Great Britain\u2019s women recorded a fourth-placed finish as a team at the European 10,000m Cup in La Spezia, Italy while there was success for Matt Ramsden in the men\u2019s B final.<\/p>\n
Eight athletes lined up as part of the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland team across the men\u2019s and women\u2019s events, with four Brits in the women\u2019s A final and another two in the B final.<\/p>\n
Three of the quartet in the A final finished within nine seconds of each other, with Jess Martin\u00a0(Ryde Harriers) leading the way in 16th in 33:09.61.<\/p>\n
Team captain, Amelia Quirk (Bracknell AC, Luke Gunn) was a place just behind in 33:15.33, and Charlotte Danant (Camberley & District AC, Kyle Bennett) was 18th in 33:18.04 on her senior international debut.<\/p>\n
Lucy Jones (Herne Hill Harriers) was also making her senior GB bow and clocked 33:25.13 to finish 22nd.<\/p>\n
Fellow debutants Lizzie Wellsted (Colchester Harriers AC) and Holly Weedall (Vale Royal AC, Dean Miller) finished 11th and 16th respectively in the B final. Wellsted stopped the clock in 34:35.09, with Weedall coming home in 35:35.86.<\/p>\n
That was enough for fourth overall, behind champions Italy, runners-up Ireland and third-placed Spain.<\/p>\n
Both male members of the squad took to the start line in the B final and Ramsden (Blackburn Harriers & AC, Edmund Finucane) timed his charge to perfection to take the victory in 29:11.69.<\/p>\n
Ramsden surged past Czechia\u2019s Martin Zajic with around 150 metres to go and sprinted up the home straight to earn a notable success.<\/p>\n
Jack Kavanagh (Holland Sports AC, Neil Danby), another debutant,\u00a0was sixth 29:47.08.<\/p>\n