Track & field season gets underway – Harriers and YOAC team mates perform well at Yeovil Spring open and at the Somerset multi-events. Deadline for County Champs coming up.
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The track & field season got underway with the usual Spring season opener at the Bill Whistlecroft Arena over the weekend of 21st & 22nd April and has continued this past weekend with the Somerset multi-events competition. There’s been some terrific performances, whether by those new to track & field competition or the more seasoned athletes amongst the combined Wells City harrier/Yeovil Olympiads team. Top billing once again probably goes to Elise Thorner for her run in the 2000m Steeplechase last weekend (21st) where she went under 7minutes with her 6.59.04 which is within the European U18 championships qualifying standard for this year. All Harriers should also note that the deadline to enter the County T&F Championships is on Saturday 5th May. Read on for details.
Photo shows Poppy Pellow (Harrier vest) & team mate Lizzie Ingram (YOAC vest) in the 1500m Steeplechase (photo by Al)
Great efforts at London Marathon! …..and report on road races by Harriers in April – including several pbs at Yeovilton 5k!
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There were some very hot Harriers out there last weekend (Sunday 22nd April) amongst the 40,000 other runners at the London Marathon. Some were making their debut at London, whilst others were back again. All who started got round and in a number of instances will have raised good amounts of money for good causes. Hannah Blundy had a great run for 9th in the inter-regional Mini-Marathon over 3miles. If you feel inspired to have a go yourselves, then read on for details of entering the 2019 ballot for a London Marathon place. Also we report here on some of the road/multi-terrain races this past month where particularly amongst the youngsters a stack of personal bests were achieved: all that training is paying off!
Duncan Verel (left) with Julius Naim ready for the Marathon
Juniors Compete For Somerset At The English Schools National XC Finals At Leeds
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Wells City Harriers Juniors were out in force on Saturday 17th March to compete
for Somerset in the culmination of the English Schools cross country season.
This year the prestigious National Finals were held at the spectacular setting of
Temple Newsam Park in Leeds on an undulating course saturated by recent rain
and snow falls. Sub zero temperatures and a biting easterly wind greeted the
300 + runners in each of the three age groups for both boys and girls. Some of
the races started in a blizzard although great encouragement for the athletes
was shown by the thousands of spectators who came along to watch. Some
excellent performances on the day by all of the talented athletes from Wells City
Harriers who had progressed through three qualifying rounds starting in
December with their reward being a place on the start line. Finishing positions as
follows: Junior Boys–Jake Fisher 169, Toby Watson 170, Daniel Maydew 214,
Junior Girls–Hannah Blundy 143, Intermediate Boys–new recruit Charlie Cook
168, Matthew Quarterman 173, Intermediate Girls–Lizzie Ingram 135, Holly
Bigger 181, Jessica Hudson 259, Senior Boys –Ben Lloyd 50, Dylan Dukes 183,
Senior Girls –Elise Thorner 45, Caitlin Carnegie 205, Katie Lloyd 228. On the
same day Ollie Dickinson had a superb 3rd place finish in the Welsh National
U20 XC Championships at Swansea to earn a Welsh International Vest this
weekend at Nottingham in the Home Counties International XC.
Tom & Dylan Dukes = joint Kings of the Street 5k Series! whilst Helen Southcott is Queen of Street 5k for 2017/18. New V50 course record too!
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There was another great night of running at the last of the season’s Clive & Angela Thomas Street 5k races held on Wednesday, 14th March. This was edition 174 in the sequence and there was no less effort than that shown in the early days! Jon James (Wells City Harriers) was back racing and broke the Street 5k V50 record in winning on the night, with Minehead’s Verity Elton winning for the ladies. Logan Moncrieff won the 1k race and Ollie Bishop the 2k race. Dylan & Tom Dukes were jointly crowned King of Street 5k 2017/18 whilst Helen Southcott became Queen of the Street 5k!
Clive & Angela Thomas Street Series award winners for 2017/18
Great running by Harriers at the Inter-counties XC & now for the English Schools XC for some! Last of the Street 5ks tonight (14th March)
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A number of Wells City Harriers made themselves available for selection at the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships held at Loughborough this past Saturday (10th March 2018). They were all competing for the combined Avon & Somerset team, and there were some terrific performances in the heavy mud! Best individual position was by u13 Hannah Blundy.
Toby Watson in the black vest of Avon & Somerset working hard through that mud
