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JULY NEWS IN BRIEF

Fechin Mc Cormick

UK SENIOR T & F CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sale Harriers had twenty-one of its top T & F specialists among the nation’s best at the UK Senior Championships at Sportcity and this year had two bronze medallists – U23 pole vaulters SOPHIE ASHURST and LAZARUS BENJAMIN.

ENGLISH SCHOOL T & F CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sale Harrier kids did fantastic at the prestigious ESAA English Schools T & F Championships Those at the top of their game were:

• ANNABEL AMADIN went one better than last year to become this year's Shot Putt National Champion.
• MOLLY MILLS won the English Schools Intermediate 300m Hurdles silver medal with a PB of 43.62 that ranked her 3rd nationally and came within a whisker of Faye Harding's long standing club record of 43.20 set in Hungry in 2001.
• FREYA DOCKERTY, last year's 110m Hurdles bronze medallist was crowned the ESAA Senior 100m Hurdles champion.
• NEILA CHUKWU made the Junior 100m final, then ran the 3rd leg of the 4x100m to win Team gold for Gtr. Manchester by a mile.
• LIAM O’BRIEN a year young just missed the 400m bronze medal in a PB of 46.37
• MIA WALKER, also a year young, just missed out on the bronze medal.

MOLLY MILLS ENGLAND DEBUT.

MOLLY MILLS made her England debut, representing England Schools in the 300m Hurdles at the SAAB Home International at Carmarthen. She was selected on her 43.62 performance and silver medal at the England Schools championships.

RACHAEL & SUCCESS DIP UNDER 23

SUCCESS EDUAN and RACHAEL BENNET both dipped under 23 seconds for the first time, Success at an international in Switzerland and Rachael at the Loughborough EAP where she even beat an Australian going to the Olympics.

YDL LOWER

Following the final match in Blackburn Sale won the North-West Division title by a comfortable margin and will return to the Premier Division next year. Well done to everyone who contributed to this success throughout the summer – athletes, parents, coaches, officials and certainly not least CARL WORTHINGTON who, yet again, solo managed the team to its success.

SUCCESS EDUAN IN LONDON DIAMOND LEAGUE

Just a week after dipping under 23 seconds for the first time, SUCCESS EDUAN was selected to represent GB in the London Diamond League 'B' relay team, her first senior relay debut....and she was brilliant! Running the anchor leg she took the GB 'B' team to 3rd place.

ENGLAND U20/SENIOR T & F CHAMPIONSHIPS

Forty Sale Harriers competed in the England Athletics U20 & Senior Championships (inc.U23) at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. The Sale Harriers who most saw their talent and hard work rewarded were:

• LAZARUS BENJAMIN became the U23 Pole Vault champion and now has a very impressive record of 7 National titles - 3 x U17 and 3 x U20.
• TESS Mc HUGH became the Senior National 400m Champion to top a great year of also being the Welsh 400m champion when she dipped under 53 seconds for the first time ever.
• U23 RACHEL BENNETT won her first England 200m gold medal.
• U23 SOPHIE ASHURST won the pole vault silver medal but the three times U20 Champion was in form to take gold considering she'd vaulted 4.21m at the UK Championships and had an earlier encouraging string of PB's that culminated with 4.35m in France in May.
• U20 ANNABEL AMADIN, last year's Shot Putt Champion, was this year's Silver medallist.
• U23 JESS SPILSBURY was tactically brilliant in her very congested 1500m to win silver in the final yards. Equally impressive was LUCY ARMITAGE who bravely took on the lead and was still leading at the bell with five athletes still in the mix but was pipped to the post and just missed the bronze medal but recorded her latest PB of 4:22.73.
• U20 FREYA DOCKERTY who ranks 4th nationally for the 100m Hurdles continued her great summer to win her first 100m Hurdles medal – bronze.
• SEUN OKOME won the Triple Jump bronze medal to add to his silver and bronze in recent years.

THEA BROWN BRILLIANT IN EUROPEAN U18 CHAMPIONSHIPS

THEA BROWN's astonishing success at the European U18 European Championships has already been well documented and applauded on this club site. Again, the club congratulates Thea and her team on her Heptathlon Silver medal and medley relay bronze medal. A star is born!

