 Wimborne AC 71.

Under-15 girls: 3 Madeleine Johnson (DAC) 10:02, 4 Abbie Lovering 10:02, 5 Fern Kimber (PR) 10:04, 9 Anna Kelliher 10:12, 11 Amy Mercer 10:18, 17 Holly Nixon 10:40, 24 Bethany Kingswell-Farr 10:46, 27 Maddy Herbert (DAC) 10:48, 28 Alice Adams (Weymouth) 10:52, 43 Demi-Marie Goddard 11:16, 46 Erin Lee (DAC) 11:25, 47 Isabelle Somers (PR) 11:26, 55 Isabelle Kingswell-Farr 12:25, 56 Gilly Robson (PR) 13:31, 57 Libby Howse (PR) 14:00. County: 1 Dorset 16. Club: 1 Wimborne AC 41, 4 Poole Runners 165.

Under-13 girls: 2 Emily Shaw 7:57, 4 Ashia Wilson (PAC) 8:21, 23 Darcy Dryden (Wells) 8:51, 47 Abbi Slade 9:32, 48 Susanna Forster (PR) 9:34, 53 Ella Jeffery 9:41, 61 Charlotte Smith (PAC) 9:57, 63 Ruby Sargeant 10:12, 66 Georgina Stokes (PR) 10:31, 68 Abi Greenslade (Exeter) 10:35. County: 5 Dorset 62.

Key to clubs: BAC – Bournemouth AC, DAC – Dorchester AC, PAC – Poole AC, PR – Poole Runners