BEN Forrest had a run to remember with a first place and personal best double in Saturday's Bolton parkrun.
The 15-17-year-old age-group runner smashed his PB by a massive 32 seconds as he crossed the line at the head of a huge field of 362 runners for the third time in his 12 appearances at the event.
He completed the 5k course around the track, trails and pathways of Leverhulme Park in 17mins 30secs,
33 seconds in front of second-placed Shay Walker of Bolton United Harriers, with another 15-17 runner, Lewis Wilkes, of Horwich RMI Harriers, third in 18:57.
Veteran 60-64 age-category runner Andy Dunleavy smashed his PB by 37 seconds when he reached the finish line in 21:39 on his 86th appearance at Bolton parkrun.
Full list of finishing times and positions from Saturday's Bolton parkrun event.
1 Ben Forrest JM15-17 17:30 PB 18
2 Shay Walker BUH VM45-49 18:03 34
3 Lewis Wilkes HRMIH JM15-17 18:57 18
4 Stephen Bonney BUH VM45-49 19:19 38
5 Scott Sumner SM30-34 19:43 FT 55
6 Marcus Simon Chester BRR VM40-44 19:47 160
7 Stephen Morran BUH VM60-64 20:17 42
8 Richard Marlton HRMIH VM50-54 20:26 54
9 Michael Kenyon VM55-59 20:26 53
10 Nigel Smith VM50-54 20:35 74
11 Mark Jackson BRR VM35-39 20:36 108
12 Gary Furness SM25-29 20:44 173
13 Brendan Connaughton VM40-44 20:50 159
14 Fabio Federici SM20-24 21:03 FT 5
15 Mark Alan Williams RAD VM50-54 21:05 125
16 Paula Pilling BRR VW40-44 21:06 88
17 Mark Hartley VM45-49 21:23 PB 3
18 Peter Kearney BUH VM45-49 21:26 146
19 Scott Gair VM35-39 21:35 PB 22
20 Andy Dunleavy VM60-64 21:39 PB 99
21 Stephen Horsman VM55-59 21:40 73
22 Robert Short BRR SM25-29 21:42 237
23 Richard Peat SM25-29 21:43 PB 15
24 David Howard SM30-34 21:49 PB 5
25 James Thomas SM25-29 21:51 56
26 Stewart Brierley BUH VM35-39 21:53 30
27 Tony Wall BRR VM55-59 21:55 167
28 Adrian Merritt BRR VM40-44 22:10 102
29 Ian Riggs VM40-44 22:14 269
30 Antony Sutton SM25-29 22:16 PB 30
31 Steven Bate BRR VM40-44 22:18 62
32 Lewis Hodgson JM15-17 22:21 104
33 Chris Savoury SM30-34 22:22 FT 56
34 Mark O'Shaughnessy VM50-54 22:25 39
35 Robert Mwelwa VM40-44 22:34 118
36 Steve McVey VM55-59 22:44 176
37 Olivia Kearney BUH SW18-19 22:48 216
38 Rebecca Suckling SW20-24 22:59 PB 22
39 Owen Lewis JM11-14 23 PB 5
40 Thomas Clark SM30-34 23:03 PB 2
41 John McCawley VM35-39 23:11 20
42 Philip Walsh SM30-34 23:15 7
43 Unknown
44 Peter Francis Johnson JM15-17 23:20 253
45 Richard Blake BRR VM50-54 23:23 24
46 Sean Partington VM50-54 23:23 45
47 Daniel Kay JM15-17 23:24 PB 3
48 Sarah Louise Watton BRR SW30-34 23:25 55
49 Oliver Dufton JM11-14 23:32 PB 9
50 Tom Gleaves SM20-24 23:34 142
51 Don Nichol BRR VM60-64 23:40 67
