SERENA O’Connor claimed bronze at the South of England Cross-Country Championships.

The Poole Runner chased down her under-17 medal through the second half on London’s muddy Parliament Hill Fields.

The only two athletes she could not catch were Niamh Brown and Lucy Pygott from Mick Woods’ formidable Aldershot, Farnham & District elite squad.

O’Connor’s 20 min 27 sec for the gruelling 5km was just two minutes slower than her time trial park run in Poole a week earlier.

Grace Copeland ran third in the under-15 race for a spell, but her second place in the Cardiff Cross Challenge six days earlier told.

The Wimborne AC star finished seventh, but achieved team bronze as Anna Kelliher (41st), Hannah Slater (55th) and Caitlin Rogers (75th) closed in third.

Jed Skilton was seventh for Poole AC in the under-15 boys, with Ben Lewis 14th, a placing matched by under-20 Elisabeth Hood.

PAC’s Tom Austin (25th) and Bournemouth AC’s Heidi Tregenza (64th) were the pick of Dorset’s seniors.

Dorset senior men results: 25 Tom Austin (PAC) 52:48, 235 Michael Gates (PAC) 60:25, 248 John Bassinder (PAC) 60:46, 408 Dave Hicks (PAC) 64:53, 457 Steve Wyatt (WAC) 65:54, 506 Steve Claxton (PR) 67:19, 561 Mick Cooper (PR) 68:42, 562 Michael Akers (PR) 68:44, 564 Kevin Barlow (PAC) 68:46, 586 Steve Cook (PAC) 69:23, 660 Neil Biss (Wells) 71:03, 703 Kerry Mapp (WAC) 72:03, 709 Robert Rawles (WAC) 72:27, 721 Iain Donnelly (WAC) 73:03, 729 Mike Jurd (WAC) 73:16, 803 Peter Kingswell-Farr (WAC) 75:43, 831 Mark Wood (WAC) 76:43, 859 John Scott (WAC) 77:48, 907 Alan Lewis (PR) 81:15, 939 Jason Hall (WAC) 83:57, 949 Paul Viney (PR) 84:29. Team: 30 Poole AC 2066, 64 Wimborne AC 4122.

Junior men: 51 Ryan Walbridge (WAC) 31:11, 92 Tom East (PR) 37:37. Under-17 men: 39 Sam Brown (PR) 22:07, 60 Joseph Kelliher (WAC) 22:50, 62 Dominic Willmore (PR) 22:52, 72 Tom Freeman (PAC) 23:01, 117 Mathew Yates (WAC) 24:21, 118 Joseph Mitchell (PR) 24:25, 127 Michael Biss (Wells) 24:53, 133 Sam Shepherd (PAC) 25:01, 137 Sam Davies (WAC) 25:02, 142 Brandon Meredith (BAC) 25:18, 166 Edward Dart (WAC) 27:12, 169 Alex Jeffries (PAC) 28:20, 172 Michael Cornes (PAC) 29:30. Team: 16 Poole AC 546.

Under-15 boys: 7 Jed Skilton (PAC) 17:01, 14 Ben Lewis (PAC) 17:06, 94 Max Freeman (PAC) 18:39, 97 Michael Johnson (WAC) 18:42, 108 Luke Baker (Wells) 17:49, 152 Daniel Baynham (WAC) 19:22, 162 Elliott Symes (WAC) 19:30, 185 Nathaniel Willmore (PR) 19:59, 228 J Dunning (PR) 21:00, 235 Zach Fenwick (WAC) 21:10, 264 William Brodie (PR) 24:07. Team: 26 Wimborne AC 646.

Under-13 boys: 94 Finn Pardy (PAC) 13:20, 109 Ben Martin (PAC) 13:29, 120 Jack Moss-Willcock (WAC) 13:38, 132 Tom Fuller (WAC) 13:47, 141 Sam Hicks (PAC) 13:55, 150 Josh Jack (WAC) 14:03, 192 Oliver Rawles (WAC) 14:36, 193 Jack Wrann (WAC) 14:39, 236 Joseph Healey (WAC) 15:26, 267 Ajay Coombes (PAC) 18:12. Team: 19 Wimborne AC 594, 21 Poole AC 611.

Senior women: 64 Heidi Tregenza (BAC) 35:06, 84 Nikki Sandell (BAC) 35:45, 125 Harriet Hughes (PAC) 37:05, 194 Joy Wright (BAC) 39:18, 211 Dawn Dibden (PAC) 39:50, 238 Lesley Moore (PAC) 40:33, 262 Louise Price (BAC) 41:36, 300 Caroline Rowley (BAC) 33:07, 344 Maddy Vaughan-Johncey (PAC) 44:52, 360 Sarah Swift (PR) 45:31, 381 Lucy Tidbury (PR) 45:32, 470 Angela Brown (PR) 54:38. Team: 22 Bournemouth AC 604, 33 Poole AC 918.

Junior women: 14 Elisabeth Hood (PAC) 24:37, 39 Mary Butler (WAC) 26:42, 59 Abbie Hine (WAC) 28:41, 62 Charlotte Baker (Wells) 28:54. Under-17 women: 3 Serena O’Connor (PR) 20:27, 25 Emma Martin (PAC) 22:12, 45 Lucy Ballam (WAC) 23:12, 69 Araminta Stubbs (WAC) 24:06, 72 Frances Johnson (DAC) 24:13, 117 Maddie Williams (WAC) 26:05, 131 Grace Palmer (WAC) 26:39, 148 Zoe Stiby (PR) 27:57, 158 Lucy Brain (PAC) 28:34, 163 Abi Rutter (PAC) 29:12. Team: 12 Wimborne AC 362.

Under-15 girls: 7 Grace Copeland (WAC) 17:48, 34 Madeleine Johnson (DAC) 19:05, 41 Anna Kelliher (WAC) 19:15, 55 Hannah Slater (WAC) 19:32, 75 Caitlin Rogers (WAC) 19:46, 100 Issy Taylor (PAC) 20:17, 104 Bethanie Kingswell-Farr (WAC) 20:21, 118 Amy Mercer (WAC) 20:38, 172 Carla Sheppard (PAC) 21:54, 183 Lita Short (PR) 22:11, 202 Isabelle Kingswell-Farr (WAC) 22:37, 210 Emily Jeffries (PAC) 23:00, 214 Holly Earley (PAC) 23:12, 222 H Bruce (PR) 23:42, 226 Maeve Bailey (BAC) 23:53, 243 Elise Gill (WAC) 26:42. Team: 3 Wimborne AC 178, 26 Poole AC 696.

Under-13 girls: 23 Holly Nixon (WAC) 13:37, 89 Ashia Wilson (PAC) 14:26, 91 Fern Kimber (PR) 14:26, 109 Demi-Marie Goddard (PAC) 14:38, 125 Heidi Taylor (PAC) 14:47, 237 Ella Jeffery (WAC) 16:28, 256 Katie Warrack (WAC) 17:08, 267 Saccara Day-Busst (PR) 19:54.

Key: BAC – Bournemouth AC, DAC – Dorchester AC, PAC – Poole AC, PR – Poole Runners, WAC – Wimborne AC.