Tia Anderson scored a magnificent victory in the England Athletics (u/15 & u/17) Track & Field Championships down in Bedford, winning a superb Gold Medal in the u/15 Girls 300m Final. Hopes were high after winning her heat in a time of 41.28, then in the Final Tia produced a title winning performance recording a personal best time of 40.35, which ranks her equal 2nd in the current 2017 UK Rankings, an excellent achievement.

Adam Ord also had a superb run in these Championships setting a personal best time in the heats of the u/15 800m of 2.01.01. In the Final he was delighted to win Silver and again improved on his time, which now stands at 2.00.01, which currently ranks him 9th in the current 2017 Rankings. Tyler Thomas also competed in the u/15 100m, running well but missing out on the Final finishing 4th in his heat recording 11.83.

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Meanwhile in the Tartan Games at Gateshead more medals were won and some fine performances produced, the results of which were as follows:

300m u/17 Women
Anna Carlon 1st 42.76, Jennifer Taylor (u/15) 2nd 43.81

200m
u/17 Women: Anna Carlon 3rd 27.08

u/15 Girls : Jennifer Taylor 4th 28.18

u/17 Men: Daniel McLaughlin 7th 27.27

Senior Women: Jacqui Hodgson (v/45) 5th 28.68

100m
u/17 Men: Daniel McLaughlin 13.07 (Heat)

u/15 Girls: Ellie Harris 13.77pb (Heat)

400m
Senior Women: Jacqui Hodgson (v/45) 3rd 61.78

800m
u/17 Men: Cameron Thomas 4th 2.10.11, Moses Hung 7th 2.13.89

u/15 Girls: Emily Salmon 5th 2.34.05.

Field Events:
u/15 Boys Javelin: James Thornton 1st 34.54m

u/15 Boys Long Jump: James Thornton 6th 4.57m

Senior Women Javelin: Isabell Thornton 2nd 23.82m

Senior Women Long Jump: Isabell Thornton 2nd 4.24m

u/17 Men’s Long Jump: Daniel McLaughlin 2nd 4.36m

u/15 Girls Long Jump: Emily Salmon 3rd 4.51m pb

u/15 Girls High Jump: Emily Salmon 10th 1.30m pb

u/15 Girls Shot: Emily Salmon 13th 6.36m, Jennifer Taylor Shot 10th 7.99m

Athletics Report