Results Round Up

This week we have plenty of results to round up for you from Tonbridge, Bracknell, Gloucester, Aberavon, Karlstad Sweden, Coventry, Basingstoke, Aberdare, Porthcawl, Gateshead, Swansea x 2 and Brecon.

Tuesday 1st July U13B Tomi Jones ran a 4.42.40 for 1500m in Tonbridge, well done Tomi!

Wednesday 2nd July SM Jac Hopkins runs 8.26.36 for the 3000m In Bracknell, London, well done Jac!

Wednesday 2nd July SM Chris Lloyd jumps 11.10m in the Triple Jump at Gloucester, well done Chris!

Wednesday 2nd July was the Run4All 5k Summer Series Race 1 of 3 at Aberavon, where we had 3 runners, in the Men Steven Taylor was home first for the club in 6th with a 17.43. In the women Tori Barry had a great run to step onto the podium in 3rd overall with a 20.00 and Catrin Davies was 7th in 20.57, well done all!

Thursday 3rd July U20W Hannah Kinane runs a fast 4.22.22 for 1500m in Karlstad, Sweden, well done Hannah!

Saturday 5th July U23M Michael Jenkins throws 17.74m with a 5kg Shot to win the UK Para Championships at Coventry, congratulations Michael!

Saturday 5th July was the National Athletics League for Senior Men & Women Round 2 of 3 at Basingstoke, where the team made it two wins from two matches to extend their lead at the top of the league table.

On what was an exceptionally busy weekend for our athletes and volunteers thanks to all those who made this great result possible. Individual highlights included top 3 placings overall for:

1st Zoe Dakin 45.77m Hammer, Emily Thomas 5.78m Long Jump & 11.17m Triple Jump, Caryl Granville-Moore 1.01.04 400m Hurdles, Edward Davies 1.55.03 800m & 9.01.56 3000m, Lucy Harris 41.72m Discus, Evan Cole 16.23 110m Hurdles, Sam Davies 2.11m High Jump, Jemima Osborn 5.07.99 1500m, Patrick Swan 17.17m Shot and Abdul Afolabi 14.40m Triple Jump.

2nd Sophie Lisk 1.01.82 400m Hurdles, Leigh Walker 4.01m Pole Vault, Eniola Adedotun 10.93 100m, Luca Phillips 6.28m Long Jump, Brychan Price-Davies 6.14.09 2000m Steeplechase, Patrick Swan 44.27m Discus, Caryl Granville-Moore 14.55 100m Hurdles, Rebekah Pratt 2.51m Pole Vault and Morgan James 9.04.48 3000m.

3rd Patrick Swan 41.08m Hammer, William Hawker 11.15 100m, Jacob Edghill 6.11m Long Jump, Rebekah Pratt 27.94m Javelin, Jake Cover 22.43 200m, Caryl Granville Moore 26.20 200m and Aaron Morgan 54.04m Javelin

Click here for the full results and round 3 will be held at Cardiff on Saturday 19th July.

Saturday 5th July was the Welsh Schools U15 U17 & U20 Championships at Aberdare where Swansea Harriers had plenty of it’s athletes in action, most representing Afan Nedd Tawe and some Dyfed, some Glamorgan Valleys and Cardiff and the Vale. Well done to all those who took part in damp and dreary weather conditions. Individual highlights included medal winning performances set by:

16 GOLD u20M Oscar Radka 2.25.65 800m, U20M Jenson Morris 11.11 100m & 22.30 200m, U20M Ben Fenwick 37.43m Hammer, Roman Jackson 41.42m Hammer & 31.34m Discus, U20M Charlie Shuall 4.16m Pole Vault, U17M Tyler Davies 3.26m Pole Vault, U17W Holly Humphreys 4.41.93 1500m, U20W Efa Williams 29.15m Hammer, U20W Millie Gold 4.58.40 1500m Steeplechase and a championship record, well done Millie! U17W Millie Pierce 5.04.79 1500m Steeplechase and a championship record, well done Millie! U17W Ellie Dunleavey 3.10m Pole Vault, U20W Matilda Quick 11.09m Shot & 5.32m Long Jump, U15G Rutendo Chasweka 4.70m Long Jump and U15G Freya Birt 2.71m Pole Vault.

