Croydon borough finished joint seventh overall at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games cross-country championships at Parliament Hill.

The event is the Youth Games curtain-raiser for 2016 and comprises all 33 London boroughs.

Amelia Middleton won an individual silver medal in the U11 girls' race in a field of 92 competitors, while clubmate Sophie Hannah-Lorke was 18th to ensure the duo secured a team bronze.

Their male counterparts Billy Coote (23rd) and Croydon Harrier Imran Salim (29th) brought themhome in ninth.

Four teams bagged top eight positions overall, South London’s James Lyne (10th) was backed by 2011 Games winner Paul Burgess (18th), and Alex Lyne (47th) completed the team which finished sixth overall.

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The U13 and U15 boys were both eighth in their categories. Jospeh Seal (11th), Lexus Croydon 3k winner Jake Cork (38th) and Thabo Witters (41st) led the U13 boys' charge, while Louis Davidson (25th), Croydon Harrier Jordan O’Dongo (29th) and South London’s Joseph Brooks (52nd) spearheaded the U15 boys.

Herne Hill’s Amy Miller secured her highest finish in these championships, finishing seventh in the U13 girls race.

Croydon’s Kyra Sethna-McIntosh (28th) and South London’s Olivia Thompson (50th) completed the scoring trio, who placed seventh.

The U15 girls finished 13th thanks to solid packing from Croydon’s Jessica Moore (42nd) and South London duo Amelia Clark (50th) and Jessica Goveia-Slatter (56th).

Beth Anderson led home the U17 women in 80th, and was supported by Croydon duo Sabrina Stoute (102nd) and Niamh Yehezkel (106th) - they finished 17th.