The lower YDL competition at Tamworth saw Royal Sutton Athletes triumph with an amazing score of 636 points; 150 points ahead of the team in second place. This result was thanks not only to the number of first and second place finishes on the day, which were literally too numerous to mention but also to the willingness of athletes to fill the gaps in less than familiar events.
A big thank you also to the number of officials from the club who gave up their time to ensure that Royal Sutton achieved the maximum number of points available in this competition – one of only two clubs to do so.
There are a number of performances that are particularly worthy of note:
Jasmine Walker threw a PB (34.11) in the U 15 girls javelin, breaking the club record and re affirming her first place in the Power of Ten rankings in the West Midlands and moving her to 25th in the UK. Jasmine is to represent the West Midlands in the English Schools competition.
Meghan Sharman achieved new PBs and first place in both the u 15 girls discus (18.29) and hammer (24.19). Meghan is now ranked 13th in the discus and 6th in the hammer in the West Midlands.
Elsa Buchanan PB and first place in the u 13 girls javelin (22.63) sees her ranked 2nd in the West Midlands.
Maddie Hammond is now ranked 3rd in the West Midlands following her win and new PB set in the 1200 m(4.00.2). Maddie also holds first place rankings in the 600 and 800 metres; 3rd in the 200 m; 5th in the 1500 m and 10th in the 150 m not to mention a number of club records.
James Ward extended his PB by 9 metres in the u 15 boys hammer (34.48) which sees him ranked 4th in the West Midlands in this event. James is also ranked 8th in the discus.
One more competition to go at Dudley and Stourbridge on Saturday 16th July. Another full team turn out is needed to maintain the teams 1st place in the league overall.
Congratulations to Laura Whittle who has been selected to run for GB in the 5000m at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam in July. Laura has had a great start to the season running a PB of 15.08 in the 5000m and claiming a bronze medal last weekend at the British Championships. Further details are in the British Athletics announcement below.
We’ve updated the club records to reflect the fantastic performances in the first couple of months of the season. New marks achieved this year are highlighted in green. Please let us know if there are any we have missed.
Thanks to John, Graham and Brian for sending through some results from the West Midlands School Champs. The highlight was a gold medal for Jasmine Walker who won the javelin by a margin of 6m’s with a throw of 32.15m. The full list of RSC results is as follows (let us know if there is anyone we have missed):
Congrats to Mel Woodward who won the Aldridge 10k at the weekend. Her winning time was 38.31. Other runners in action were Mark Rickards who ran a PB of 37.03 to finish 11th, Simon Corker who was 21st (39.07) and Steve Pitt who was 47th in 42.33.
Well done to all our are athletes who competed at the county Champs last weekend. There were some fantastic performances and a great haul of medals. The standout performance during the weekend came from Maddie Hammond who won both the U13 800m and 1500m. The winning time of 2.26.5 in the 800m was a championship record. Maddie also won a silver medal in the 200m proving that distance runners can sprint.
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