Results Round Up
This week we have results to round up for you from, Salford, Boston USA, London x 3, Yeovil, Worcester, Aberdare, Auburn USA, Yate, Gloucester, Exeter & Manchester with one all time club record buried amongst them:
Friday 18th April SM Joshua Griffiths had a fantastic run to win the Salford 10km crossing the line in 30.28, congratulations Joshua!
Monday 21st April W50 Julie Hartley-Green runs a 3.51.40 in the Boston Marathon in the USA, well done Julie!
Monday 21st April saw the Be Fit Today Track Academy Outdoor Series at Lee Valley, London where, U23M William Hawker was a 11.01 in the 100m, U23M Youssef Rabhi ran a 11.53 100m & 23.70 in the 200m, well done both!
Tuesday 22nd April new member SM Brychan Price-Davies runs a 9.08.92 for the 3000m Steeplechase in Stretford London, well done Brychan!
Saturday & Sunday 26th & 27th April was the Somerset Combined Events & Race Walking Championships at Yeovil where we had four Swansea Harriers in action U13G Poppy Brannigan won BRONZE in the quadrathlon courtesy of a 14.56 100m, 5.50m Shot, 4.17m Long Jump & 2.41.15 800m, U20W Matilda Quick placed 4th with a 15.08 100m Hurdles, 1.65m High Jump, 11.12m Shot, 26.03 200m, 5.36m Long Jump, 27.42m Javelin and a 2.33.67 800m in the Heptathlon, U17W Tabitha Ventress-Brett was 8th in the Heptathlon with a 13.33 80m Hurdles, 1.38m High Jump, 9.08m Shot, 27.78 200m, 4.66m Long Jump, 21.32m Javelin and a 2.28.44 800m & U17W Lauren Oshisanya was 10th in the Heptathlon with a 13.06 80m Hurdles, 1.38m High Jump, 9.86m Shot, 27.99 200m, 4.30m Long Jump, 17.02m Javelin and a 2.58.00 800m. Very well done to all four girls on hard weekends work!
Saturday 26th April was the 40th London Mini Marathon, congratulations to Swansea’s five athletes who were representing Wales in London over the final 2.6km of the London Marathon course. They were among an estimate of 18,000 young runners who were involved in the one mile/2.6km events. U13B Oliver Cobbold had an amazing run for BRONZE crossing the line in 8.18 helping his team to GOLD! In the U17M Jack Sullivan was 70th in 8.37, in the U17W half the team were from our club with Millie Gold having a brilliant run for 7th in 8.31, followed by 37th Libby Hale 8.57 and 42nd Millie Pierce 9.01.
Saturday 26th April was the Worcester Open Meeting where U13B Tomi Jones was on his travels again this week recording a time of 2.27.51 in the 800m as 1st U13B and also running was U13G Emily Evans-Williams in the 1500m crossing the line in 5.37.30 for 2nd U13G, well done both!
Saturday 26th April was the throws league at Aberdare, where SM Michael Jenkins in his second ever competition for the club, broke his own all time club record again with a throw this time of 57.49m! Also throwing were U15B Roman Jackson 38.04m Hammer & 28.11m Discus, SW Rebekah Pratt 7.89m Shot & 27.71m Javelin, U20M Ben Fenwick 38.83m Hammer and SW Zoe Dakin 44.44m Hammer, well done everyone!
Saturday 26th April SM Steffan Jones runs a 48.31 for 400m in Auburn, USA, well done Steffan!
Sunday 27th April was the London Marathon amongst the 50,000+ finishers there were a few Swansea Harriers, if we’ve found them all for you, our top 5 Men and Women home were as follows, Men Sam Joseph 2.41.51, Sam Evans 2.44.32, Marc Evans 3.03.25 , Steven Taylor 3.05.05 and Richard Sullivan 4.33.10. Women Emily Marchant 2.38.47 who was an amazing 11th and won the Welsh Marathon Championships in the process that was incorporated into the race, Abby Lewis 3.06.46, Llinos Jones 3.23.38, Lois Woodward 3.46.12 and Kelcy Hooper 3.59.13. Well done everyone!
Sunday 27th April was the U17 & U20 Youth Development League Round 1 of 3 at Yate our team put up a great performance in a closely fought match, with a handful more athletes available they could have been in the top two places. Our thanks to the team mangers, officials and coaches who supported the league match and of course to our superstar juniors who took part. Individual highlights included A string wins for U20M Harrison Garcia 48.90 400m, U20W Lucy Harris 39.12m Discus, U17M Matthew Hines 58.72 400m Hurdles, U17W Olivia Morgan 2.20.12 800m and U17W Ellie Dunleavy 2.75m Pole Vault. Click here for the provisional team and individual results UAG_Midland Premier SW 27.04.25 Yate
Sunday 27th April was the Spring Open Graded Meeting at Gloucester where SM Chris Lloyd ran a 12.39 100m & 24.94 200m and SW Bronwen Stratton-Thomas a 10.42.45 3000m, well done both!
Sunday 27th April was the Devon Open meeting in Exeter where U23M Joseph Beresford ran 58.34 for the 400m Hurdles and SW Niamh Jones a 61.45 personal best for the 400m flat, well done both!
Sunday 27th April was the Manchester Marathon, we started the results round up and finish the round up with for Joshua Griffiths who had an awesome to win crossing the line in a super fast 2.16.56! Josh was followed home by Sioned Howells who placed 7th with an impressive time too of 2.46.28 in the Womens race! Also in action were Hywel Longman 3.02.05, Vanessa Harragan 3.37.35 and Eleanor Titley 3.40.15, well done all!