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15-05-2025
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Swindon athlete makes club history by topping UK rankings
Finley Byrne has topped the UK U17 Rankings after breaking a club record. The Swindon Harriers athlete clocked 9mins 1.61secs in the 3,000m at the Wiltshire Track & Field Championships, knocking 30 seconds off Callum Bampton's 2012 record and 50 seconds off his own personal best. Byrne's coach, Kevin Buttle, explained: "The focus is on qualifying for the English Schools 1,500m so a couple of BMC races and some league races for the club coming up in the next few weeks. "Then maybe another 3k later in the season." Read more: Registration for Savernake 10k and 3k Fun Run is now open Other athletes had a successful day at the County Ground. Young sprinter Tamiah Roswell added her sixth under 13s club record to her accolades, completing the 100m in 13.11secs. This broke Delleah Belgrave's record of 13.2secs, which was set nine years ago. Roswell also improved her own 200m club record with a winning time of 27.38secs and won the long jump with a leap of 4.09m. "Tamiah now holds six U13G club records and the challenge I have given her is to hold seven," Coach Tony Jackson commented. Esha Bhalerao performed well in the field events, setting a club record of 2.80m to win the U15s pole vault, placing her top of the South West Rankings and eighth best in the UK. Lucy Bull continued her impressive start to the season in the U15s discus, bettering her own club record with a winning throw of 32.04m.
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14-05-2025
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Young Swindon athletics club breaks three records
A young athletics club has broken three club records. The achievements by Swindon Harriers came during the UK Athletics Youth Development League, Premier South & West Division match at Gloucester and the Brewer Memorial Games. Arthur Adams, 10, surpassed the Under-13s javelin club record set 11 years ago by Ben McIntyre, throwing 37.85m, earning him the best performance of the match. His throw places him fourth in the UK Under-13 Rankings and first in the South West for 2025. Read more: Swindon Lightning Cheerleading wins medal at Allstar Worlds Teenager Esha Bhalerao broke the Under-15s pole vault club record, reaching 2.71m, surpassing Sophie Bath's four-year-old record. Lucy Bull, competing at the Brewer Memorial Games, broke her personal best in the Under-17s javelin by almost two metres, reaching 48.46m and breaking Hannah Lewington's 2022 record. This performance consolidates Bull's position as first in the UK Under-17 Rankings and lifts her to 12th on the All-Time Lists. The club also finished second to Cheltenham in the opening Youth Development League match. Team manager Craig Scott said: "Overall, we had a great day, and second was a great result given we were missing some key athletes. "We were not too far behind Cheltenham, which certainly gives us hope that we can catch them if we have our full-strength team out with all the gaps filled."
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13-02-2025
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Young Swindon Harriers runner 'couldn't believe' England Indoor silver medal
Jesse Bryant could not believe that he managed to win a silver medal in the under-15s England Athletics Indoor Championships in Sheffield. The young Swindon Harriers athlete was competing in the 800 metres at the event which saw all of the country's brightest track and field prospects competing. Bryant said: 'It was only my third race indoors and I didn't expect that. I had hoped to win it but I'm pretty chuffed to finish second.' The 14-year-old's decision to focus on the indoors has certainly paid off handsomely and coach John Dill said Bryant's success is well deserved. Dill said: 'It was great for Jesse to pick up a medal. 'He is running decent times considering it is only February. He is working hard and all set for a good summer outdoors.' Bryant confirmed he will race once more over 800 metres next week when he hopes to improve his personal best time of 2:06.91 that he set in Sheffield at the weekend. But, as Dill outlined, it is the summer season that remains the main focus for the year. Bryant added: 'My targets for the summer will be time-wise to try and break two minutes for 800 metres and in terms of championships reach the English Schools.'