52 Ethan Wallace JM11-14 23:47 68
53 Stuart Waldram VM45-49 23:49 PB 27
54 Philip Gerrard VM35-39 23:51 120
55 Shirley Staveley BRR VW50-54 23:54 31
56 Neil Wilkes HRMIH VM50-54 24:00 PB 12
57 Paul Roberts VM55-59 24:07 53
58 Kris Worsley BRR VM40-44 24:09 129
59 Jane Forrest BRR VW55-59 24:12 14
60 Unknown
61 Danny Allman SM25-29 24:21 9
62 Luke McColl SM30-34 24:43 14
63 Kyle Whittaker JM11-14 24:50 FT 1
64 Dominic Harasiwka SM25-29 24:52 22
65 Graham King VM45-49 24:53 66
66 David Wright VM50-54 24:54 98
67 Jitesh Patel SM25-29 24:58 43
68 David Broadhurst BRR VM40-44 25:00 100
69 Jack Broadhurst JM10 25:01 21
70 Antony Birch VM50-54 25:05 24
71 Kenneth Warner VM45-49 25:10 286
72 Unknown
73 Robert Lilliott SM25-29 25:16 55
74 Unknown
75 Vytautas Vaitukaitis SM30-34 25:19 FT 192
76 George Williams VM65-69 25:21 93
77 Unknown
78 Gayle Gerrard BRR VW40-44 25:23 129
79 David Brindle VM50-54 25:27 23
80 Mark Fraser VM35-39 25:28 90
81 Alan Tatterton VM55-59 25:30 134
82 Andrew Pojasyk VM45-49 25:32 24
83 Martin Selby VM50-54 25:34 20
84 Paul Reid VM45-49 25:36 PB 17
85 Joanne Horrocks VW35-39 25:40 PB 51
86 James Topham VM35-39 25:42 2
87 Mark Weatherall VM50-54 25:45 31
88 Craig Philpot BRR VM45-49 25:46 135
89 Vicki Hamer BRR SW30-34 25:50 67
90 Andrew Hopkinson BRR VM45-49 25:51 12
91 John Noon VM45-49 25:52 PB 4
92 Heydon Chu SM30-34 25:53 10
93 Robert Ritchie JM11-14 25:59 11
94 Katherine Baines SW30-34 26:00 173
95 Unknown
96 Kath Vickers VW55-59 26:04 178
97 David McDermott VM40-44 26:04 PB 10
98 Rob Lister RAD VM50-54 26:05 141
99 Paul Taylor VM55-59 26:08 51
100 Peter Birbeck VM35-39 26:10 11
101 David Topham VM65-69 26:14 FT 1
102 Joe Murphy BRR SM25-29 26:15 9
103 Unknown
104 Andrew Proctor SM30-34 26:18 10
105 Unknown
106 Jennifer Ramsden SW30-34 26:21 PB 4
107 Finlay Coyne VM65-69 26:26 227
108 Mike Berry VM35-39 26:27 15
109 Harnovdeep Singh Bharaj VM55-59 26:31 13
110 Liam Johnson JM10 26:31 FT 60
111 Martin Johnson VM35-39 26:32 FT 64
112 Sumit Guhathakurta VM40-44 26:37 91
113 Paul Costello VM45-49 26:44 42
114 James Robinson JM11-14 26:46 13
115 Ian Dufton VM45-49 26:48 11
116 Rachael Pollitt SW25-29 26:51 2
117 Michael Wilkinson VM40-44 26:53 187
118 Philip Worsley VM50-54 26:56 223
119 William L Vickers VM60-64 26:58 134
120 Ray Bond VM45-49 27:00 PB 38
121 Dave Carroll BURY VM50-54 27:03 293
122 Sarah Woodiwiss BRR VW45-49 27:16 PB 4
123 David Jones BUH VM50-54 27:17 PB 16
124 Philip Glassbrook BRR VM70-74 27:23 66
125 Judith Bonnar VW45-49 27:24 253
126 Neil Bonnar VM50-54 27:24 247
127 Mark Davis BRR VM55-59 27:25 20
128 Louise Richards SW25-29 27:28 PB 17
129 John Webster VM40-44 27:30 PB 22
