Greg Roberts and Natalie Zara were crowned Herne Hill Harriers’ men’s and women’s club champions following superb runs at Sunday's London marathon.

Roberts was 14th in the mass field, clocking two hours 24 minutes five seconds, which was still three minutes shy of a 2.21:18 personal best set at Dublin in 2010.

Zara was an impressive 183rd in the women’s race, clocking a lifetime best of 3.07:31.

Further back from Roberts, a pack of Harriers’ men finished in under three hours, with the charge led by Robin Jones (262nd) whose personal best time of 2.38:49 represented a major breakthrough.

Fast-improving Sean Fitzpatrick (405th) clocked 2.43:20, while a week after racing at the Manchester marathon, Jonathan Ratcliffe was 36th in his M45-49 age category and 414th overall in 2.43:30.

Tim Elsey (554th) and triathlete Ross Macdonald (621st) clocked 2.46:27 and 2.47:44 respectively.

Tom Kingham was 903rd in 2.51:47 and Andrew Grigg 1,146th in 2.54:49. Richard Wonnacott (1,386th) posted a time of 2.57:05. Rob Edwards (1,483rd) ended an injury-ravaged 12 months with a respectable 2.57:48, marginally ahead of Ed Barrow (1,494th), who breached three hours for the first time in 2.57:52.

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Another sub-three marathoner over the weekend was Matt Munro, who posted a debut time of 2.57:33 in the Hamburg marathon.

Zara’s nearest challengers were Ruth Chalmers 3.18:27 (412th woman), Sam Whiting (1,668th woman in 3.42:56) and Sian Rilstone (4,524th woman in 4.15:44).

The standout performance of the Mini London marathon, run over the final three miles of the marathon route, was Lucy Olsen who was third in the U15 girls' London boroughs event and 14th overall in the British Road Race Challenge.

Oscar Millard (fourth in the U13 boys' borough race) and Maisie Collis (fourth in the U13 girls' race) and Turkay Korkmaz (fourth in the U15 boys' race) also impressed at the top end of their respective fields.

Further top-10 positions included Jaden Kennedy (seventh U13 boys), Clarissa Nicholls (eighth U13 girls), Lulu King (10th U13 girls), Ella Newton (sixth U15 girls), Mohamed Mohamud (sixth U15 boys) and Kate Brown (ninth U17 women).