Wow! What a run! Laura Whittle smashed her own PB last night to run 15.08 in the 5k at the Payton Jordan Invitational Meeting. The time is an Olympic Games Qualifying Standard. Fantastic running Laura!
Updated club records
Just in time for the start of the athletics season here is the updated list of club records. All new records are marked in green. A number of athletes have already been busy setting new records in 2016 – well done to Elliot Walker (JM triple jump) and Maddie Hammond (U13 600m and 1000m). We’ve also added a few from the end of last year and earlier. Well done Freya Liddington, Hope Stirland, Jasmine Walker, Donald Brown and Kevin Brown.
Good luck to everyone competing in the next few weeks – especially the U13s and U15s who kick off their season with the YDL match at Banbury this weekend. Go Royal Sutton!!!
National Road Relays
A great effort by our athletes at the National Road Relays with the women finishing 33rd and the men finishing 62nd.
For the women the fastest long leg was run by Kate McBrien whilst Helen Elsoueidi ran the fastest short leg. Rachel Thebridge, Emily Campion and Abby Gracie all improved their times from the Midland Road Relays.
For the men the top performance came from Tom Chew who knocked over a minute off his Midland time to run 29.38. Jerome Austin also had a great run, running our fastest short leg.
RESULTS AND PHOTOS – BRYAN DALE WEBSITE
Midland Road Relays
Well done to all our athletes who competed at the Midland Road Relays on Saturday.
The men finished 15th (13th A Team), and qualify for the Nationals on 16 April.
The women finished 26th and qualify automatically for the Nationals.
The fastest long leg time for the men was run by Ollie Harradence, whilst Fred Tremblay ran the fastest short leg.
For the women Kate McBrien and Megan McBrien both had particularly strong runs.
Links to race results and Bryan Dale’s race photos website are available below.
100 club – March results
The results from the 100 Club March Draw are in and the winners are:
£50 no.16 Beryl Chapman
£30 no.27 Linda O’Connor
£25 no.17 Fay Pollock
£15 no. 8 Ally Jarvis
£15 no.66 Derek Prince
£15 no.47 Hazel Pollock
The next draw is Thursday 28th July. There are still numbers available. If you are interested please see John Mills or Phil Pollock at the clubhouse.
Taster Session for 7-9 year olds starts back on Thursday 14 April
The Taster Session for 7-9 year olds starts back after the Easter Break on Thursday 14 April. Enjoy the rest of your holidays and see you all then.
Alex Blackham wins the 7 pools run
Well done to Alex Blackham who won the popular 7 Pools Run race in Sutton Park on Sunday. Other strong performances from RSC athletes included 2nd place for Kate McBrien and 3rd place for Andrea Deathridge. Well done to all the RSC athletes who took part.
Shaun Evans finishes 13th at English Schools XC
Shaun Evans provided the highlight at the English Schools XC Championships last weekend at Wollaton Park. He produced possibly his best performance of the season to finish in 13th place. Well done Shaun! For the girls the top performance came from Georgia Curry who was 32nd.
It was great also to see a strong club representation in the Senior Boys race, with Alex Jones, Euan Cox and Alex Blackham joining Shaun in the West Midlands team and Jerome Austin turning out for Staffordshire. It will be great to add a few new faces to our senior team next year. Well done to everyone who took part.
National XC Championships
There were some great individual and team results at the National XC Champs at Donnington Park on Saturday. In particular well done to Georgia Curry, Shaun Evans, Mel Woodward, Ellen Humpherston, Alex Jones and Euan Cox who all recorded top 100 finishes – great performances given the quality of the runners competing. There were also great team performances by our Senior Women, U17 men, U15 girls and U13 girls.The photo is from Bryan Dale’s excellent Racephotos website: BRYAN DALE PHOTOS
Royal Sutton’s juniors win a fantastic haul of medals at Perry Park
Royal Sutton’s young athletes finished the cross country league season in style winning a fantastic haul of medals at the final match of the season at Perry Park. The U17 women got the club off to a great start with Georgia Curry finishing 3rd in the first race of the day, with the team also finishing 3rd, with Lois West and Grace Stirland completing the scoring. The strong performances across the season meant both Georgia and the team claimed silver medals.
The U11 boys were next up, with the team finishing 2nd on the day with George Hope being the top runner in 6th place. Ben Stewart and Tom Smith both recorded top 20 finishes, whilst Pierce Odwyer and Jacob Thomas completed the scorers. The team was second also for the season and so returned back to Wyndley with team silver.
There were more strong performances by the U17 men, with Alex Jones finishing 6th and the team finishing 3rd on the day. Euan Cox (12th) and Alex Blackham (18th) both ran well and will be useful additions to the senior team next year. Alex Jones was ranked 4th in this age group for the season.
The U11 girls narrowly missed out on a team medal finishing 4th. There were strong individual performances on the day, with Hope Stirland finishing in 3rd position, and great support from Sian Duval, Mante Nausedaite, Amaya Tisdale and Martha Wood to complete the scoring 5. Hope also won the bronze medal for her performances across the season.
For the U15 boys the star performance came from Lewis Duval who finished 10th, with the team finishing in 8th position. There was good support in particular from Ben Horton and Ben White.
The U13 girls also were also in the medals with great teamwork resulting in a 3rd place finish on the day and bronze medals for the season. Ella Semple was the first runner home for the club on Sunday in 18th place, whilst there was great packing from Charlotte Hey, Elsa Buchanan, Lucy Semple and Lucy Corker.
The U13 boys also ran well with Will Cowley the first runner in 44th to bring the team home 8th out of 19 clubs.
The final race featured the U15 girls. Ellen Humpherston gave the top performance finishing 18th with the girls finishing 6th for the season.
Overall the club finished in 4th place for the season out of 21 clubs – well done to all the athletes and coaches!!!
Marc Kirsten took lots of fantastic photos on the day and there are more available on our FLICKR page.
The full results are available on the WMYACCL website.
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