Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club

• Meghan Sharman U15 Hammer (3Kg) 1st 37.00m .New Club record. This breaks her own record of 36.90m set recently.
• Chrissie Prince U20 Hammer (4Kg) 1st  42.68m . Seasons best. Close to her club record set last year.

• Alex Jones U20  800m 1st 1.58.3 . Close to his PB
• Tom Chew  1500m 11th 4.16.8 . New PB by over 5 secs.
• Shaun Evans U23 5000m 1st 15.15.8 . As far as I can see this was Shaun’s first 5K track race. Coincidentally I recently bumped into the holder of the Club record, Alistair 0’Connor (married to Linda), outside the Clubhouse . He set the record in 1990.

• Katie Ingle  3000m Steeplechase 4th 10.20.51 .Seasons Best. Over 2 secs improvement from time in winning the Welsh Champs (as a guest) . Next event for Katie is the World Champs Trials on July 2nd at Alexander Stadium . If you cannot make it I am sure it will be on TV. Here’s wishing Katie a super race.

Hi Everyone, Several of our younger athletes were competing at the above meeting and put in some great performances.

• Joe Martin (U15 800m) .Joe took 2nd place in a very close finish in a time of 2.00.70 which is a new Club record breaking his own record of 2.01.1 set recently.
• Lewis Duval ( U17 1500m Steeplechase) .Lewis finished 3rd in 4.48.26 in what I believe is his first steeplechase. A chip of the old block. His Dad Spencer,who went to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, holds the Under 17 Club record in an amazing 4.15.01 set in 1986.
• Meghan Sharman (U15Hammer) .Meghan finished in 4th place with 36.77 just missing her Club record of 36.90
• James Ward ( U17 Discus) . James finished in 6th place with 33.86 which is a new PB.
• Sam Grimshaw ( U17 Shot) .Sam finished in 8th place with 11.36 just missing his PB of 11.76.
• Jasmine Walker (U15 Javelin) 3rd 32.66m.
• Charlotte Hey (U15 1500m) 10th 5.02.01

There were some outstanding performances by RSC athletes at the weekend. At the WM Schools Championships the top performance came from Joe Martin who won the Inter Boys 800m in a time of 2.01.1. This time knocks an amazing 5 seconds off the club record for the age group (and was set in breezy conditions)! There were also great performances by Jasmine Walker and Charlotte Hey who won the javelin and 1500m respectively.

At the Midland T&F Championships the highlight came from Nicholas Pryce who won a silver medal in the 400m. There were other great performances from Kane Howitt (5^th in the 200m), Tom Chew (3^rd in the 3000m steeplechase), Chrissie Prince (4^th in the discus and 7^th in the Hammer) and Fred Tremblay (7^th in the 800m).

Katie Ingle showed she is returning to her best form with a great run at the Welsh Championships. Competing as a guest she won the 3000m steeplechase in a time of 10.22.

On the roads recent recruit Sam Crawford was 4^th at the Aldridge 10k – Great running Sam!

The T&F club squad put in a battling performance on Sunday, at the Midlands T&F meeting in Coventry.

We finally finished in 5th place with our very small team which had a super team spirit..

There were 14 events in which we had no athletes competing, but all of those who were able to make it put in some great performances resulting in twelve first places, nine second places and three third places.

Well done to everyone of you.

Some world class results from our Masters athletes, over the week-end at the Midland Masters Champs, despite the mixed weather.