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Weekend Round-up (17th & 18th of June)

Gracie Griffiths competing at the UK Athletics Championships.

19/06/2023 00:00, In Blog / Club Notice Board / Track & Field /

England Athletics U20 & U23 Championships, 18 – 19 June

There were great performances Welsh performances at the England Athletics U20 & U23 Championships in Chelmsford over the weekend.

Gracie Griffiths (Pembrokeshire Harriers) claimed the U23 3000M Racewalk title along with a new Welsh Record, with a time of 13:48.72. Whilst Jeremiah Azu (Cardiff Athletics) claimed the U23 100m title in a time of 10.16.

In the U20 Men’s 3000m Dafydd Jones (Swansea Harriers) took bronze in a time of 8:27.09. Meanwhile Mark Mellor (Cardiff Athletics) claimed joint first in the U23 Men’s Pole Vault clearing 4.70m, in a new season best.

There was another Welsh win, this time in the U23 Men’s 110 Hurdles, Thomas Wilcock (Northampton AC) ran a new personal best time of 13.98.

Shawn Ampofo (Blackheath & Bromley) claimed third in the U23 Triple Jump with a distance of 14.98, a new personal best. 

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Meeting Stanislas, 18 June

In Nancy, France, Melissa Courtney-Bryant (Poole AC) had a superb run to take first in the Women’s 1500m with a new personal best time of 4:00.45.

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Folksam Gran Prix, 18 June

Joesph Brier (Swansea Harriers) was in action in Gothenburg, Sweeden. Brier finished third in the Senior Men’s 400m A Final with a time 46.22.

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Campeonato Autonomico Absoluto Al Valencia, 17 June

In Spain over the weekend, Dewi Hammond (Cardiff Athletics) took victory in the Senior Men’s 100m with a time of 10.52.

Hammond also competed in the Senior Men’s 200m, finishing in eighth place with a time of 24.03.

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Czeslaw Cybulski Memorial, 18 June

Piers Copeland (Pontypridd Roadents) put in a season best performance in Poland on Sunday. Copeland finished sixth in the Senior Men’s 1500m with a time of 3:38.52.

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