Three Championship medals, one of each colour, were won by Morpeth athletes at the Northern Athletics combined Under 13/Under 15/Under 17 Track and Field Championships, held at Middlesbrough Sports Village on the weekend of 12 and 13 August.
On the Sunday, Under 15 athlete Alexandria Hodgson won an excellent Gold Medal in the Hammer competition by throwing 42.19m, which also served her with a new personal best performance. Less than 24 hours before, elder Under 17 Sister Victoria, had won a Bronze medal in the 300m Hurdles, also achieving a new personal best time of 46.01s. Victoria returned to the arena on the Sunday, however, despite running close to her personal best in the 80m Hurdles, with a time of 12.52s, she was eliminated in her heat by finishing seventh of eight competing athletes. In the Under 17 Men’s 3000m on Sunday, Elliot Kelso won a Silver medal, posting a time of 9m07.74s. ………………………………………………….. William Cork posted a season’s best of 14m49.85s, when finishing ninth in the 5000m B Race at the Trafford BMC Grand Prix meeting on Saturday, a meeting which also incorporated a World Athletics Challenge. ………………………………………………….. Under 20 athlete Joe Dixon, posted a new personal best of 4m04.72s, when finishing eighth in the third fastest 1500m event at the Regional BMC event, held in Loughborough, Leicestershire, on the evening of 9 August. Comments are closed.
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