Track and Field
In the England Athletics Indoor Championships (which includes Scottish and Welsh athletes) Lottie Langan ran a superbly judged race to win the U15 1500, with a sprint off the last bend (and it is only a short finishing straight).
Will Reid also had a great result to finish 2nd in the Long Jump, with 6.78m his second best ever jump. Cole McAndrew finished 4th in the 800m, improving his pb from last summer by 3 seconds to 1m 58. Kathryn Clague had a good result to finish 5th in the shot.
This is a very high standard event, and there were very good performances in the heats for Esme Pounder, Olivia Tweddle, Rosie Hickling in the hurdles, and Isabel Dalton in the 60m. Excellent results for all ours who entered and took on the challenge at a higher level despite the lack of opportunity to train indoors.
Off Track Distance Races
The first race in the 2023 York University 5k series took place on Friday night at the University cycle circuit. Joel Taylor came 3rd in 15.38 with Sam Dickinson being 2nd junior in 17.26. Steve Asquith (17.54), Mile Watson (18.08) and Julie Mastrolonardo (21.41) also ran.
The club had 20 runners doing parkrun over the weekend. Chrissie Dover (19.060< Therese Jansson (21.21) and Karen Wood (22.13) were the first 3 females over the line at Heslington. William (17.04) and Kaitlin (21.41) made it a family double as they were both 1st at Easingwold. Dan Cheeseman came 1st at Delamere in Cheshire with 17.36 whilst Gianluca Mastrolonardo came 2nd on the Knavesmire in 15.43. Emily Rycroft was the 1st runner across the line in the York junior parkrun with 7.26 with James Hodgkinson being 3rd boy in 8.47.