THEA BROWN SELECTED FOR WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Just one week after her European U18 Heptathlon silver medal and medley relay bronze medal THEA BROWN is announced as selected for the World U20 Championships 100m Hurdles in Lima, Peru from 27 – 31 August.

NICK'S A RUNNING PEACH -AGAIN

For the 2nd consecutive year M60 NICK PEACH was 1^st M60 in the Marple Runners 10k Trail race with his time just marginally slower than last year in 45.44. In his hey-day Nick was one of the nation's best. His 28.27 in the 1986 AAA Championships in Battersea Park remains Sale Harriers fastest 10k on the All-Time list. Nick represented GB & NI in the 3000m steeplechase at the1986 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games. He's normally coy about his racing prowess but, 30 years later he remains a running 'peach'.

LUCY ARMITAGE TO REPRESENT ENGLAND

LUCY ARMITAGE is one of 16 athletes selected to represent England at the home Nations 5k in Bute Park, Cardiff later in the year

RECORDS IN 3rd SIZZLER

The 3rdSizzler 5k on July 19, though a humid evening did not deter Brian Lucas (Northern Vets) from breaking the M75 course record to a new best of 22.48, a 10 second improvement on Richard Bacon's (Winston Runners) since 2017.The club's noteworthy 'sizzling' performances were:-

GEORGE NOBLE (15.52) who was 1st U20

CHRIS MILES (16. 58) A 23 second PB and 1sttime under 17 minutes

PAUL NOBLE (18.07) Almost a 2 minute PB

BARNABY GORDAN (18.41) A 6 sec. PB on last year's Sizzler

TIM KENNEDY (18.48) best of 2024

SOPHIE ARMITAGE (19:04) A further 5 sec PB on Sizzler 1.

CHRIS TOPPING (19.14) best of 2024

PHILIP LARGAN (19.15) 11 sec PB on Sizzler 1

BIZUNESH DEGGETA (20.42) Debut

JACKIE CORDINGLEY 1stL65

ANNABEL AMADIN INVITED TO OLYMPIC GAMES OPENING CEREMONY

ANNABEL AMADIN was invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics by the Sports Aid Foundation as one of the nation's promising young athletes. This is
a fantastic affirmation for Annabel as a young talented athlete and recognition of her talent, dedication and commitment. It's also recognition of her coach's talent – BOB GAISIE and her family support.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS.

You have to be good – very good, to compete at the England Athletics U15 & U17 Championships, Those who most smashed it there were:

• MOLLY MILLS, though still only 15 years old, became the England U17 80m Hurdles champion with PB's in her heat and final to rank 3rd in the UK.
• LIAM NICHOLLS won the U15 Pole vault bronze medal with a PB of 3.77m. This was a fantastic achievement for Liam who's just in his first year of pole vaulting and propelled him to 3rd in the UK.
• LIAM O'BRIEN made the U17 400m Hurdles final and delivered a great PB of 55.99
• LILY OLDALE just missed out on the U17 javelin bronze medal. Lily holds the U15 club record for the javelin.
• ROXY Mc HUGH flew over the U15 75m Hurdles faster than ever before recording PB's in both her heats and semi-final. Welsh champion EVA ANWYL also ran well in the same race but is still only in her 1st year in this age-group so lots more to come.

TRAFFORD TRAILS A WINNER

For the 2nd consecutive year, Sale Harriers dominated the Trafford Trails 5-mile race. With persistent rain and muddy stretches trail shoes were a necessity. It did not deter as the top 3 ladies were all Sale Harriers. ANNE CHINOY was delighted to finish 1stfemale for the second consecutive year and beat last year time by 26 seconds (35.20). Second was V35 BIZUNESH DEGGEFA and 3rd was V65 JACKIE CORDINGLEY. JULIA REYNOLDS and HARRIET HAMILTON also made it into the top 10 female runners. Among the men there were also some quality times. PHIL RICHARDSON, CHRIS MILES, TORRIN BLAZEBY and ANDREW CURVIS finished in a procession in 4/5/6/7th Former Sale Harrier Callum Rowlinson won the event in a course record of 27.46.

