Indoor athletics is in full flow and this week we report on the second of this years Sale Indoor Series held at Sportcity on Sunday 21st December at which a number of Blackburn Harriers athletes were competing in, many of whom were out for their first competitive fixture of the winter indoor season. Starting as always with the 60m Sprints and U20 Charlie Palich kicked off with a 3rd place 7.15 followed by U20 Daniel Nuttall clocking 7.38 in 5th spot in his Heat. U17 Matthew Sharples set a new PB of 7.44 down from 7.77 in his Heat (4th) and followed in the next Heat by three Blackburn Harriers – Ernie Hobson in his first ever indorr 60m race clocking 7.32 in winning the Heat alongside team mates U17 Keir Michie in 3rd spot running a new PB time of 7.51 and U17 Tomi Birch also clocking a new PB of 7.69 in 6th place. Heat 4 in the U17’s age category saw Jack Thompson run 8.19 in 4th place. In the U15 age category Heats Kai Addison was so close to a new personal best as he won the Heat in 7.84 whilst in the next Heat Noah Briscoe placed 3rd in another new PB time of 8.69. U20 Claudia Longton knocked over a tenth off her previous best in clocking a new PB of 8.65 whilst in the U17 Women’s races Niamh Boland placed 3rd in a time oif 8.51 and Isabella Finn 5th in the same Heat clocking 8.57. Great run from Evie Fort in Heat 4 as she came home in 2nd spot in a new PB time of 8.77.
Evie Fort – Photo courtesy of Ann Osborne
On to the 300m races and U17 Matthew Sharples ran his second new PB of the day clocking 36.37 in 4th spot as U20 Claudia Longton took 2nd spot in her Heat clocking 45.75. U17 Keir Michie set his second new PB of the day with a time of 38.67 which was over a second quicker than previously, followed in the next Heat by another win for Ernie Hobson clocking 39.99 with team mate Kai Addison in 2nd spot (40.21). U17 Evie Fort then took a 2nd place in her 300m Heat running 47.04 followed by U15 Noah Briscoe clocking a new PB of 44.95 in 4th place. U15 Iona Bell was running her first indoor race of the season, placing 3rd in a time of 44.93 whilst U15 Hannah Moore ran 51.70 in 3rd place in her Heat – her first time over the distance. In the final 300m Heats U20 Daniel Nuttall clocked 39.19 in 3rd spot whilst U20 Millee Schofield won her Heat in a time of 41.34.
Matthew Sharples (296) – photo courtesy of Georgina McCredie
Claudia Longton – photo courtesy of Georgina McCredie
Moving on to the 600m races and in Heat 2 we had U20’s Matthew Haxton and Logan McCreadie – Matthew coming home in 3rd place with a new PB time of 1.27.27 and Logan 4th in 1.27.43. U17 Bella McCredie had a great run in 600m setting a new PB by five seconds as she clocked 1.45.67 in 4th place. U17 Isabella Finn went in the 60m Hurdles placing 4th in 10.99 and in the High Jump U15 Hannah Moore cleared 1.31m as U15 Noah Briscoe leapt out to 4.28m in the Long Jump with Isabella Finn jumping 4.68m in the following Long Jump Pool. U20 Tamzin Osborne was in a pool of 17 in the Pole Vault and opened her season with a clearance of 3.00m – 4th overall and 3rd U20.
Logan McCredie (209) – Matthew Haxton (129) – Photo courtesy of Georgina McCredie
Bella McCredie (210) – Photo courtesy of Georgina McCredie
Tamzin Osborne – Photo courtesy of Ann Osborne
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Gordan Ballantyne competes in the Modern Pentathlon as well as running 1500 and 3000m on the trackas well as cross country. Last weekend saw him competing in his First National Ranking tournament alongside a few athletes from Paris and Tokyo Olympics in the competition. After a nervy start on Saturday, he again relied on his running and shooting to qualify for today’s final. With qualification on the line for next years European and World Championships Gordon had a great day finishing up first UK U19 and 10th overall. Gordon will take a short break before the next National Ranking in January. A big thanks to all his coaches and North west clubs….Blackburn Harriers and Athletic Club Leyland Barracudas ASC NWBiathleHub
Gordon Ballantyne (13)
