There was a good result at the National Twelve Stage Road Relays at Sutton Park on Saturday 6th April for the Senior Men, who finished ninth, with Jack Goodwin (26:04) running the joint sixth fastest long leg of the day, and Ben Davies (15:27) the tenth fastest short leg.
Congratulations to Edith Caux and Jemma Eastwood, who have both broken club indoor records recently. Jemma set a new W45 record of 3.32 metres for the Pole Vault in the European Masters Championships in Tourn, Poland on 20th March. At the same event, Edith bettered both her W65 200m record and her W65 400m record. Edith's new marks are 74.12 seconds and 32.11 seconds respectively.
The NAL have changed the venue for our first two fixture of 2024. The first fixture on 1st June is now at Nottingham, and the second fixture on 22nd June is now at Leigh.
Congratulations to John Eves, who set a new club M40 20 mile road best of 1:49:29 in the Essex 20 on 17th March.
A contingent of Bedford and County athletes were highly successful at the European Masters Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland held between 17th and 23rd March, with many exceptional medal winning performances being recorded:
The Men's A Team finished just outside the medals in fourth place at the Southern 12 stage road relays at a windy Milton Keynes on Sunday 24th March, having led in the early stages of the race. In a committed team performance, Jack Goodwin's 25:40 was the fastest long leg of the day, and Noah Campion's 14:54 was the fourth fastest short leg. The B team came in a very commendable 26th.
There were also some great results in the Under 15 and Under 17 championships - see below for those.
Well done to all those who ran.
Full Bedford and County Results:
Congratulations to Lily Farr, who finished an excellent 21st in the Inter Girls race at the English Schools Cross Country Championships last weekend.
Lily was boxed in the stampede of 343 runners at the start and found it difficult to negotiate the phalanx of runners spread across the course in front of her. As space eventually began to open up, she worked her way through the field from 75th place to finish an outstanding 21st - only 10 seconds behind 10th place and an international vest.
Theo Beale also enjoyed a good run to finish 88th in a field of 329 runners. Congratulations to all the Bedford and County athletes who took part.
There were some notable performances at the Podium 5k Festival in Leicester on Saturday 16th March.
Thaila-Jade Mason rounded off her indoor season with a fifth place finish at the National U17 Pentathlon Championships in Sheffield last weekend.
Her standout performance came in the 60m hurdles, where she ran an outstanding race to smash her personal best, reducing it from 9.01 sec to 8.85 sec – the second fastest of the day. She also notched up a 1cm PB in the shot, recording 9.24 metres. Her total score of 3336 points was also a personal best.
