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Several Young Athletes from Morpeth Harriers were in competitive action at the annual Northumberland Schools Track and Field Championships, held at Gateshead Stadium on Saturday 10 June.
One of the most notable performers was East Northumberland Junior Girl Alexandria Hodgson, who won both the Discus and Hammer competitions. In the Hammer, she not only achieved a most prized English Schools Standard, with her best throw of 38.73m, she also broke a Championship record that former Morpeth Harrier Jessica Gardiner had set in 2018, by almost three metres. She also won the Discus by a narrow margin of 68cm from Newcastle’s Rebecca Etherington, producing a best throw of 20.87m. Elder Sister Victoria Hodgson also had a taste of victory in the Inter Girls 80m Hurdles, producing a winning time of 12.8s. She also finished second to North Tyneside’s Senna Gorvett in the 300m Hurdles, who produced a Championship best performance of 45.6s. Hodgson’s time was 48.1s. There were further event wins for Morpeth Harriers Edward Gardiner, Joe Dixon, Elliot Kelso, Joseph Close, and Ben Hope. Gardiner, representing East Northumberland, won the Senior Boys Discus, producing a best effort of 36.20m. Dixon, also representing East Northumberland, won the Senior Boys 3000m in 8m59.5s. Elliot Kelso, representing Tynedale, won the Intermediate Boys 1500m in 4m23.9s, finishing just ahead of Morpeth Harriers club colleague Oliver Tomlinson of East Northumberland who was second in 4m29.8s. Another Morpeth Harrier Harry Armstrong, representing North Northumberland was ninth in 4m59.9s. Joseph Close, representing North Northumberland, comfortably won the Intermediate Boys 800m in 2m03.4s. Representing East Northumberland, Ben Hope won the Intermediate Boys 400m Hurdles in 62.8s. Hope was also third in the 100m Hurdles, posting a time of 20.3s. Staying with the Intermediate Boys, Oliver Tomlinson was fifth in the Javelin with a best throw of 20.29m. Intermediate Girl Amy Longstaff of East Northumberland finished second in the Final of the 100m in 13.2s. After winning her 200m heat in 28.2s, Longstaff finished third in a hotly contested final in 28.3s. East Northumberland’s Amelia Hamlin finished a very close second to Newcastle’s Poppy Wilde, in the Inter Girls 300m Final, being rewarded with the same time of 43.2s. Morpeth trio Harrison Scott, Jack Dinning and Connor Phillips all competed in the Inter Boys sprints. After running his 100m heat in 11.8s, Scott finished seventh in the final in 12.3s. Dinning unfortunately went out in his 100m heat in 11.9s. Scott clocked 24.4s in his 200m Heat, and Phillips clocked 25.0s alongside him, however Phillips lined up in the later run final without Scott, clocking 25.1s for seventh place. Other Morpeth Harriers results were as follows. Junior Boys 200m: Heat, William Hodgson (East) (3rd) 26.0s, Final 26.8s (6th) Junior Boys 300m: Final, James Trotter (3rd) 41.6s, Junior Boys 800m Final; Ben Moll (4th) 2m21.1s, Junior Boys 1500m: Final, George Mavir, (8th) 4m51.0s Junior Boys Triple Jump: William Hodgson (6th) 9.82m Junior Girls 800m: Final, Megan Potrac (8th) 2m47.5s Junior Girls 1500m: Final, Molly Roche (6th) 5m36.8s. Several athletes will await word of a place in next week’s Inter Counties Championships, also being held at Gateshead, the final steppingstone to the English Schools Championships, being held in Birmingham in the summer. Comments are closed.
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