Middle Distance Track
Alex Botterill broke his own club record for 800m by 0.21 seconds in Saturday’s Loughborough international meeting as he ran 1.46.31. Tommy Shaw ran 1.55.38 for 800m and Katy Wood 16.34.64 for 5000m at the same meeting. Archie Lawson (4.05.68), Cole McAndrew (4.11.20) and Lottie Langan (4.36.46) all ran in the 1500m at the BMC meeting that took place in Leeds last Monday.
York 10k Road Race League (Knavesmire)
The 4th race in the York 10k Road Race League took place on Tuesday night on the Knavesmire. Cool weather and only a slight breeze helped runners to fast times on the very flat three and a bit lap course. James Wiesby is quickly returning to fitness as he led the club home in 10th place in a time of 34.36 as he led home a team comprising Ben Thompson (37.10), Alan Brown (37.34), Allan Scott (38.03), Tim Pattison (38.10) and Mike Raynes (39.07) to come 6th in the team race. Karen Wood was the only female runner from the club taking part as she sealed the Vet 55 league title with her 4th win in a row with a time of 44.16. Dave Lancaster came 3rd Vet 60 with a time of 42.07. The next race in the series is the hilliest of the series at Bugthorpe on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds.
Other Road Running
Chrissie Dover broke the female Vet 40 half marathon record by a massive 17 minutes in hot conditions in the Hull Half Marathon on Sunday as she ran 1.31.53. Andy Richardson ran 1.37.19 in the same race.
Versatile Alfie Ryan, who is the Humberside U17 400m champion, was the first under 18 finisher in the Sledmere 10k trail race that took place in the Yorkshire Wolds on Friday night in a time of 44.07.
The club had 14 runners doing parkrun over the weekend. Tim Pattison was the fastest male parkrunner from the club with 18.20 on the Knavesmire whilst Bethany Ellerker was the fastest female with 26.45 at Easingwold. Ollie Wright ran the 3rd fastest ever time in the York Junior parkrun with 6.30.