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05/05/2025 00:00, In Blog / Road /

James Heneghan and Sophie Pikett claim Welsh 5km Crowns in Cardiff

James Heneghan stormed to an outright race victory, claiming he Welsh Title in the process on an entertaining evening at the Cardiff 5k - Race For Victory on Sunday.

This was a first race outing for the Pontypridd Roadent since the UK Indoor Championships in February, leaving him clearly delighted with his victory which improved on his fifth place from last year.

The track specialist broke the tape in a time of 14:21 with a well paced effort that saw him sprint away from Jon Butler and Felix McGrath who had led with around 800m to go.

Butler clinched the Silver medal in the Championships within a second of the race winner in 14:21 with Michael Ward claiming Bronze in 14:26.

Parc Bryn Bach's Phil Matthews reset Martin Rees' M45 record to 14:47 to claim the Welsh M45 title.

The women’s race was won by Chelsea Baker competing for the UK Armed Forces Team in 16:03, revising her previous best of 16:16 from the Podium 5k Festival in March. Trish Jackman was the runner-up in 16:11. Sophie Pikett was third overall sealing the Welsh title with a new lifetime best of 16:14.

Relatively unknown Kayley Price followed up on her fourth placed finish at the ABP Newport 10k to claim the Silver medal in 16:32.

Welsh Marathon record holder Clara Evans returned from a short injury spell to claim the Bronze medal in 16:35 on the course where she set her 5km best last year and was the race winner in 2023.

2023 Cardiff 10k winner Alaw Evans was the first Welsh W35 in 16:42.

Course Record Holder Charlotte Dobbs (nee Arter) continued her racing return in a time of 17:07.

Full Race Results can be found HERE