Athlete Profile

Steve Vernon

Coach:	Yes
Club:	Stockport
Gender:	Male
Age Group:	V40
County:	Greater Manchester
Region:	North West
Nation:	England

Lead Coach:

David Turnbull

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8 x English National Cross Country Championships Individual Medalist

3rd - 2006, 2008, 2010
2nd - 2009, 2012, 2013
1st - 2011, 2014

Other Notable Performances:

10th European Cross Country Championships 2012
5th European Mountain Running Championships 2013
39th World Cross Country Championships 2013

Athletes Coached

Name	Club	AG	Sex	Best Event	Rank	AG	Year	Performance
Adam Craig	Inverclyde	SEN	M	HM	12	ALL	2020	63:12
Andrew Davies	Stockport	V40	M	Mar	8	ALL	2020	2:17:12
Charlie Hulson	Liverpool H	SEN	M	Mar	5	ALL	2020	2:13:34
Elinor Kirk	Swansea	SEN	W
Ciara Mageean	City of Lisburn	SEN	W
Jonathan Mellor	Liverpool H	SEN	M	Mar	1	ALL	2020	2:10:04
Ross Millington	Stockport	SEN	M	3000	4	ALL	2021	8:02.83
Anna Silvander	Stockport	SEN	W

Best known performances

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800

1:55.8

800

1:59.4

1:55.8

1:57.0

1500

3:48.08

3:51.35

1500

3:51.84

4:02.6

3:51.20

3:48.08

3:50.01

3:52.34

3:55.2

4:03.2

Mile

4:11.62i

Mile

4:11.62i

3000

8:06.31

8:17.18

3000

8:27.79

8:06.31

8:15.64

8:16.12i

8:30.3

8:44.18

8:41.9

9:40.82

5000

14:18.61

16:16.3

5000

14:18.61

2000SC

5:46.09

2000SC

5:46.09

3000SC

8:58.45

3000SC

8:59.26

8:58.45

14:31

14:37

14:52

15:27

14:41

14:31

parkrun

14:50

16:34

15:30

14:56

16:56

14:50

14:55

parkrun

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24:14

25:31

24:14

Performances	Submit
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2019 V35 Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
5.3MMT	25:52		25:53	2		2	Alderley Park	Alderley Park 5.3	17 Jul 19
MarMR	3:10:05			9		4	Interlaken, SUI	Jungfrau-Marathon	7 Sep 19
2018 V35 Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
4.3KL	11:31			1	L6		Birkenhead	Northern Counties Men's 12-Stage Relays	25 Mar 18
5.88KL	18:03			8	L3		Sutton Park	ERRA Men's National 6-Stage Relays	6 Oct 18
4.5MMT	26:01		26:03	1			Wilmslow	Quarry Bank Trail Race	15 Aug 18
2017 V35 Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
parkrun	16:34			1		1	Lyme Park	Lyme Park parkrun # 168	10 Jun 17
9.6KXC	30:57			1			Boggart Hole Clough	Manchester Area League	11 Nov 17
2014 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
8KXC	24:52			14			Edinburgh	Bupa Great Edinburgh International (inc Scottish Inter-District)	11 Jan 14
5.54ML	27:20			1	L5		Manchester	Northern Men's 12 Stage Relays	15 Mar 14
11KXC	34:03			2			Birmingham	CAU Inter County Championships	8 Mar 14
12KXC	36:23			1			Nottingham	ECCA English National Championships	22 Feb 14
2013 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
4.819KL	14:40			1	L12		Sutton Coldfield	ERRA Men's 12-Stage Relays (Short Legs)	13 Apr 13
parkrun	15:30			1		1	Marple	Marple parkrun # 77	30 Nov 13
8KXC	25:02			9			Edinburgh	Great Edinburgh International (inc Scottish Inter District Championships)	5 Jan 13
11KMT	39:51			1			Keswick	Karrimor Great Trail Challenge 11K	9 Jun 13
11.8KMR	58:33			5			Borovets, BUL	European Mountain Running Championships	6 Jul 13
ZXC	31:02			1			Sherdley Park	Manchester Area League	7 Dec 13
ZXC	34:05			2			Birmingham	CAU Inter County Championships	9 Mar 13
ZXC	34:22			39			Bydgoszcz, POL	IAAF World Cross Country Championships	24 Mar 13
ZXC	40:01			1			Knowsley	Northern Championships	26 Jan 13
ZXC	41:24			2			Sunderland	English National Championships	23 Feb 13