HAF AMHAD WINS DOUBLE BRONZE AT EUROPEAN TRANSPLANT GAMES

Congratulations to HAF AMHAD, based at Sportcity who did absolutely brilliant to win two bronze medals representing GB at the European Transplant Games in Lisbon. In his first ever international competition and in the searing heat, he won bronze in the Long Jump and bronze in Power Walking. Haf is a kidney transplant patient who lives with cerebral palsy and devotes much of his time as a Sale Harrier volunteer coach at Sportcity and is a true inspiration to disability athletes. Not only did he achieve his remarkable career pinnacle of double medallist but he did it the hard way. Without a sponsor and with no full-time employment, he had to raise all of the £4000 cost of travel and accommodation himself, nd wants to thank all those who supported him. The Transplant Games are an opportunity to showcase the benefits of Organ Donation and is a true celebration of the Gift of Life.

UK & ENGLAND U20/SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sale Harrier's female combined-event athletes delivered fantastic results at the England U20 & Senior Combined Events Championships. Most noteworthy is that all are coached at Sportcity by JESS TAYLOR-JEMMETT the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games Heptathlon bronze medallist who also coached Trafford AC's Neve Davenport to become the U20 National champion. Well done and congratulations, Jess!

• Senior GRACE BOWER had been one of Britain's most promising multi-event athletes throughout all her age-groups from U15 – U23 until a debilitating injury in 2019 blighted her career. She's returning to her best finishing 5th nationally that included a Shot Putt PB of 11.12m
• Under 23 SCARLETT WHITTAKER was on fire with PB's in the High Jump (1.60m), Shot (10.53) and Javelin (28.39) and she improved her Heptathlon PB to 4745 and to rise to 7th in the UK.
• Under 23 ELLISE FRYER-FRANCIS, like Scarlett had an excellent start to their season in June at the high ranking International EAP meeting in Newcastle. She continued her fine form with an 800m PB (2:30.35), a 200m PB (27.21) and a 100mH PB (14.94) to improve her Heptathlon PB score to 4634 points and to rank 10th in the UK
• Under 20: SEREN REDFERN was hot from her English Schools Regional CE Silver medal and continued to strive with great PB's in the 100m H (15.53) and Shot (8.10m) and an improved Heptathlon PB to 4002.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE (Lower) 2024 MATCH (4) BLACKBURN

Peter Shaw

In the U13 boy's events THIERRY KERR was again our star athlete setting three new club records in sprints and hurdles and, with his hurdles time, topping the UK rankings. MAXIME SARTHTOU had an impressive debut winning over 150m. ARTHUR O'HARE and TOBY HARRISON both finished runners-up in middle distance events. ISAAC WRIGLEY, FREDDIE HOOTON, JOSHUA STAFFORD and JUDE KERRINS scored valuable points in the field events.

DANIEL OWOSENI competed in four events in the U15 boy's age-group and won the 100m and long-jump with the highest Level 9 performance. DANIEL WELLS took part in three events winning the high jump. LIAM NICHOLLS was again a winner in the pole vault with a Level 9 performance that ranked him 4^th in the UK.

Our U15 girls were in superb form and, with many in the same age-group next year, the future looks bright. Our sprinters won the sprint relay and dominated the sprints events. Well done to ROXY Mc HUGH and NEILA CHUKWU who both ran two Level 9 times and to EVA ANWYL, ZURIEL SARUMI, DANIELLA DUHAMEY, MADDIE APPLEBY and AVA BROOMES. Middle distance girls were also in great form with a comfortable victory in the long relay and outscoring the other clubs. Well done to MEGAN BOYER, ISLA ANDERSON, CAITHLIN WETTERS (Level 9), LOLA RICHARDSON and IZZY CONNOLLY. ANGEL AMADIN was again our most successful thrower taking part in three events and winning the discus, whilst PHOBE KERINS also scored valuable points.

NORA KWARTEMA won both the U13 girl's sprint events with Level 9 performances. HOLLY Mc HUGH competed in the maximum three individual events and was close to her PB in all three, whilst GRACE BROOME also scored valuable points in sprints and hurdles. Middle distance girls did us proud and upheld our harrier tradition. A particular mention to primary aged LUCY O'BRIEN who competed in three events including a Level 9 performance and PB over 1200m. Well done to ALESHA GLUBAS, EVE DOWLING and CICELY COLDWELL. ISLA QUINN was impressive in 2^nd place in the long jump.

