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Sprint Stars

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Four of our sprint athletes were in action last weekend; Kane Howitt (senior men) in the British Championships and Isabel Male, Bethany Connelly and Lola Woodward (u15 girls) in the Midlands Counties Championships.

Kane ran 7.01 in the 60m and an indoor PB of 21.96 in the 200m.

Izzy came first in both her 60 m races, achieving a seasons best in the final of 8.03 to take the gold medal and Midlands Championships title (photo above).

Bethany and Lola both impressed, running 60m PBs (8.83 and 8.91).

Well done Kane, Izzy, Bethany and Lola.

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Regional Sportshall Success

Well done to the RSCAC athletes who were part of successful Birmingham Teams at the Sportshall Regional Finals on Sunday.

All Birmingham Teams were either 1st or 2nd – a fantastic team effort from everyone!

Overall positions:

  • U11 girls 1st
  • U11 boys 1st
  • U13 girls 2nd
  • U13 boys 1st
  • U15 girls 2nd
  • U15 boys 2nd

Well done to the following RSCAC athletes who were part of the success:

  • U11 girls – Florence Male, Phao Taylor, Demi Wembley
  • U11 boys – Joel Bent, Joel Cartwright, Kyi Emery, Alfie Hall, Jack Lynch
  • U13 girls – Lexi Byrne, Bethany Connolly, Charlotte Prince
  • U13 boys – Max Chapelle, Ethan Cook, Jayden Humpreys, Harrison North, Scott Randall
  • U15 girls – Eve Curtis, Isabelle Male, Matilda Strachan
  • U15 boys – John O’Connor
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Speedy Sprinters

Some great performances this January by some of our sprinters.

Sheffield Festival of Athletics 

Nicholas Pryce (Senior Men)

  • 60m 3rd 7.15 race 1
  • 200m 3rd 22.44 race 1 (SB)

Midland Counties Open 

John Furber (Under 20)

  • 60m 1st 7.31 race 2 (PB was 7.49)

Joel Bent (Under 13)

  • 60m 2nd 9.35 race 1 (PB was 9.5)

Isabel Male (Under 15)

  • 60m 1st 8.04 race 1 (SB)

Lola Woodward (Under 15)

  • 60m 5th 9.08 race 3 (Equals PB)

Cardiff Met Grand Prix 2

Kane Howitt broke his own Senior Club Record with a time of 6.93 secs in taking 5th place in the Final.  This breaks his own record of 6.99 set in 2018. He also recorded 6.94 in his heat.

He won the number one 200m race too in a time of 22.07, which was the fastest time recorded at the meet of 13 races. This is a new indoor PB for Kane beating his previous best of 22.35.

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Midland XC Championships

Sutton’s U13 girls followed up their success in the Schools’ races by taking team medals in the Midland cross-country championships at Leamington last Saturday 26th.  The team finished 3rd out of the 26 competing Midland clubs. The scorers and bronze medal winners were Martha Wood (10th), Mante Nausedaite (13th), Charlotte Prince (35th), and Emily Symes (42nd) in a field of 121 runners. Good back-up support came from Francesca Allen (59th) and Olivia Allen (61st). Good runs also from Sammie Wakefield, Eva Kelly, and Lucy Rigby.

In the U15 girl’s race, notable performances from Lucy Carey (16th) and Sian Duval (32nd) with excellent support runs from Elsa and Zara Buchanan, and Jess Hales in her first championship race.

The U20 race featured brave performances from WM Schools’ champion Ellen Humpherston (15th) and Georgia Delaney.

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Kane breaks 60m indoor sprint record

Here’s a quick update from John T:

Hi Everyone, Just seen the results of the Indoor Meeting in Cardiff yesterday ( Cardiff Met GP2) and pleased to report that Kane Howitt broke his own Senior Club Record with a time of 6.93 secs in taking 5th place in the Final. This breaks his own record of 6.99 set in 2018. He also recorded 6.94 in his heat. He also won the number one 200m race in a time of 22.07 which was the fastest time recorded at the meet of 13 races. This is a new indoor PB for Kane beating his previous best of 22.35.

Well done Kane.
All the best. John T
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West Midlands Schools Championships

img_20190119_125306Seven Royal Sutton athletes qualified for the National English Schools’ Cross-Country  Championships when they finished in the top 6 in their respective age groups at the West Midlands Schools’ Championships, held at Warley Woods Saturday 19th January. Royal Sutton won individual medals in all three of the girl’s races with Martha Wood winning the junior girls race, Lucy Carey coming second in the Inter girl’s race and Ellen Humpherston taking gold in the Seniors.
The other qualifiers for English Schools’ in the Junior race were Charlotte Prince (4th), Zara Buchanan (5th) and Mante Nausedaite (6th). In the Inter girl’s race, Charlotte Hey finished 5th, and in the Junior boys, Jack Wakefield was 4th.
The National English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships will be run in Leeds on Saturday 16th March.
Three of our Year 7 athletes also finished in the top 6 in the Minor girl’s race, namely Evie Sandland, Francesca Allen and Olivia Allen with Sammie Wakefield finishing 11th. These young girls also qualify for a similar National Schools’ event on the 23rd March.
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