number of pbs on impressive night of grand prix action

There were some excellent performances achieved by athletes from Morpeth Harriers AC at the fifth and penultimate North East Grand Prix Meeting, held at Jarrow’s Monkton Stadium on Wednesday 26 July.
These included a number of personal bests, and three event winners, of which two were first-time winners,.
Over 50 Veteran Man Jason Dawson, who won the fourth-fastest heat of the 400m, set a new personal best for the distance, posting a winning time of 57.87s.
Fourteen-year-old Ben Moll had his first winning performance in the fifth heat of the 1500m and posting a personal best time of 4m54.66s into the bargain.
Under 17 Girl sprinter Jasmine Emolaga had her first-ever win in the seventh fastest heat of the 100m, posting a season’s best of 14.0s.
The fastest race of the 1500m had seven Morpeth Harriers in a lineup of 16 runners.
Adrian Bailes of Birtley AC won the race, after regaining the lead with around 500m remaining of the three and three-quarter lap event, and held on until the finish, posting a season’s best of 3m58.79s, and was the only athlete to get under the four-minute barrier on the night.
William Cork of Morpeth Harriers finished third, after just been outsprinted by Gateshead’s Matt Linsley.
Cork posted a season’s best of 4m00.67s, with fellow training partner and fellow Morpeth colleague Finn Brodie finishing fourth, also posting a season’s best of 4m01.27s.
Other Morpeth finishers in the fastest 1500m were Liam Roche (6th) 4m02.13s, Will Devere-Owen (7th) 4m02.63s, Peter Smallcombe (10th) 4m02.30s, Connor Marshall (12th) 4m03.80s, and Bertie Marr (16th) 4m13.49s, and these were all season’s best times.
Fifteen runners lined up in the second fastest 1500m, including four from Morpeth Harriers.
Posting a season’s best of 4m05.05s, Mark Banks finished second.
Joe Dixon posted a personal best time of 4m07.79s, when finishing in sixth place, one place in front of Under 17 club colleague Elliot Kelso, who clocked a season’s best of 4m08.06s.
Fellow Under 17 athlete Ollie Tomlinson finished twelfth in 4m22.15s, also a season’s best for him.
In the fourth fastest 1500m, Morpeth Under 20 Woman Caitlin Flanagan finished fourteenth in a season’s best time of 5m15.32s.
Morpeth Under 13 Girl Zoe Tomlinson, posted a season’s best of 5m57.80s, when finishing tenth in the seventh fastest race of the 1500m.
Back with the sprints, and it was good to see Sean O’Hara back in Grand Prix action.
In the fastest 100m, he finished fourth in a season’s best of 11.76s.
Morpeth Under 17 Man Connor Phillips finished third in the third fastest 100m, posting a season’s best of 12.50s.
In the same heat, Senior Man Anthony Liddle posted a season’s best of 12.91s, finishing eighth.
It was also good to see Mia Belton back in Grand Prix action.
She finished third in the fourth fastest heat, in a season’s best of 13.26s.
In the fifth fastest heat, Morpeth’s Amelia Hamlin also finished third, and in a season’s best time of 13.29s.
Fellow Morpeth Harrier Ellie Wickens finished seventh in the same heat, posting a season’s best of 14.04s.
Anthony Liddle also competed in the second fastest 400m, finishing sixth, with another season’s best of 56.44s.
Ellie Wickens also competed in the Triple Jump, finishing as second Under 20 Woman, with her best jump of 8.97m, without any wind assistance.

* Two days after running a new personal best in the 1500m, Joe Dixon was in action again over the distance at the BMC meeting at Scotstoun in Scotland.
On this occasion the very much back in form Under 20 athlete took another two seconds off his previous figures, when he finished eighth in the third fastest heat, posting a time of 4m05.02s.