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The Bank Holiday Weekend Round Up
31/08/2021 00:00, In Blog /
It was once again another busy weekend of athletics as many of our athletes are looking at bringing the 2021 Track and Field season to a close.
We had another Commonwealth Games Nomination Standard throw of 17.17m by Adele Nicoll who is really starting to show off her dominance in the event.
Our multi-eventers battled it out at the European combined events challenge in Manchester where Lauren Evans took 3rd place overall, 5254pts lifetime best score! Read the full report here: European Combined Events Challenge success
In the AAA's (see the full reports here Male Report: AAA U15/U17 Combined-Event Championships & Female Report: AAA U15/U17 Combined-Event Championships) Nia Powell finished 3rd overall place in U15 girls Hexathlon.
There was even more success at the Cardiff 5K (read the full report here) where the parkrun UK Record holder Charlotte Arter crushed the Welsh 5K record on the weekend as she clocked 15.29 as she crossed the line first in the women's race held in front of large crowds on the streets of Whitchurch.
On the Bank Holiday Monday, sprinters headed down to Dagenham to compete at the BFTTA Opens 2021.
In round one of the Women's 100m, Hannah Brier and Mica Moore ran a strong race to finish 4th in 11.76 and 5th 11.78 against a strong field including two returning Olympians Imani Lansiquot and Beth Dobbin. Moore, went on into the 2nd round to run a swift 11.69.
In the men's 100m the quickest times from the day came from, Jeremiah Azu ran 10.37, Sam Gordon ran 10.39, Dewi Hammond ran 10.45 & Josh Brown ran 10.56.
In the 200m, Joe Brier ran a new personal best of 21.13 & Melissa Roberts finished 5th in 24.51.
See the full results here.
At the NAL in Yate, Owen Smith ran a dominant 400m race winning in 46.82 which was almost a 100m lead on 2nd place who finished in 53.64.
David Locke also comfortably won the men's 800m in 1:55,63 as did Caryl Granville in the 400mh as she won with a 50m lead finishing in 57.58.
Rebecca Chapman also delivered again with consistent jumps winning the Long Jump in 6.36, and Patrick Swan winning the A Shot Put in 16.60 and Daniel Cork winning the B Shot in 16.30
Jac Palmer also had a comfortable outing winning the Hammer throw in 64.79
See the full results here.