Results Round Up

This week we have results to round up for you from Barcelona, Bristol, Brecon, Swansea, London, Watford, Shrewsbury, Wenlock, Torfaen, Ammanford & Lee Valley.

Tuesday 7th July Hannah Brier runs a fast 23.19 for the 200m in Barcelona, Spain to place 3rd in the Míting Internacional Ciutat Grand Prix, well done Hannah!

Wednesday 8th July was the Bristol Track Club endurance open meeting where SW Darcie Bass ran a 2.13.80 for 800m, wel done Darcie!

Wednesday 8th July was the Welsh Schools Cup & Plate finals at Brecon, the best two school teams in each of the eight districts in Wales qualified, rather than the top individuals. Swansea Harriers had many athletes in the Ysgol Gyfun Gywr & Olchfa teams that progressed, the U16G team from Olchfa won the cup final with their team comprising of many of our U16G. Individual highlights included wins for, U14B Cup Tomi Jones 2.12.48 800m, U14G Cup Lily Shubin 27.08 200m, U16B Cynan King 41.06m U16B Cup Javelin, U16G Katriel Udoh 12.04 Cup 100m in the process beating the 1999 Championship record of 12,1 set by Danielle Selly and 1.70m High Jump setting her second championship best performance of the day, beating the 1995 record of 1.66m set by Lisa Thompson, U16G Eliza Parry 2.40.46 Plate 800m, U16G Rutendo Chasweka 12.51 80m Hurdles Cup and 4.81m Long Jump. Click here for the full team and individual results.

Wednesday 8th July was race 3 of 3 in the Swansea Bay 5km series where, in the Men’s U16B Oliver Cobbold had a great run to place 2nd in 16.42 followed home by 35th U14B Aeron Hill 22.29 and 47th M50 James Chambers. In the Women’s race we had just the two runners with 4th U16G Gwenna Rees 21.14 and 8th W35 Sophie Beresford 24,24. Well done everyone!

Saturday 11th July was round 2 of 3 in the Premiership of the National Athletics League for the top eight track & field club teams in the UK, held at Woodford, London. The team made the long journey Friday evening in the very hot weather conditions. It was a very tough day at the office with many athletes unavailable to compete for their club, we were unable to cover all the events, which at this level of club athletics you can’t get away with. Sadly the team were last by some distance and will need a miracle in round 3 to avoid relegation. Nevertheless those that did compete made fantastic efforts on the day covering several events each. Individual highlights included top 3 placings overall for:

Thanks again to all our athletes who made the effort to support their club, along with our team managers, officials and coaches. Click here for the full results.

Saturday 11th July was the Shrewsbury 5km incorporating the Masters Wales V England International, where it was fantastic to see five Swansea Harriers selected for Wales running in sweltering conditions. Here’s how they all got on in their respective age groups, M40 Marc Hobbs just missed out on a podium spot placing 4th in 15.53, there was yet another GOLD medal for M70 Alan Davies finishing in 19.0 to take the win for Wales, W45 Coleen O’Leary was 10th in 20.54, M65 Martin Kearns also 10th in 21.27, W55 Sharon Leech was 14th in 22.42 and outside of the Masters International was SM Elliott Lawrence in 6th overall with a fast 15.23. Very well done to you all on such well deserved Welsh Representative Honours!

Saturday 11th July was the British Milers Club in Watford where U23W Hannah Kinane ran a 2.15.81 for 800m, Darcie Bass a 4.27.25 1500m, U18W Libby Hale 4.32.91 1500m, U23M Dafydd Jones 8.03.55 3000m and Brychan Price-Davies 9.21.53 3000m Steeplechase, well done all!

Sunday 12th July was the 3rd and final round of the U18 & U20 Youth Development League held at Gloucester, very sadly but correctly the match was cancelled due to the stifling hot weather.

Sunday 12th July was the Wenlock Olympian Games where U16B Roman Jackson threw a 29.24m in the Discus and a 10.46m Shot and M65 Roderick Davies ran a 16.10 100m & 33.70 200m, well done both!

Sunday 12th July was the Mic Morris 10km held in Torfaen, which saw a comfortable 2 minute win for Matthew Rees crossing the line in 31.12, who was our only runner, well done Matthew!

Sunday 12th July was the Ammanford 10km where first home for the club in 7th place was Andrew Cleverly in 36.49, followed by 15th Daniel Morgan 41.03, 28th and Paul Llewellyn 43.50. Well done all in temperatures close to 30 degrees!

Sunday 12th July three of our sprinters ran in the Stratford Speed Open in London with U23M Lewis Stephens recording the fastest time of the day in 10.58 followed by U23M William Hawker 10.80 and U18M Jeremy Young 11.15, well done all!