Results Round Up

This week we have results to round up for you from Exeter, California USA, Yate, Swansea, Manchester & Swindon.

Saturday 23rd March was the South West England Athletics Academy University Open at Exeter, where representing their university teams were Jacob Wilkinson running 11.8 100m & 23.4 200m; Niamh Jones 29.7 200m; Stefani Karekla 65.1 400m & 16.4 400m Hurdles; Luca Cortellese 4.05.9 1500m; Bronwen Startton-Thomas had a great win in the 1500m in 4.58.3; Georgina Annett 5.15.4 1500m; Sophia Harrison 18.51.3 5000m & 1.00m High Jump and our second win came from Charlotte Campion with a 4.80m Long Jump, well done all on such a great set of results!

Friday 1st April SM Jonathan Hopkins came with a second of hitting the Commonwealth Games 3000m Steeplechase qualifying time with a run of 3.34.78, in Stanford, California USA his fastest time since 2018, well done Jonathan we are sure you’ll get it soon!

Saturday 2nd April was the Yate AC Throws & Jumps Club Open where U17W Rebekah Pratt threw a 30.79m Hammer and SW Gwennan Lewis threw a 9.55m Shot & 26.12m Discus, well done both!

Sunday 3rd April was our very own Swansea Harriers open meeting, firstly our sincere thanks to all the volunteers who made the event happen, there is an incredible amount of hard work that goes on unseen in preparation as well as delivering the events on the day, from our meeting manager, officials, cafe team and club trustees, it is much appreciated! Secondly congratulations to the 380 athletes that took part, ironically it was a bit cold, unlike for the cross country the week before which was boiling hot! Click here for the full results. With almost 200 entries from the club, which was an amazing turnout, it would be a very long article to mention them all, therefore highlights for our members included our overall top performer in each event as follows:

U11B: Rudy Jayham 12.61 75m; Ianto Oseng-Rees 2.86m Long Jump & 4.23m Shot and Isaac Mcadie 2.57.45 800m.

U11G: Tochi Emenogu 12.31 75m; Paige Williams 2.55m Long Jump and Lucy Evans 3.12.88 800m.

U13B: Sean Strevens 1.40m High Jump & 3.99m Long Jump; Kellan Heuberger 1.90m Pole Vault; Woody Jelf 16.50 75m Hurdles; Roman Jackson 5.51m Shot & 12.66m Discus; Arwel Richards 15.45 100m and Daniel Board 2.34.40 800m.

U13G: Lauren Oshisanya 1.60m Pole Vault; Gwenllian Jones 1.20m High Jump; Mandida Rushesha 13.55 70m Hurdles; Tabitha Ventress-Brett 3.85m Long Jump; Dylan Palmer-Sweeney 6.37m Shot & 14.56m Discus; Jessica Arnold 14.73 100m and Taylor Sheldermine 2.59.20 800m.

U15B: Oliver Philpott 3.00m Pole Vault & 1.50m High Jump; Ruari Harris 13.02 100m; Tyler Davies 4.05m Long Lump; Reuben Williams 8.34m Shot; Pangotis Patriakos 46.10 300m and Oliver Gillett 2.31.56 800m.

U15G: Seren Anderson-James 2.30m Pole Vault; Matilda Quick 12.13 75m Hurdles & 1.60m High Jump & 9.68m Shot; Sophie Taylor 14.46 100m & 4.49m Long Jump; Cari Adams 50.04 300m; Nele Owen 14.87m Discus and Millie Pierce 2.32.38 800m.

U17M: Drew Dodd 5.37m Long Jump; Evan Cole 14.78 100m Hurdles & 1.65m High Jump; Lewie Jones 13.02 Shot & 39.71m Discus; Marek Warzocha 11.95 100m; Harry Newton 3.70m Pole Vault; Dafydd King 57.75 400m and Matthew Lewis 2.10.88 800m.

U17W: Nia Bibi 6.38m Shot; Megan Gwyther 12.20 80m Hurdles; Lucy Harris 37.57m Discus; Chloe Simmonite 13.17 100m; Amy Beynon 2.70m Pole Vault; Millie Jones 1.25m High Jump; Lili Wade 51.88 300m; Catrin Squire 3.72m Long Jump and Natalie Coughlan 3.02.15 800m.

U20M: Ryan Price 5.72m Long Jump; Dylan Morgan 11.18 100m; Joseph Beresford 53.39 400m; Ben Sullivan 2.14.22 800m and Samuel Davies 1.80m High Jump.

U20W: Emily Collins 6.54m Shot and Tiffany Rees 64.30 400m.

SM: Robin Wood 4.49m Long Jump; Steve Ingram 9.77m Shot & 34.63m Discus; Kelvin Tannor 11.32 100m; and Mitchell Lawrence 50.18 400m.

SW: Beatrice Rodriguez-Caresia 13.67 100m & 4.86m Long Jump and Sian Vico 60.77 400m.

Sunday 3rd April was the Manchester Marathon where we had three finishers; SM Steven Taylor in a PB of 2.49.14; SM Simon Brewer also in a PB of 2.52.58 and SW Llinos Jones in 3.04.29, well done all!

Sunday 3rd April was day 2 of the Yate AC open meeting this time for Sprints and Hurdles where SM Kaya Cairney runs 11.56 for 100m, SM Jacob Wilkinson ran a 23.11 over 200m, well done both!