This was the last match of the season. Sale won the North-West Division title by a comfortable margin and will return to the Premier Division next year. Well done to everyone who contributed to this success – athletes, parents, coaches, officials and certainly not least CARL WORTHINGTON who yet again solo managed the team to its success.

JUNE 2024 HEADLINES IN BRIEF.

Fechin McCormick

A quick round-up of Sale Harrier's finest hour's throughout June.

TRACK & FIELD

JONA EFOLOKO IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

JONA EFOLOKO was Sale Harriers only representative at the European T & F Championships in Rome. He made it made it through to the 200m semi-final.

NORTHERN SENIOR & U20 OUTDOOR T & F CHAMPIONSHIPS

Compared to the 2023 Championships at Sportcity when Sale Harriers won 11 gold medals, 6 silver and 6 bronze, the 2024 Championships, this year's haul were 4 titles, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Well done to:

• SHAUNNA THOMPSON who retained her senior Shot Putt title for the 4th successive year with a throw that was more than a meter further than her nearest rival.
• ANNABEL AMADIN, Britain's No.2 U20 Shot-Putter retained her U20 Title for the 3rd consecutive year.
• STEPHANIE JONES became the Northern Long Jump Champion in her 1st year as a senior,
• MIGUEL GAISAH became the U20 Long Jump champion in his 1st year with Sale Harriers and only in the sport since 2022.
• IZZY BURKE became the Northern U20 800m champion, her 1st major Northern title.
• REBECCA WEEKS became the Senior Northern 400m Hurdles silver medallist with a brilliant PB of 63.52 that ranked her 12th nationally. She added it to her U20 silver medal in 2020
• OLIVIA BROWN won the U20 400m Bronze medal and added it to her 1500m indoor title in January.

KADEENA COX AT WORLD PARA GRAND PRIX

Sale Harrier's Tokyo Para-Olympian and World champion KADEENA COX was in track action for the first time since April and recorded times of 14.44 over 100m and 1:06.46 in the 400m.

As readers will know from previous reports, Kadeena was an able-bodied, highly talented club sprinter until in May 2014 when, aged just 23, she had a stroke and was further diagnosed with multiple Sclerosis. Since then she's become Britain's only black cyclist to win either an Olympic or Paralympic medal. At the Tokyo Paralympics, she made history by becoming the 1^st Briton in 32 years to win two gold medals in two different sports, cycling and athletics.

THEY BROUGHT GLORY TO WALES

The Mc HUGH girls – TESS & ROXY, EVA ANWYL and DANIEL AFOLOBI brought glory and pride to Wales at the Welsh National Championships in Cardiff. To put it into Welsh - Gwnaethant gymru yn falch.

• TESS brilliantly clinched her first Welsh title – the 400m in a Championship Best Performance of 52.89, improving her PB by almost a second from the IFAM meeting in Brussels three weeks earlier and beating a record that had stood for 42 years. Interestingly, the CBP record was held by fellow Sale Harrier MICHELLE SCUTT who was one of Britain's finest 200/400m runners of all time and was the first Welsh female athlete to win an Olympic medal, taking a bronze when running the 2nd leg in Britain's 4 x 400m team at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. She was also Sale Harrier's first ever Olympic medallist. Impressive footsteps to follow TESS McHugh.
• Her sister ROXY made her Welsh debut and announced her arrival as a promising young Welsh athlete by winning the silver medal in the U15 300m just a week after becoming the Gtr. Manchester County Schools 300m silver medallist.
• EVA ANWYL is a seasoned Welsh representative. Top ranked nationally who's broken U13 national sprint and hurdles records and holds the club's U13 70mH record, showed her development in her first year of her U15 age-group by just missing the bronze medal in a high quality 100m race to produce an impressive PB of 12.85
• DANIEL AFOLABI in his younger years was consistently UK ranked top three sprinter. He reached the semi-finals.

SUB-4 MILES IN BELFAST

As Ireland basked in the glory of its most successful ever European T& F Championships, five of Sale Harrier's middle distance specialists recorded huge performances at the Belfast BMC.

