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Team GB call-up for Dacorum and Tring athlete
Hannah Walker ran her way into the Team GB side for the Cross Country World Championships.
The 18 year old Dacorum and Tring starlet finished in third place in the 6km race at the UK Inter Counties Championships in Birmingham to win her spot in Team GB.
"It's deinitely the biggest achievement in my little running career so far" said Hannah.
"I was really hoping to come in the top six and of course the top three because of the automatic selection so I'm really happy."
Hannah, who is half Ethiopian, will head to Bydogoszcz in Poland for the championships on March 28.
The decisive moment in the race came with just over five minutes from the finishing line.
In a pack of six chasing first and second placers Emelia Gorecka (Hants) and Annabelle Gummow (Cornwall), Hannah broke clear on the final drag uphill and stormed back down the slope into an automatic qualification place four seconds ahead of her closest rival.
Five other runners from Dacorum and Tring AC represented the county at the event.
In the U20 Men's race over 8km Matt Salt paid the penalty for going off too fast and faded to 44th out of 136 runners having been up with the leaders in the early stages.
In the U17s Oliver Glyn finished 225th out of 261 runners over 6km, and Ross Taylor was 136th out of 297 finishers in the 4.5km U15s.
Running in the U13 Boys' race over 3km Jonty Wager-Leigh and Matthew Simpson, competing for the first time in a national championships, were 133rd and 229th respectively out of 295 runners.
Running for Bucks, Lizzie Roberts finished 251st out of 265 runners in the Senior Women's Race over 8km.
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