20 morpeth athletes in grand prix finale

The sixth and final meeting of the 2024 North East Grand Prix series took place at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on last Wednesday when 20 members of Morpeth Harriers figured amongst the competitive action.
Six of those members finished prominently in the fastest of three 3000m races.
The event was won by Gateshead’s Lewis Liddle, who produced a final lap storming finish to deny a Morpeth quartet featuring Will Devere-Owen, George Lowry, Joe Dixon and Bertie Marr, who finished second, third, fourth, and fifth, posting respective times of 8m35.13, 8m37.71s. 8m43.35s, and 8m44.43s.
Liddle’s winning time was 8m33.53s.
Other Morpeth Harriers in action in the race were Elliot Kelso (8th) 8m56.32s, and Ralph Robson (9th) 8m56.89s.
After running very prominently throughout the entire 3000m B race, Morpeth’s Oliver Tomlinson finished third in 9m31.82s.
Morpeth’s Lee Cuthbertson finished eleventh here, posting a time of 10m24s.
Dominic Harris, running his first event in a Morpeth vest, finished third in the C race in 10m42.38s.
Under 15 Girl Emma Tomlinson finished eleventh in 12m06.95s.
Morpeth Harriers were also prominent finishers in the later run 800m events.
In the fastest race, won by Gateshead’s Matthew Linsley in 1m53.45s, Josh Fiddaman finished second in 1m53.86s, and Joe Close was fractionally behind in third place in 1m54.48s.
Alistair Douglass finished fifth, posting a time of 1m54.85s.
In the eighth fastest 800m event, Under 15 Girl Fay Heatley, produced a new personal best of 2m43.23s, when finishing second.
Club colleague Zoe Tomlinson was sixth in 2m53.63s.
In the sixth fastest 800m race, Tabitha Robson finished seventh in 2m34.68s.
Veteran athlete Jason Dawson finished ninth in the fifth fastest 800m event, posting a time of 2m13.59s.
Morpeth sprinter Ellie Wickens finished seventh in the fifth fastest 200m event, posting a time of 29.13s.
Two Morpeth Harriers were in action in the Long Jump and Triple Jump respectively.
In the Long Jump, Abby Ross produced a best of 4.34m, and in the Triple Jump, North East Champion Charlotte Earl produced a best of 11.47m, to win the Women’s competition.