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14-05-2025
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Titles, medals and PBs galore for Warrington in Cheshire Championships
EIGHT titles were won and almost 50 personal bests achieved by Warrington Athletics Club competitors in the Cheshire Track and Field Championships held at Ellesmere Port over the weekend. On Saturday wins came from Thomas Darbyshire (under 17s men's high jump) 1.60m; Lisa Halliday (senior women's 400m hurdles) 67.12secs; Euan Lawton (under 15s boys 1500m) 4 mins 30.52secs and Emily Kinsey (under 17s women's 1500m) 5mins 15.17secs. Second places came from Ellie Barker (under 17s women's hammer) 20.53m and (300m) 41.51secs; Olivia Crawford (under 17s women's 100m) 12.75secs; Alfie Blizzard (under 17s men's 400m) 52.29secs; Emily Jackson (senior women's 400m) 60.15secs and Ellen Turnbull (senior women's 1500m) 5mins 13.08secs. Ellie Barker with her two silver medals (Image: Contributed) Third places came from Holly Bryning (under 15s girls 100m) 13.43secs; Thomas Darbyshire (under 17s men's 400m) 52.66secs; Chris Fance (senior men's 400m) 58.95secs and Grace Rashud (under 15s girls 1500m) 5mins 13.59secs). On the Sunday, the first win came from Olivia Crawford in her speciality event 80m hurdles in 11.47secs which if it had not been for the wind being over the two metres per second limit would have moved her to third on the UK rankings. Other wins came from Sophia Rowlinson (senior women's long jump) 4.43m; Hannah Hull (under 20s women's 800m) 2mins 21.57secs; and Faye Lawton (senior women's 800m) 2mins 55.57secs. Two medals for Warrington athletes in the under 20s women's 800m. Gold for Hannah Hull and silver for Olivia Haselden (Image: Contributed) Second places came from Ivy Davidson (under 11s girls 600m) 1min 58.61secs; Callum Meakin (under 11s boys 600m) 1min 57.88secs; Louis Green (under 15s boys high jump) 1.45m; Euan Lawton (under 15s boys 800m) 2mins 11.0secs; Sarah Ashcroft (under 17s women's 800m) 2mins 27.01secs and Olivia Haselden (under 20s women's 800m) 2mins 26.25secs. Third places came from Leah Poole (under 15s girls 200m) 28.45secs; Leonard Broadhurst (under 11s boys 600m) 1min 59.92secs; Sebastian Hughes (under 13s boys 800m) 2mins 28.90secs; Evie-May Williams (under 15s girls 800m) 2mins 24.70secs; Alfie Blizzard (under 17s men's 800m) 2mins 00.15secs and Anne Gregory (senior women's 3000m) 14mins 21.38secs.
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06-05-2025
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Teen hurdler's incredible grit to cross finish line after three falls
Teen hurdler's incredible grit to cross finish line after three falls Three medals for Thomas Farrell - gold in the soft javelin, bronze in the 600m and bronze in the standing long jump (Image: Contributed) A WARRINGTON athlete fell over three times in a race and showed incredible grit to cross the finish line. And not put off, tough cookie Leah Russek showed her mettle again when she returned to the track later in the day in a different event and achieved a personal best time. The day started well for the Warrington Athletics Club under 13s competitor. Russek made her debut in the 70m hurdles in the Warrington AC Hurdles Festival and Junior Open staged at Victoria Park on Sunday. She won in 17.13secs but it was in the second running of the event a little later that she suffered three falls. Russek hit a hurdle and fell but did not give up, returned to her feet and continued. But she hit the next hurdle and hit the deck again. Undeterred she got up again and continued only to hit the final hurdle and fell for a third time. The determined youngster got up to finish in 26.32 seconds - after picking up her shoe which had come off! For some, that might have been enough for one day but not Russek. After having been persuaded to get first aid treatment, she ran in the 800 metres and finished fourth in a personal best 3mins 05.01secs. Meanwhile, Olivia Crawford won both runnings of the under 17s women's 80m in 11.79secs and 11.73secs respectively. In the under 20s men's 110m, Lewis Shaw continued his winning streak by smashing his PB with 14.76secs – going under 15 seconds for the first time and moving to third place on the UK rankings. In the under 17s women's 300m hurdles second claim member Evie Elliott running under Bury AC set a new personal best time of 46.50 seconds. Luis Davidson ran superbly in the under nines boys' 600m to win in 2mins 00.05secs. Behind him in third place, Thomas Farrell, who was also third in the standing long jump, won the soft javelin in 15.72m. Georgia Clarke won the under nines girls 75m in 13.98 seconds, while in the standing long jump and soft javelin Linda Szekely came out on top with 1.41m and 7.33m respectively. In the under 11s age group, Otis Milliken won the soft javelin in 16.36m.
