AN English Schools Track and Field Championships bronze medal is hanging round the neck of Warrington’s Ashley Nemits.
The Bridgewater High School student was overhauled by two runners in the final straight of the junior girls’ 300m race at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Saturday.
All three medallists recorded personal best times, with Nemits’ 39.76secs being 0.33secs faster than the second-place finish in her heat the previous day.
Three of her fellow Warrington Athletics Club runners missed out on medals.
Jordan Jones completed a 1500m steeplechase faster than he has before as he finished fourth in the intermediate boys’ race in 4mins 32.81secs.
He would have needed to have run around 10 seconds faster to win a medal.
In the intermediate boy’s 3000m Jones’ training partner Joe Buckley was only a couple of seconds outside his best time as he finished 12th in 8mins 57.65secs in a very fast race.
Meg Corker equalled her electronic best time of 11.43secs as she qualified second from her heat for the junior girls’ 75m hurdles semi-finals, where she ran 0.01secs faster to bow out in seventh.
She ran the third leg of the junior girls’ 4x100m relay, with Nemits running the fourth leg, as Cheshire crossed the line fifth in their heat in 50.19secs.
Elsewhere, coach and student took part in the Trafford Grand Prix at Longford Stadium.
In the 100m series, under 17s runner Emily Jackson won in 13.35secs while her coach Phil Knowles was fourth in his race with 13.25secs. Emily also won her 300m race in 43.40secs.
Meanwhile, Warrington AC won the season’s third Cheshire League match of the season at Connah’s Quay on Sunday.
Many of the club’s competitors achieved personal best performances.
Results:
Individual and relay wins:
Senior men 100m A, B, C and D: Cameron Meakin 11.6secs,Thomas Tudor 12.3secs,David Cooper 12.3secs and Phil Knowles 13.4secs.
Senior men 800m A and B: Chris Fance 2mins 01.1secs and Luke Gamble 2mins 01.5secs.
Senior women 100m A, B and C: Rebecca Hardy 13.8secs, Alice Clare 14.4secs and Linda Dykes 17.4secs.
Senior women long jump A and B: Rebecca Hardy 4.52 metres and Alice Clare 3.25m.
Senior women 4x100m relay 64.1secs.
Under 17s men 100m A and B: Cameron Duff 12.0 seconds and Joe Taylor 12.4secs.
Under 17s men shot put A: Ryan Jones 9.16m.
Under 13s boys 200m B: Ben Pucill 29.6secs.
Under 13s boys 800m C and D 800m: Ben Pucill 2mins 34.1secs and Rory Gregory 2mins 45.0secs.
Under 17s women 100m B and C: Charlotte Stokes 14.4secs and Emma Davies 14.8secs.
Under 17s women long jump B: Emma Davies 3.37m.
Under 17s women discus B: Charlotte Stokes 10.88m.
Under 17s women 4x100m relay: 56.0secs.
Under 15s girls shot put B: Olivia Chamun 7.86m.
Under 13s girls 100m: Ellie-Ann Tuitt-Williams 14.6secs.
Under 11s girls 75m C: Ella Pennington 12.4secs.
Under 11s girls long jump A and B: Ellie Barker 3.69m and Ella Pennington 3.39m.
Match: 1 Warrington Athletic Club 539 points; 2 West Cheshire Athletic Club 500 points; 3 Menai Athletic Club 453 points; 4 Deeside Athletic Club 415 points; 5 St Helens Sutton Harriers & Athletic Club 243 points; 6 Maldwyn Athletic Club 194 points; 7 Manchester Harriers 10 points.
Under 11s match result: 1 West Cheshire Athletic Club 143 points; 2 Warrington Athletic Club 128 points; 3 Deeside Athletic Club 121 points; 4 Menai Athletic Club 85 points; 5 Maldwyn Athletic Club 69 points; 6 St Helens Sutton Harriers & Athletic Club 28 points.
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