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News update

athletes record personal bests at grand prix

24/5/2022

 
Twenty-two athletes from Morpeth Harriers & AC took part in the second NEGP Meeting, held at Monkton Stadium, Jarrow on Wednesday 18 May.
The main event of the evening was the opening 800m, which was contested for the Jimmy Hedley Cup. It was retained for the second year in succession by Birtley AC’s Under 20 Man Chris Perkins, who secured himself an excellent marginal victory over North Shields Poly’s Zak Old in the hectic chase to the line.
Just over a couple of seconds adrift of the front runners was Morpeth Senior Man Alex Brown, who placed fourth in 1m56.49s, which showed an eight-second improvement on previous figures.
Another excellent Morpeth Harrier performer was William De Vere Owen, who finished seventh in 1m59.56s, which was also a new personal best for the Under 17 athlete, taking three seconds off his previous best.
Two places behind William was his Under 20 Morpeth club colleague Joe Anderson, who posted a new personal best of 2m00.62s, taking two seconds off his previous figures.
In the second fastest 800m event, Morpeth Harriers had three athletes in the line-up of twelve.
Connor Marshall finished second to Gosforth Harrier Reece Slater, losing out for victory by just over a second.
Marshall improved on his previous best by three seconds, as he clocked 2m00.98s.
Under 17 athlete Joseph Close, also achieved a new personal best, when finishing sixth in 2m02.86s, improving on previous figures by two seconds.
Morpeth’s James Tilley had his first ever 800m event, when finishing one place behind Close, posting an excellent time of 2m05.79s.
In the third fastest 800m race, Morpeth Veteran Jason Dawson finished sixth in a time of 2m17.34s.
 Under 17 Woman Caitlin Flanagan finished fourth in the fifth fastest 800m, posting a new personal best time of 2m25.69s, improving her previous figures by two seconds.
Under 15 Boy athlete Harry Armstrong marked his first Grand Prix outing excellently, by finishing fifth in the seventh fastest 800m heat in 2m31.04s.
Rounding off the Morpeth 800m performances was that of Under 15 Girl Molly Roche, who produced probably her finest track performance in the club colours, when finishing third in the eighth race in 2m42.01s, an improvement of four seconds, and Sophie Pledger-Heywood, who finished ninth in the same race in 2m58.62s.
The fastest 3000m event, attracted a total field of fourteen runners, which included six from the ranks of Morpeth Harriers.
Josh Blevins of Gateshead, who had won the Under 20 Men’s 5000m, and finished third in the 1500m at the previous weekends North Eastern Championships at Middlesbrough, won in a close finish from Walton AC’s Alex Kilby, and Gala’s Darrell Hastie, posting a time of 8m42.42s, with Morpeth Harrier Sam Hancox placing fourth in 8m45.03s.
Fellow Morpeth Harriers Kieran Reay, Tom Innes, Bertie Marr, Oliver Calvert, and Oliver Tomlinson finished seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and fourteenth, posting respective times of 8m49.40s, 8m51.02s, 9m19.57s, 9m19.70s, and 10m03.34s.
Innes got the best personal best of the evening, taking off a mammoth sixty-nine seconds from previous figures, and Calvert and Tomlinson were tackling the distance on the track for the first occasion.
In the second of three 3000m heats, Morpeth Under 20 Woman Millie Breese finished ninth in 10m26.00s, finishing third fastest in her age group to North Shields Poly’s Holly Waugh.
Morpeth’s Tabitha Robson finished fourth in the third heat, posting a time of 11m27.53s.
The club's only event winner on the night was Under 17 specialist thrower Edward Gardiner, who convincingly won the Discus, by producing a throw of 41.34m, adding another 87cms to his personal best.
Morpeth Harriers had three athletes in action in the 200m events.
North East Under 15 Boy 300m Champion Conner Phillips, finished sixth in his heat of the 200m in 25.56s.
Under 20 Woman Mia Belton finished sixth in her heat of the 200m, posting a time of 27.39s.
Under 13 Girl Sophie Pledger-Heywood was fifth in her 200m, in a time of 31.79s.
 

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