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Under 15 boy David Hayes came away from the Cheshire County Track and Field Championships as a double gold medal winning champion last weekend. The Championships which were staged at the Victoria Park Stadium, Warrington saw some of the Harriers taking part in their selected events and putting in some fine performances. David's two gold medals were the rewards for winning the shot putt with a grade three performnce of 11.05 mtrs and with a best leap of 4.81mtrs he won the long jump event. He also took the 6th place in the 100mtrs sprint in a time of 13.1s In the under 15 girls events, Amy Pearson was a bronze medal winner.In the heats of the 100mtrs she took 3rd place in 14.1s just out of the qualifiers for the final and had a grade 4 jump of 4.38mtrs in the long jump, which also won her the 3rd place bronze medal. In the 75mtrs hurdles final she was placed 6th in 14.1s.
Middle distance runner Emma Pyatt qualified for the final in the 800mtrs in 3rd place, 2m.33.0s and came home in 7th place in the final in 2m.34.1s, very consistant pacing. In the 1500mtrs final she finished in a good 5th place in 5m.17.0s Emma Scott qualified in the heats of the 200mtrs in 4th place, 30.7s and had a slightly quicker time in the final with a 30.6s for a 7th place. She also had a 7th place in the 800mtrs in a time of 2m.49.1s. Her best of 3.73mtrs in the long jump took the 13th place. Field eventer Amy Wright just missed out on a medal in the discus, her throw of 19.84mtrs taking the 4th place and she had a 14th place in the long jump with 3.72mtrs The under 13 girls events were headed with Emily Pearson and Martha Cottrell competing in the 80mtrs sprints, both qualifying from the heats to the final. Martha had a 1st her heat in 11.8s taking the 4th place in the final in 11.9s, Emily was 3rd in her heat in 12.0s and ran the same time in the final for the 5th place. In the 70mtrs hurdles Martha had a grade 4, 4th place in 13.4s and again had a grade 4, 5th place result in the long jump with 4.01mtrs.Emily too had a grade 4 in the hurdles taking the 5th place in 13.6s. Emily Ross had a good competition with her chosen events, her 24.0s run in the 150mtrs brought her the 8th place honours, she then had a creditable 12th place in the 800mtrs in 3m.02.4s and running the 1500mtrs in competition for the first time, she gallantly ran home in 13th place in 6m.24.0s. In the long jump she had a best of 3.56mtrs for 8th place. Middle distance specialist Kate Merrill had two fine runs in the 800 and 1500mtrs races, her 4th place in the 800mtrs was a grade 3 time of 2m.38.2s but she improved on this with a bronze medal winning, grade 2 performance 3rd place in 5m.17.4s. Thomas Jones was an under 13 medal winning boy, after qualifying for the 200mtrs final with a 3rd place 31.2s he took the bronze medal with a 3rd place final time of 31.9s. He then had a great performance in the long jump. With a best jump of 3.91mtrs he took the 2nd place and with it the Championship silver medal. .
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