ZFL	41:09		41:09	2			Llanberis	Snowdon Super Cup	20 Jul 13
ZFL	45:45			1			Goyt Valley	Goyt's Moss (7M/1411ft)	24 Jul 13
ZMR	54:18			1			Keswick	UK European Championship Trial (uphill Only)	25 May 13
2012 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
3KXC	9:41			9			Edinburgh	Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country	7 Jan 12
parkrun	15:30			1			Woodbank	Woodbank parkrun # 148	30 Jun 12
6KL	17:51			2	L3		Leigh	Northern Counties Men's 6-Stage Relays	22 Sep 12
7.6KL	22:48			2	L5		Liverpool	Northern Men's 12-Stage Relays (Long Legs)	31 Mar 12
8KXC	26:00			7			Edinburgh	Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country	7 Jan 12
9.88KXC	30:28			10			Budapest, HUN	European Cross Country Championships	9 Dec 12
10KMT	31:57			1			Keswick	Karrimor Great Trail Challenge Elite Races	17 Jun 12
12.2KMR	52:16			11			Denizli-Pamukkale, TUR	European Mountain Running Championships	7 Jul 12
14.1KMR	66:40			17			Ponte di Legno, ITA	World Mountain Running Championship	2 Sep 12
ZXC	29:04			12			Castellon, ESP	European Clubs Championships	5 Feb 12
ZXC	30:00			3			Liverpool	McCain UK Cross Challenge Series	24 Nov 12
ZXC	31:41			1			Manchester	Manchester Area League	20 Oct 12
ZXC	36:07			2			Parliament Hill	English National Championships	25 Feb 12
ZXC	39:52			1			Pontefract	Northern Championships	28 Jan 12
ZXCL	15:18			1	L1		Mansfield	ECCA National Relays	3 Nov 12
ZFL	46:54			1			Goyt Valley	Shining Tor Fell Race (inc UKA Inter-Counties Champs)	19 May 12
ZFL	47:25			2			Sedbergh	UK European Championship Trial	2 Jun 12
ZMR	55:46			1			Glenridding	UKA World Mountain Running Championship Trials	5 Aug 12
2011 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
4KXC	13:21			4			Edinburgh	Bupa International (inc Scottish Inter District Championships)	8 Jan 11
5K	14:37			2			Wythenshawe	Manchester 5K Sizzler Series	28 Jul 11
parkrun	14:56			1			Bromley	Bromley parkrun # 92	4 Jun 11
5.3KL	16:17			1	L3		Liverpool	North West Counties Relays (5.3K)	17 Sep 11
5M	25:31			1			Buxton	Buxton Carnival 5	16 Jul 11
9.8KXC	29:38			7			Liverpool	McCain UK Cross Challenge Series (inc European Trials)	26 Nov 11
10.5KXC	33:56			6			Brussels, BEL	Lotto Cross Cup	18 Dec 11
12KMR	61:34			13			Bursa, TUR	European Uphill Mountain Running Championships	10 Jul 11
ZXC	27:08			1			Stockport	Len Mullen Memorial Open	9 Oct 11
ZXC	29:39			1			St Helens	Manchester Area League	13 Nov 11
ZXC	35:11			1			Alton Towers	English National Championships	19 Feb 11
ZXC	36:30			9			Birmingham	CAU Inter County Championships	5 Mar 11
ZXC	38:22			2			Sunderland	Northern Cross Country Championships	29 Jan 11
ZXCL	15:27			1	L1		Mansfield	Saucony ECCA Relays	5 Nov 11
ZMR	55:03			1			Keswick	McCain UK Mountain Running Challenge & European Trial	12 Jun 11
2010 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
4KXC	13:23			2			Edinburgh	Bupa Great Edinburgh International	9 Jan 10
parkrun	16:56			1			Bromley	Bromley parkrun # 69	25 Dec 10
5M	24:14			1			Rhayader	Rhayader 5	20 Mar 10
9.5KXC	30:10			7			Mol, BEL	Lotto Crosscup	7 Nov 10
9.8KXC	29:57			25			Liverpool	McCain UK Cross Challenge (inc European Trials)	27 Nov 10
10.5KXC	32:21			9			Brussels, BEL	Lotto Crosscup	19 Dec 10
ZXC	38:20			3			Leeds	English National Championships	27 Feb 10
ZXC	39:04			1			Blackburn	Northern Cross Country Championships	23 Jan 10
2009 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	3:51.35			3	A		Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	21 Jul 09
1500	3:53.55			5			Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	7 Jul 09