130 Helen Bury SW30-34 27:33 133
131 Jonathan Lilliott VM50-54 27:35 59
132 Ryan Entwistle VM35-39 27:41 89
133 Michael Lewis VM45-49 27:44 6
134 Tony Woodiwiss VM45-49 27:47 PB 3
135 Brian Tull VM70-74 27:51 255
136 Jake Partington JM11-14 27:53 24
137 Matthew Lye SM30-34 27:55 FT 13
138 Unknown
139 Chris Worthington BUH VM40-44 28:02 130
140 Thomas Whiting VM65-69 28:05 60
141 Michael Sewell VM50-54 28:07 PB 3
142 Kathryn Page BRR VW50-54 28:09 30
143 Shreya Kamath JW11-14 28:10 6
144 Brian Gathercole VM60-64 28:12 62
145 Steven John O'Riordan VM45-49 28:19 111
146 Dan Hooton VM35-39 28:25 PB 3
147 Danielle Smethurst SW25-29 28:26 PB 8
148 Alexandra Hooton VW40-44 28:27 104
149 Unknown
150 Adam Connell SM30-34 28:30 186
151 Timothy Green SM25-29 28:30 170
152 Geoff Southern SM30-34 28:34 FT 1
153 David Hilton VM45-49 28:36 9
154 Stanley Hilton JM10 28:41 PB 2
155 Darren Holt VM40-44 28:45 18
156 Unknown
157 Adele Nightingale VW45-49 28:47 9
158 Unknown
159 Luigi Cafolla VM40-44 28:50 33
160 Liam Hacking SM25-29 28:56 FT 1
161 Ryan David Kitchen SM18-19 28:58 161
162 Alexia Devienne SW30-34 29:00 12
163 Jordan Hacking SM25-29 29:03 FT 1
164 Unknown
165 Caleb Mathomes SM20-24 29:05 FT 1
166 Christopher Brickell VM60-64 29:07 88
167 Gregg Beardwell SM30-34 29:08 83
168 Paula Hopkinson VW45-49 29:14 133
169 Unknown
170 Kelly Fearn VW35-39 29:18 5
171 Brandon Fothergill JM15-17 29:20 9
172 Paul Andrew Johnson BRR VM45-49 29:25 269
173 Brian Frew VM65-69 29:28 87
174 Denise Hodgkinson VW45-49 29:29 PB 35
175 Denise Kay VW50-54 29:31 97
176 Anthony Foster BRR VM70-74 29:40 132
177 Matthew Ellis SM25-29 29:44 52
178 Unknown
179 Anthony Johnson JM11-14 29:49 242
180 Craig Leatherbarrow BRR VM50-54 29:49 118
181 Dale Lowe SM25-29 29:50 FT 1
182 Karen Lowe SW25-29 29:51 FT 1
183 Anthony Maxwell VM55-59 29:52 34
184 Paul Greenlees VM50-54 29:53 15
185 Unknown
186 Simon Wrigley VM55-59 29:58 25
187 Catherine Swinford-White VW40-44 30:00 7
188 Stu Doherty VM50-54 30:02 PB 2
189 Claire Bowling SW30-34 30:06 FT 1
190 Maurice Halliwell VM60-64 30:09 56
191 Sheila Garewal VW60-64 30:11 33
192 Caroline Longworth VW35-39 30:12 PB 15
193 William Andrew Hargreaves VM55-59 30:13 98
194 Jason Holmes SM25-29 30:16 21
195 Lauren Hunt SW20-24 30:19 14
196 Unknown
197 Joe Cooper BUH JM11-14 30:20 4
198 Will Cooper BUH JM15-17 30:20 4
199 Sophie Watson JW10 30:21 PB 2
200 Robert Chadwick VM60-64 30:21 8
201 Anna Lord SW20-24 30:21 86
202 Keith Harper VM45-49 30:24 64
203 Emma Buckley SW30-34 30:25 4
204 Pam Leyland SW30-34 30:25 3
205 Helen Gamble VW40-44 30:26 FT 3
206 Unknown
207 Chris Hughes VM55-59 30:33 3
