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Youngsters led the way to fast times at a soggy Halloween parkrun at Conwy.

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*Youngsters led the way to fast times (*above) at a soggy Halloween parkrun at Conwy. Report and photographs by Don Hale.   It was rather soggy Conwy parkrun with mist and a steady drizzle, yet this heavy weather still failed to deter a hardy bunch of regular and travelling athletes from enjoying a Halloween special event last Saturday morning. And despite another waterlogged 5k course, a posse of five youngsters, including one from Yorkshire, and another from the West Midlands, ensured it made for a fast pace at the top end of the scale, with twelve runners dipping under twenty-minutes. Teenager  Dion Griffith  claimed 1st place, and he also won his SM18-19 age cat in just 16 minutes and 27 seconds, which was quite a remarkable time in those conditions. He was followed by  Alex Mosley  (Doncaster AC) in 17.21 and 2nd SM18-19 cat, with local youngster  Alfie Shiland  (Colwyn Bay AC) finishing 3rd, but he won his JM11-14 age cat in 17.50. The next two places also went to some exceptiona