1500	4:01.9			1	A		Halifax	North of England League Division 4WC	6 Jun 09
3000	8:17.18			2	1		Stretford	Trafford Grand Prix	23 Jun 09
3000	8:20.19			2	1		Stretford	Trafford Grand Prix	4 Aug 09
3000	8:27.90			16	A		Solihull	BMC Nike Grand Prix	18 Jul 09
5000	16:16.3			1	A		Halifax	North of England League Division 4WC	6 Jun 09
4KXC	12:20			2			Edinburgh	Bupa Great Edinburgh International (inc Scottish Inter-district)	10 Jan 09
5K	14:52			1			Bowdon	Bowdon 5K	4 Jun 09
5K	14:53			1			Wythenshawe	Manchester Sizzler 5K	23 Jul 09
parkrun	14:50			1			Bramhall Park	Bramhall parkrun # 68	8 Aug 09
10.2KXC	32:11			5			San Vittore Olona, ITA	Cinque Mulini International Cross Country	1 Feb 09
ZRDL	11:35			1			Bramhall	Northern Athletics Men's 12 Stage Relay	5 Apr 09
ZXC	34:18			1			St. Helens	Northern Championships	24 Jan 09
ZXC	38:10			2			Parliament Hill	English National Championships	21 Feb 09
2008 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
4.4KXC	13:02			5			Edinburgh	Great Edinburgh International inc Inter-District Championships	12 Jan 08
5K	15:27			1			Littleborough	Ron Hill's 70th Birthday 5K	25 Sep 08
parkrun	14:55			1			Bramhall Park	Bramhall parkrun # 17	9 Aug 08
parkrun	15:19			1			Bramhall Park	Bramhall parkrun # 35	13 Dec 08
9.6KXC	30:03			6			Dour, BEL	Lotto Crosscup	10 Feb 08
6MFL	37:55			1			Eyam	Eyam 6M/1000ft	26 Aug 08
ZMT	40:26			1			Ilkley	Ilkley Trail Race	25 May 08
ZMT	57:27.9			13	1		Crans Montana, SUI	World Mountain Running Trophy 2008	14 Sep 08
ZMT	61:55			2			Willer-sur-Thur, FRA	Montee du Grand Ballon	1 May 08
ZXC	25:19			4			Edinburgh	UK:A Home International	29 Mar 08
ZXC	28:32			4			Gateshead	McCain UK Cross Challenge	15 Nov 08
ZXC	30:30			14			Liverpool	McCain UK Cross Challenge	29 Nov 08
ZXC	32:32			3			Alton Towers	English National Championships	23 Feb 08
ZXC	32:57			1			Manchester	Manchester Area League	25 Oct 08
ZXC	37:14			2			Leeds	Northern Championships	26 Jan 08
ZXCL	14:51.05			1			Mansfield	ECCU XC Relays	1 Nov 08
ZFL	30:30			1			Little Hayfield	Lantern Pike 5M/1050ft	20 Sep 08
ZFL	40:14			1			Hayfield	Cracken Edge (7M/1450ft)	6 Aug 08
ZFL	51:20			1			Sedbergh	European Championship Trials	22 Jun 08
ZFL	52:40			1			Llanberis	World Mountain Trophy Trial Races	17 Aug 08
2007 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	3:51.84			1	E		Watford	BMC Nike Grand Prix	30 Jun 07
1500	3:52.17			7	A		Stretford	Trafford Grand Prix inc Northern U20W S/C Champs	10 Jul 07
1500	3:53.39			3			Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	26 Jun 07
3000	8:27.79			21	A		Solihull	BMC Nike Grand Prix	21 Jul 07
5K	14:41			7	C		Horwich	Horwich Carnival Races	24 Jun 07
ZXC	32:04			31			Liverpool	UK Challenge Series	24 Nov 07
ZXC	42:00			113			Mombasa, KEN	IAAF World Cross Championships	24 Mar 07
2006 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	8:06.31			1			Stretford	BMC Gold Standard	16 May 06
3000	8:10.75			1			Stretford	Trafford Grand Prix	30 May 06
3000	8:11.79			11			Cork, IRE	Cork City Sports	1 Jul 06
5000	14:18.61			10			Sportcity	Norwich Union European Trials inc AAA Championships	15 Jul 06
5K	14:31			10	1		Horwich	Asda Horwich Carnival Open 5km (Inc AAA Championships)	18 Jun 06
2005 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
800	1:59.4			2			Liverpool	Division 3	2 Jul 05
1500	4:02.6			2			Liverpool	Division 3	2 Jul 05
3000	8:15.64			9	A		Sportcity	BMC	21 May 05
3000	8:29.6			12			Twickenham	ST Mary's Adidas Relays	11 May 05
2004 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
3000SC	8:59.26			11			Solihull	BMC	22 May 04