• MAX WHARTON who'd broken the 4-minute mile for the first time at the 70th anniversary of Roger Bannister breaking the four minute barrier at Iffley Road, improved it further with a fantastic new best of 3:58.02.
• TOM MORAN had smashed the 4-minute indoor barrier in the USA in February with 3:58.07. A few days after his partner Ciara Mageen won the European 1500m and set Ireland alight with excitement, he smashed the outdoor 4-minute barrier with a great 3:58.57, easily his best ever performance for the outdoor mile.
• CHRIS FIELDING in 2023 held the club's fastest times over 3000m, 5000m and 10,000m and with a 1500m PB of 3:51.12. He made his mile debut and recorded a top-notch 4:06.90.
• BEN BRUNSWICK made his mile debut with an impressive time of 4:11.14. He too was having a great year smashing his 1500m PB a week earlier.
• ANDREW THOMPSON is just in his first year of middle distance racing and improved his 800m PB by over a second to a new best of 1:51.40.

THEA BROWN – MANNHEIM INTERNATIONAL

You've got to be exceptional to be invited to Germany's Mannheim International, possibly the highest-level junior international competition outside of the World or European U20 Championships. (Last year the club was proud to have top sprinter SUCCESS EDUAN win the 200m silver medal and helped GB to 4 x100m gold).

THEA BROWN, was this year awarded this prestigious opportunity in her blossoming career. Making her 2^nd GB appearance in a few short weeks, she again excelled. On day one, competing in the 100m Hurdles in only her 2^nd race over the full distance and senior height, she improved her PB to 13.28 (2.0) and now ranks equal 6th on the All Time U20 list. As a first year U20, she now ranks 2nd on the all time list, her time is also a new club record beating GEMMA FERGUSON'S 20 year old club record of 13.73 which she set in Finland. Then on the 2^nd day she won the high jump gold medal for GB just short of her PB that ranks her No.1 in the UK.

ENDURANCE

SOPHIE BREAKS ABERSOCK RECORD

As she made her final wedding preparations, SOPHIE WOOD broke the Abersock 10k course record (36.15), appropriately followed in 2^nd place down the sandy beach aisle by her bridesmaid-to-be, LAURA BARBER. (Her husband also ran really well). This was Sophie's 3rd victory in this race having won in 2023 and 2021.

PHIL RICHARDSON WON DUNHAM MASSEY 5K

PHIL RICHARDSON recorded his 1st ever road race victory in his six years of racing. Nip-and-tuck with Altrincham's Michael Whitham in the Dunham Massey 5k, he broke the tape ahead of him in the Dunham Massey 5k in 16.07 just 20 seconds short of his 2022 PB. His partner AMANDA SHAW also had the race of her life. Making her 5k race debut, her 26.25 was just a whisker short of her fastest ever 5k..... including Parkruns.

AARON's FIRST VICTORY

Following seven years of racing over every terrain and distance AARON Mc GRADY also achieved the holy grail of winning a proper race -The Shining Tor Fell Race near Buxton. He led home the 250 finishers in the scenic course that begins at Errwood reservoir, past the ruins of Errwood Hall to the summit of Shining Tor and along the ridge to Pym’s chair.

AMELIA PAGETT was 1^st female and almost as noteworthy, she recorded her 2^nd ever race victory, (Her first was in the Run Heaton Park 5k in 2018)

TOUR OF TAMESIDE

The Tour of Tameside's challenging four day festival of running had five Sale Harriers excel...

• LYNDA ROWLINSON entered the Tour's Hall of Fame as the 1st L60 for the full 4-day tour. Lynda has an impressive Tour of Tameside record. In 2023 she was 1st L60 in 'Hell on the Fells' and in 2019 and 2021 she was 3^rd L55 for the full Tour.
• JOHN ARCHER had M70 wins in all four races, a repeat of 2016 when he was very much younger.
• MARCUS NICHOLSON, who in October 2023 recorded the fastest ever time in the 55 mile 'Bay Limestone Round', was a brilliant 3rd in the full four day Tour.
• JENNY FOX was 2nd L45 in both the XC Trail and 'Hell on the Fells' and 5th overall female for the Tour.
• AMELIA PAGETT massively improved to finish 2nd in the 'Hell on the Fells'. Her training partner JAMES BANNISTER was also a great 3^rd.

RACHAEL TRIUMPHS IN FRECKLETON HM

Running on behalf of the Civil Service (CCSA) in Britain's oldest half Marathon, the Freckleton in its 60th year, RACHAEL ROZHDESTVENSKAYA was 1st female in a top placed 21st from the 500 finishers in a time of 1:25.24.