15 SILVER U17M Jeremy Young 11.38 100m, U15G Katriel Udoh 1.50m High Jump, U20m Oliver Philpott 5.57m Long Jump, U17M Matthew Hines 61.74 400m Hurdles, U20M Louis Shuall 3.26m Pole Vault, U17M Alfie Philpott 3.16m Pole Vault, U15B Ren Leech Griffiths 2.56m Pole Vault, , U17W Olivia Morgan 2.19.19 800m,  5.04.79 1500m Steeplechase, U17W Lyra Roberts 2.71m Pole Vault, U20W Efa Williams 15.96m Javelin, U20M Evan Lewis 10.82m Triple Jump, U15G Rutendo Chasweka 12.35 75m Hurdles**, U17W Violet Snelgrove 10.98m Shot and U15G Hannah Sullivan 2.21m Pole Vault.

9 BRONZE U20M Oscar Radka 4.47.71 1500m, U20M Oliver Philpott 3.26m Pole Vault, U15G Katriel Udoh 25.89 200m, U20W Matilda Quick 26.05 200m, U15G Freya Birt 9.66m Triple Jump, U17M Osian Morgan 4.46.77 1500m Steeplechase, U20W Efa Williams 27.09m Discus, U17M Elias Khassouani 39.48m Javelin and U20W Sophie Taylor 5.17m Long Jump.

Very well done to all those who took part, click here for the full results.

Sunday 6th July was the Porthcawl 10km where we had two athletes on the podium in the Men with Dewi Griffiths coming home in 2nd with a 29.49 and Joshua Griffiths in 3rd with a 30.42, followed home by 8th Matthew Verran 32.03, 121st Daniel Morgan 39.35 and 331st Rabab Rabab to make our top 5 Men. In the Women first home was 46th Chloe Hartley-Green 44.20 followed by 99th Sophie Beresford 47.14, 190th Bethan Dowding 49.59, 220th Stella Rae Hicks 51.16 and 237th Sian Phillips 51.47 to make our top 5 Women. Well done all!

Sunday 6th July saw two Swansea Harriers selected to represent Wales Masters at the Great North 10km in Gateshead. W45 Helen-Marie Davies came home 9th in her age category with a 43.34 and M70 Alan Davies had a superb run to win his age group crossing the line in a super fast 38.34 in what was an undulating course, well done both!

Sunday 6th July was the U17 & U20 Youth Development League Round 3 of 3 at Swansea, where despite the weekend clash with Welsh Schools for the same age groups and the Swansea Air Show, the club still maged to put on a great event and the team ended the league season in a solid mid table to retain their place in the Premier Division. Our thanks to all the volunteers behind the scenes that made the event happen and to our team managers, coaches and officials too. Individual highlights included event wins for:

U20M Lewie Jones 54.59m Javelin.

U20W Millie Pierce 2.18.7 800m, Ava Davies 4.58.5 1500m, Matilda Quick 14.8 100m Hurdles, Sophie Taylor 4.79m Long Jump and Rebekah Pratt 35.63m Hammer.

U17M Alfie Philpott 2.30m Pole Vault and William Richards-Baldwin 12.85m Shot & 44.15m Discus.

U17W Lily Mitchell 9.84m Triple Jump and Lyra Roberts 2.60m Pole Vault.

Thanks again and well done to all those who took part, click here for the full results.

Wednesday 9th July was the Welsh Schools U14 & U16 Cup & Plate finals at Brecon, in ideal weather for athletics there were a number of Swansea Harriers our representing the Olchfa, Gwyr, Amman Valley & Bishopston school teams that qualified for the finals. Click here for the full team and individual results 2025_NASUWT_CUP_AND_PLATE_FINAL_RESULTS Highlights included a championship best in the U14B plate final by Oliver Cobbold 4.36.73, a U14 Cup Championship best performance by Katriel Udoh in the High Jump with 1.60m,  event wins cam in the U14G Cup 300m by Katriel Udoh with a 44.68, U14G Cup 800m Rosie Jones 2.37.89, U14G Cup Long Jump Lily Shubin 4.44m, U16G Cup 100m Rutendo Chasweka 12.87 & Long Jump 4.86m and U16G Cup 75m Hurdles Freya Birt 12.24.

Wednesday 9th July was race 3 of 3 in the Paul Popham 5km series at Swansea. In the Men’s race after setting a championship best performance over 1500m earlier that day in Brecon U15B Oliver Cobbold crossed the line in 2nd place in 16.12 followed home by 11th Isaac Mcadie 18.22, 15th Paul Flynn 18.38, 17th Alan Davies 18.52 and 22nd Piers Oliphant 19.29. In the Women’s race there was a fine win for Sioned Howells 18.34 followed home by 7th Catrin Davies 20.48, 8th Millie Thorne 21.18, 10th Chloe Hartley-Green 21.45 and 12th Sophie Hartley-Green, well done all!