208 Tony Powell VM40-44 30:34 FT 1
209 Warren Pindar SM18-19 30:35 5
210 Linda Haines BRR VW55-59 30:37 33
211 Martin Burrill VM55-59 30:38 143
212 Diane Leatherbarrow BRR VW50-54 30:39 90
213 Christopher Booth SM30-34 30:41 FT 1
214 Melonie Crompton LOST VW40-44 30:50 11
215 Wayne Holden RAD VM35-39 30:52 22
216 Unknown
217 Dawn Sharples VW45-49 30:57 17
218 Nia Bell BRR VW55-59 31:00 40
219 Ruth Lilliott VW55-59 31:01 19
220 Isabel Johnston JW11-14 31:03 17
221 Oliver Main JM10 31:04 2
222 Simon Main SM30-34 31:06 37
223 Unknown
224 Paul Ince VM35-39 31:09 12
225 Priya Guhathakurta JW15-17 31:11 67
226 Steven Howarden VM45-49 31:14 101
227 Nicky Guhathakurta VW45-49 31:14 PB 26
228 Katherine Hilditch VW35-39 31:17 133
229 Unknown
230 Lucy Pearson SW25-29 31:22 PB 4
231 Sharon Dooling VW45-49 31:29 PB 9
232 Unknown
233 Karen Clark SW30-34 31:32 69
234 Aboo Makki VM45-49 31:34 FT 1
235 Susan Wood BRR VW45-49 31:35 59
236 Antony Wallwork VM45-49 31:36 23
237 Rebekah Atkinson SW20-24 31:36 26
238 Sonia Percival VW50-54 31:41 10
239 Unknown
240 Mark Murphy RAD VM45-49 31:50 28
241 Tony Aspin VM55-59 31:52 18
242 Dylan Dowthwaite-Smith JM11-14 31:53 2
243 Craig Smith VM35-39 31:54 73
244 Elliot Whittle HRMIH JM10 31:56 11
245 John Egan BRR VM65-69 31:57 51
246 Vanessa Rushton SW30-34 32:00 16
247 Simon Monks VM50-54 32:03 3
248 Debra Ridings VW50-54 32:09 47
249 Louise Geoghegan BRR VW45-49 32:10 83
250 John Cunniff SM30-34 32:12 7
251 Rebecca Owen SW25-29 32:22 11
252 Michelle Neighbour VW45-49 32:23 PB 3
253 Glenn Evans SM30-34 32:23 9
254 Jackson Pierre JM10 32:24 14
255 Kelly Sharples VW35-39 32:25 15
256 Melvin Cullen SM20-24 32:26 FT 1
257 Susan Sumner VW50-54 32:27 17
258 Emma Watton SW25-29 32:32 8
259 Elaine Holstead VW40-44 32:33 FT 6
260 Cheryl Dunleavy VW35-39 32:33 PB 54
261 Dawn Pilling VW40-44 32:33 FT 4
262 Donna Monks VW50-54 32:35 3
263 Nigel Coop SM30-34 32:39 24
264 Martin Smith VM60-64 32:46 91
265 Jenni Partington VW40-44 32:51 26
266 Beverley Whittle VW40-44 32:53 12
267 Susan Foster VW55-59 32:55 14
268 Unknown
269 Connor Wolstencroft JM10 32:56 PB 6
270 Mark Wolstencroft BUH VM50-54 32:57 31
271 Richard Reid VM40-44 32:58 7
272 Lynda Devenport VW40-44 32:58 108
273 Max Partington JM10 32:59 PB 2
274 Lis Ashton VW35-39 33:05 15
275 Maggie Slamin BRR VW50-54 33:08 53
276 Elaine Lord VW45-49 33:09 2
277 Jill Hartley VW45-49 33:11 PB 3
278 Jayne Louise Walker VW45-49 33:14 187
279 Julie Cummins VW55-59 33:22 FT 6
280 Tracy Tobin VW45-49 33:27 23
281 Paula Cockcroft VW40-44 33:29 PB 4
282 Debbie Barrington VW40-44 33:30 PB 4
283 Paul Barrington RAD VM40-44 33:31 40
284 Rebecca Keight VW35-39 33:33 101
