There was very little going on this week in the lull between league fixtures but athletes were still about to find some racing opportunities.
We’ll start this week’s round up of results with some track action in the Birmingham University Grand Prix where Ella Semple took 2nd place in the women’s 1500m D race in 4.36.54. There were more club members pulling on the vest at the Dudley & Stourbridge Harriers Centenary Meeting where George Nicholls was 3rd in the U11 600 in 1.53.42, Gabriella Okafor was 2nd in the 200 in 28.77, Michelle Okafor was 5th over 200 in 28.23, Freya Hooper was 5th over 200 in 27.67. Over 3000 there was a 9thplace finish for Grace Hendy in 10.45.30 and a 10th for Lucie Tait-Harris in 10.51.66, Lucie then competed over 1500 an hour later recording a seasons best performance in 4th place in 5.14.16. Zoleka Mzuku was 2nd over 800 in 2.25.06, Psalm Roberts-Nash claimed victory over 400 in a convincing 49.80, Connor Blincoe was 4th in the same race in 54.75. Over 100 Grace Oluwajobi was 3rd in 15.73, Mariama Foster was 3rd in 13.73, Samantha Agomoh was 4th in 12.77 and Aupromeyo Mukherjee was 5th in 12.63.
The action on the tarmac, or at the very least along the paths alongside water features, will bring this round up to a conclusion. There was marathon action down near Milton Keynes where those looking to complete the 26.2 mile distance were faced with multiple laps of Caldecotte Lake. Not put off by the round and round route Dave Joynson finished 6th in 4.05.36, Gill Mitchell crossed the line in 23rd place in 6.06.42.And also taking the water theme there was more race action along the canal towpaths between Wolverhampton and Birmingham in the Birmingham Black Country Half Marathon where Rich Amor-Wilkes took 12th place in 1.25.33 and Tony Cheema placed 20th in 1.28.25.
Dave Norman
