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Katie Ingle had another great run today to win the 1500m steeplechase at the English Schools Championships. Her winning time was 4.52.79, which is a PB and new club record. The winning margin was over 10 seconds.
Elmena Saunders was also in action – she ran well to qualify for the 800m final in the inter girls competition in a PB of 2.15.17.
We had a number of athletes competing at the Midland T&F Championships at Alexander Stadium over the week-end.
Despite tough weather conditions, there was a high calibre of performances from all athletes.
Nicholas Pryce was 4th in the 200m Final, equalling his club record of 21’8 which he also did in his heat !
He also finished 6th in the 100m Final after running 10’91 in the heats.
His mum Janice took 4th place in the triple jump.
Charmaine Riley-Nelson was 6th in the 200m Final .
Fred Tremblay managed to break 2mins in his 800 heat, before taking 7th place in the Final.
Well done to all who competed.
Day 1 results here.
Day 2 results here.
Report by John Tornado Topliss
Congratulations to Ollie Haradence and Andrea Deathridge who both won trophies at the Arden 9 mile road race. Ollie was the race winner, whilst Andrea was third home in the women’s race.
Connor Notley set a new club record in the discus whilst competing for the West Midlands in the Mason Trophy on Saturday. His throw of 34.07m beat the previous record set by Ronald Comrie in 1997. Elemena Saunders was also competing and she recorded a 2nd place finish in the 800m with a time of 2.18. The results from the event are available here.
We also had athletes competing in a Heart of England fixture at Coventry. The results should appear on the Heart of England website in due course. A link is available here.
Congratulations to Katie Ingle who had another fantastic victory at the weekend to win the 3k steeplechase at the English Athletics U20 Championships and Euro Trials. She ran a time of 10.29.
Nicholas Pryce also competed at the event and got to run alongside Adam Gemili in the heats of the 100m. He reached the semi final of the 100m running 10.81 and 10.90 in his two races and also ran 22.02 in the 200m.
Videos of the action are available on the Athleticos website here.
The Little Aston 5 mile road race and 2 mile fun run takes place this year on Sunday 1 September. The race starts and finishes at Little Aston Primary School and takes in the undulating country lanes. There are trophies for the 1st two finishers and the first team and prizes for the 5 year age categories.
Entry forms are available below and further details are available on our Little Aston 5 page.
Some great performances at the BMC Regional Races at Birmingham University on Wednesday. Stuart McCaw ran a PB of 2.00 in the 800m – particularly impressive given this is only his second race over the distance since returning after a three year break. Gabrielle Kinney won the 800m women’s A race in 2.13 whilst Elemena Saunders ran a great time of 2.16. The results are available here.
We had five athletes competing at the Midland Masters Track and Field championships and all of them came home with medals. Kevin Brown won gold medals in the M45 Discus and Shot Putt. His Discus throw of 47.99m places him top of the British rankings for his age group. Janice Pryce won gold in the W50 triple jump and silver in the long jump, whilst Donald Brown won gold in the M45 100m and silver in the 200m. David Price won gold in the M70 javelin whilst Jhalman Singh won silver in the M75 shot putt.
A number of our distance runners were in action in various races at the weekend. Andrea Deathridge was 3rd in the Two Castles 10k on Sunday. Simon Corker finished 9th (1st M45) in the Aldridge 10k whilst Colin McAuley and Dave Liddall were 4th and 8th respectively in the 7 Pools Run. Well done all!
Royal Sutton Coldfield AC 
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