3000SC	9:15.39			8			Gateshead	BUSA Championships	3 May 04
3000SC	9:59.04			5	h2		Gateshead	BUSA Championships	1 May 04
2003 SEN Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	3:51.20			7			Stretford	BMC	26 Aug 03
1500	3:51.56			4			Stretford	BMC	15 Jul 03
1500	3:51.7			16	A		Watford	BMC	20 Aug 03
1500	4:00.0			1			Stockport	Northern League 3C	2 Aug 03
1500	4:03.2			1			Cleckheaton	D3C	5 Jul 03
Mile	4:11.62	i#		2	B		South Bend IN, USA	Notre Dame Invitational	8 Feb 03
Mile	4:12.97	i		2			Milwaukee, USA	Milwaukee	2 Mar 03
3000	8:16.12	i		1			Indianapolis, USA	Indianapolis Invitational	15 Feb 03
3000	8:21.69	i		1			Milwaukee, USA	Milwaukee	2 Mar 03
3000	8:23.35	i		2			Indianapolis, USA	Indianapolis	1 Feb 03
2000SC	5:46.09			2			Solihull	BMC Grand Prix	6 Aug 03
3000SC	8:58.45			5			Birmingham	AAA Championships	25 Jul 03
3000SC	9:04.42			4			Wigan	Ran as a guest	30 Aug 03
3000SC	9:06.5			1			Cleckheaton	D3C	5 Jul 03
2002 U23 Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
800	1:55.8			5			Loughborough	Loughborough Students v Achilles v Staffordshire University	12 Jun 02
800	1:56.9			1			Macclesfield	Northern Men's League Division 4C	6 Jul 02
1500	3:48.08			7	B		Wythenshawe	BMC	3 Jun 02
1500	3:48.20			4	A		Stretford	Trafford Grand Prix	23 Jul 02
1500	3:49.98			6	B		Solihull	BMC	22 Jun 02
1500	3:51.51			10	2		Loughborough	Loughborough International Match	18 May 02
1500	3:52.60			5			Stretford	BMC	9 Jul 02
1500	3:56.6			4	h1		Bedford	AAA U20/U23 Championships	29 Jun 02
1500	3:58.93			9			Bedford	AAA U20/U23 Championships	30 Jun 02
1500	4:13.6			1			Macclesfield	Northern Men's League Division 4C	6 Jul 02
2001 U23 Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	3:50.01			6	B		Loughborough	Loughborough International Match	20 May 01
1500	3:50.19			7			Stretford	Trafford Open Meeting	28 Aug 01
1500	3:50.62			15	C		Watford	BMC	9 Jun 01
1500	3:51.78			4	B		Solihull	BMC	23 Jun 01
1500	3:51.84			3			Stretford	Trafford Open Meeting	14 Aug 01
1500	3:53.0			5			Stretford	Trafford Grand Prix / BMC	17 Jul 01
2000 U23 Stockport
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
800	1:57.0			2	B		Loughborough	BMC	24 May 00
1500	3:52.34			9	A		Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	22 Aug 00
1500	3:52.91			8	B		Solihull	BMC Grand Prix	19 Aug 00
1500	3:53.50			11	A		Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	27 Jun 00
1500	3:54.35			11	A		Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	11 Jul 00
1500	3:55.75			6	2		Loughborough	Loughborough International Match	21 May 00
1500	3:56.40			3			Derby	Inter Area	3 Sep 00
1500	3:57.8			6			Loughborough	BMC	10 May 00
1999 U20 Stockport/Loughborough Students
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	3:55.2			3	B		Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	31 Aug 99
1500	3:58.0			6	A		Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	17 Aug 99
3000	8:30.3			7			Watford	BMC Gold Standard Races	8 Sep 99
3000	8:33.0			4			Stretford	BMC Gold Standard Races	3 Aug 99
1998 U20 Stockport/Loughborough Students
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	8:44.18			22	B		Wythenshawe	BMC Grand Prix	3 Jun 98
1997 U17 Stockport/Loughborough Students
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
1500	4:03.2			5	D		Wythenshawe	BMC Grand Prix	14 May 97
1500	4:04.8			14	B		Stretford	BMC	1 Jul 97
3000	8:41.9			9			Stretford	BMC	22 Jul 97
3000	8:41.9			?			Stretford	BMC	22 Jul 97
1995 U15 Stockport/Loughborough Students
Event	Perf			Pos			Venue	Meeting	Date
3000	9:40.82			4			Sheffield	-	28 May 95

