Sunday Summary - 23 May 2010

Harriers don't wilt in the heat

UKA European Youth Olympic Trials

David Bolarinwa won the 100m and 200m at the European Youth Olympics Trials in Moscow on Friday.

He won the 100m in a time of 10.68 seconds (wind speed -0.9) – he "jogged" his heat in 10.74. His 200m winning time was 21.62s.

Southern Womens League

Some excellent results were recorded at the second Southern Women's League fixture of the year on Saturday.

Anesa Wanogho equaled her shot PB of 12.49m in first place followed by another pb of 30.58m in the hammer.

Gaby Ade-Onojobi ran superbly to record pbs of 12.5 in the 100m,26.0 in the 200m and 14.9 in the 100m hurdles gaining valuable points in the process. Natalie Mann pulled out a season's best in the triple jump and Clare Elms won 800m, 1500 & 3000m again adding well to the team score.

Hatshepsut James scored a hatrick of 2nd places in 400m hurdles, 400m & 100m hurdles all contributing to a 3rd place in the match for the somewhat depleted team.

Full times and results can be found here.

CALLING ALL FEMALE ATHLETES! The next match is Saturday 26th June in Kingston - all female athletes from U17 to veterans are invited to take part. Contact Simone Laidlow, Team Manager on 07986 455419 to find out details.

National Junior League

Cambridge Harriers gained second place by just half a point in the National Junior League fixture at Dartford on Sunday.

Ruth Onyekewe was voted athlete of the match, winning the 100m.

Report will follow shortly. Full results from the day can be found here.

Varsity Match

Kate Laidlow ran pbs of 63.48 for 400m hurdles & 12.60 for 100m on 15th May captaining Cambridge University to a win over Oxford in the varsity match at Oxford! She also won 200m in 26.11.

Cambridge Harriers Open

Don't forget that the first BMC/Cambridge Harriers Open meeting of the year will be held at Sutcliffe park this Wednesday, 26 May. Full timetable of events can be found here.