SONIA JUST MISSES WORLD BEST

The club's Olympian SONIA SAMUELS who, throughout her L40's was Britain's No. 1 in every distance from 5k to the Marathon, launched her L45 career in the Coleshaw Hall 10k and became not just the UK No.1 over 10k but her time of 33.36 just missed the World L45 10km best by seven seconds. ALISTAIR KELL, coached by Sonia and was one of five Sale Harriers in the race. He clocked 38.57 in his first 10k of 2024.

CHESHIRE SERIES BIRCHWOOD 5k

Two winners were very happy to win their respective categories in the Birchwood 5k, the final race of the North Cheshire 5k series. U15 JAKE HARRISON clocked a brilliant 20.45 in his 1^st ever race victory. The slightly older JACKIE CORDINGLEY, familiar with winning, was 1^st L65 in 22.12.

CIARA YOUNG FLIES IN PODIUM 5K

CIARA YOUNG, though disappointed for setting off too fast, ran a great PB of 19.22 in the Podium 5k in Barrowford, a 12 improvement on her August '24 Sale Sizzler 5k.

2nd OLYMPIC GAMES FOR GEORGIA TAYLOR-BROWN

Following weeks of waiting, Tokyo Olympian GEORGIA TAYLOR-BROWN has qualified for her 2^nd Olympics in the Triathlon.

WELSH CASTLES 2024

The Welsh Castles relay, that 2-day, 20 stage, 209 mile staggered relay from Caernarfon to Cardiff gets ever more competitive. The 2024 event was the highest ever standard with many of the top English 12 stage and Welsh 6 stage teams competing. Sale Harriers mixed it well and the men's team were 4th up until the last 4 stages before falling to 7th. The women, last year's silver medallists, made the podium again this year again in 3^rd place and were 2nd in the Queen of the Mountains. Welsh Dragon Awards went to stage winners NICK BARRY, HELEN WARBURTON, ALICE WRIGHT, RACHAEL ROZ and ALEX BRADFORD. Nick and Helen also broke the stage records on their route to glory.

Veteran yellow jerseys went to STEVE Mc CARRON, ROB DUNN and Team Organizer EDDIE EDWARDS. They finished 1st Vet-40 on their respective stages. Sale also had many top 5 finishers. It was another great weekend of keen competition and conviviality.

The 2025 targets? A women's victory, top 3 for the Open Team, and a strong Vets team to compete for the top prize.

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GRUELLING LAKELAND TRIATHLON

As if he didn't have enough last year, JOHN MORRIS took on the gruelling Lakeland Triathlon in Keswick and crossed the line in 1:42:20, fourteen minutes up on last year.

SALE DOMINATE ROUND THE RESSERS

Half the top runners in the 2024 Round the Ressers '5' around Tintwhistle Reservoir were Sale Harriers. PHIL RICHARDSON led them home in 3^rd place closely followed by ROBERT DUNN, ANDREW CURVIS and. They were easily the winning team – yet again! RACHAEL ROZHDESTVENSKAYA was 1st female just days after being 1st finisher in the Freckleton HM. JULIA REYNOLDS was 2^nd in her L50 category. Since 2015, the race has been run in memory of the race founder Sale Harrier, Bill Fox. It's organised by PAUL BARRETT.

SIZZLER'S BIG HITTERS

The 2024 edition of the club's promotion of the Sale Sizzlers 4 x 5k and their 23rdyear were launched in Wythenshawe Park. PAUL BARRETT is the race director for the 2^nd year. The most noteworthy achievements were

• NICK BARRY (15.22 ) 1st Sale Harrier home in 4th place
• FINLAY DAY (15.43) 1st U20 & 40 seconds faster than last year
• STEVE Mc CARRON (16.24). His fastest ever Sizzler going back 17 races and 10 years
• ROBERT DUNN (16.39) A 22 sec PB
• JOSHUA COLQUHOUN-LYNN(18.22) 5k debut
• SOPHIE ARMITAGE (19.09) 1st U20 & 26 sec PB
• PHILIP LARGAN (19.26) Debut 5k
• ANNE CHINOY (19..35) 1st L50
• WAYNE WARDLE (21.35) Debut 5k
• JACKIE CORDINGLEY (21.45) 1st L65
• NA'ILAH CHRISTMAS (22.45) Debut