Total Performances: 167

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UK Rankings

Event	AG	Year	Rank
800	U23	2000	87
800	ALL	2000	335
800	ALL	2002	255
800	U23	2002	78
800	ALL	2005	585
1500	ALL	1999	148
1500	ALL	2000	122
1500	U23	2000	30
1500	ALL	2001	83
1500	U23	2001	23
1500	ALL	2002	55
1500	U23	2002	20
1500	ALL	2003	95
1500	ALL	2005	350
1500	ALL	2007	92
1500	ALL	2009	105
Milei	ALL	2003	7
Mile	ALL	2003	22
3000i	ALL	2003	15
3000	ALL	2003	33
3000	ALL	2005	30
3000	ALL	2006	13
3000	ALL	2007	79
3000	ALL	2009	44
5000	ALL	2006	35
5000	ALL	2009	540
2000SC	ALL	2003	2
3000SC	ALL	2003	13
3000SC	ALL	2004	24
5K	ALL	2006	16
5K	ALL	2007	24
5K	ALL	2008	155
5K	ALL	2009	50
5K	ALL	2011	23
parkrun	ALL	2008	2
parkrun	ALL	2009	4
parkrun	ALL	2010	528
parkrun	ALL	2011	15
parkrun	ALL	2012	86
parkrun	ALL	2013	70
parkrun	V35	2017	155
parkrun	ALL	2017	1245
parkrun	V35	AT	728
parkrun	ALL	AT	84
5M	ALL	2010	19
5M	ALL	2011	87