285 Amy Woodfield VW35-39 33:35 12
286 Andrea McGee SW25-29 33:44 11
287 Jannette Petitjean VW50-54 33:45 11
288 Akshat Kamath JM10 34:16 3
289 Alisha Porter JW11-14 34:20 11
290 Peter Webster JM11-14 34:21 14
291 Steven Snape VM55-59 34:23 62
292 Frances Johnson VW50-54 34:26 212
293 Unknown
294 Bryn Bassett JM11-14 34:29 5
295 Dawn Evans BRR VW50-54 34:34 57
296 Mark Kay VM50-54 34:38 PB 5
297 Sandra Kay VW50-54 34:42 PB 5
298 Unknown
299 Joyce Tyldesley VW55-59 34:46 75
300 Denise Monks VW55-59 35:01 FT 1
301 Joanne Larke VW35-39 35:09 PB 45
302 Gary Larke VM50-54 35:17 89
303 Karen Kitchen VW50-54 35:27 212
304 Nicola Bennett VW40-44 35:28 91
305 Craig Withers VM55-59 36:14 147
306 Sujana Kamath VW40-44 36:17 PB 4
307 Paul McGreavy VM45-49 36:23 258
308 Peter Watson VM35-39 36:24 PB 3
309 Siobhan Pimlott SW25-29 36:27 104
310 Elizabeth Thompson SW30-34 36:27 100
311 Lorna Tyldsley VW45-49 36:42 36
312 Unknown
313 Lily Kershaw JW10 36:50 5
314 Unknown
315 Amber Bailey JW10 36:56 2
316 Zoe Chadwick SW30-34 36:57 6
317 Nicola Heywood VW35-39 37:02 FT 1
318 Victoria Bradford-Keegan VW35-39 37:08 FT 1
319 Isobel Lord SW18-19 37:30 35
320 Richard Lord VM50-54 37:31 166
321 George Ogden BRR VM50-54 37:39 95
322 Brian Mather VM70-74 37:47 174
323 Karen Miranda Hill VW45-49 37:49 176
324 Orawan Jumjana SW25-29 38:01 PB 6
325 Mark Lovatt SM25-29 38:02 5
326 Unknown
327 Antony Powers SM30-34 38:16 49
328 Michael David Allwood VM50-54 38:20 82
329 Diana Green SW30-34 38:22 PB 5
330 Unknown
331 Rachael Barbara Howarth BRR VW35-39 39:01 119
332 Gemma Chapman BRR VW40-44 39:02 133
333 Sheila Das VW65-69 39:05 22
334 Ani Das VM35-39 39:07 96
335 Maya Porter JW11-14 39:19 15
336 Liz Spencer VW55-59 39:26 21
337 Wendy Page VW40-44 40:37 FT 1
338 Karen Hunter VW35-39 40:49 PB 4
339 Jennifer Syddall VW50-54 41:15 5
340 Abigail Slinn JW11-14 41:16 FT 1
341 Philip Slinn SM25-29 41:17 FT 1
342 Billy Brindle JM10 41:45 FT 1
343 Damien Brindle VM40-44 41:46 24
344 Unknown
345 Lauren Mann JW11-14 41:56 48
346 Marie Holland VW45-49 41:57 46
347 Unknown
348 Matthew Hardman SM25-29 43:15 FT 1
349 Josie Browne JW10 43:42 30
350 Ann Roughley VW50-54 43:43 30
351 Zoe King BMTC JW11-14 44:26 14
352 Anne Larkin BRR VW55-59 45:01 31
353 Ian Lomax VM65-69 46:27 PB 23
354 Brenda Grinstead VW65-69 46:44 PB 3
355 Megan Oliver SW25-29 47:29 16
356 Debra Benyon VW50-54 51:16 5
357 Rita Ledwards BRR VW55-59 51:22 67
358 Jeanette Slinn VW50-54 56:16 FT 1
359 Liza Fletcher VW70-74 56:17 PB 2
360 Kathryn Davies RAD VW50-54 56:18 86
361 Angela Williams-Aron VW40-44 56:32 7
362 Unknown
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