Ian Priest reports from Sutton Park:
At the National Road Relays we had no Senior Men or Senior Women’s entrants, so Halesowen’s bright young stars took to the stage to ensure the club were represented at a national level event.
Previously run by running icons, Mo Farah and Paula Ratcliffe, our athletes took on the three stage event over gruelling 3.88k legs.
There was consistent running by everyone with a great all round team performance.
I am very proud of the two new Under 13 Girls Halesowen debutants, Amelia and Abbe (pictured above).
To attend your first competitive fixture for Halesowen and this being a national event 👏👏👏👏
Provisional times/places are listed below. Photos from Bryan Dale at racephotos.org.uk
UNDER 13 GIRLS – 48th, 1:03:26.
NIA BROOK 21:18 – Nia matched her Midland Relays time set two weeks prior to the exact second, talk about consistent.
The other two runners were both debutants lining up in their first competitive race for Halesowen.
AMELIA SHERWOOD 21:14
ABBEYEAR AL-ALMER 20:54
All three runners were within a few seconds of each other. A fantastic all-round great team effort.
UNDER 15 BOYS – 48th, 43:30.
ALEX TAYLOR 13:14 – Alex smashed his previous best by 17 seconds.
OLIVER NUGENT-SMITH 14:18 – Matching his debutant run undertaken just two weeks ago, Again, talk about consistent. Superb!
JACK LEADER 15:58 – Leaving his previous debutant run time well in the distance, beating his previous best by a massive 31 seconds.
UNDER 15 GIRLS: 17th, 45:00
JESSICA DALE 15:01
FFION COLLINS 14:46
LUCY HELLINGSWORTH 15.13
All girls ran within a few seconds of the previous Midlands event.
Consistency was a major key and places were gained throughout the race with the congested field of athletes.
What a fantastic team performance coming in the top 20 in the country with a team with two bottom age competitors.
Totally commendable, a superb competitive team race and a great effort!
A very enjoyable Saturday morning. Well done all!
#upowen
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