Fells - Snowdon International & Moel Siabod

A handful of SAC athletes competed over the fells this weekend in Snowdonia.

In the Snowdon International Fell Race 3 club runners lined up alongside the 500 hardy runners to tackle the 10mile route from Llanberis to the summit of Snowdon, before the technical descent back down.
Anna Bartlett, wearing the international colours of Wales finished with a time of 1:29:09 for 7th female finisher, 75th overall.

Evergreen club member Gordon Trevor celebrated his 60th birthday by racing, and finished in 17th place in his debut in the M60 category for 392th overall, 2:13:05 his finishing time.

Leo Murray finished with a time of 1:49:50, for 269th place.

Just down the A5, in Capel Curig, a further 4 SAC members were in action in the 6mile Moel Siabod fell race.
A late decision by the organisers provided a twist, by adding a river crossing to further take the toll on tired legs.
Club captain Graham Jones flew the flag with a 6th place finish to take the M50 top prize, leading home Kev Francis 10th, and Paul Clarke18th.

Jones - 59:33
Francis - 61:34
Clarke - 62:44

In the Junior race, Ross Kirby finished the 2mile route in 8th place, 5th in U12 category, proving again to be a consistent performer in his first season over the hills.

Many thanks to Eddie Austrum for arranging accomodation for the travelling SAC members.

Weekend Review 18th /19th July

Shrewsbury took a small team to Tamworth to compete in the BAL Cup.
Tom Rowlands ran a PB of 54.1 in the 400m finishing 4th.
Simon Brown was 4th in the discus and 3rd in the Shot with 11.39m
Andrew Beeston was 2nd in the High Jump retiring with 1.75m to run the 800m, fininshing 3rd in 2.07.4.

At the Birmingham Games Open Meeting
Andrew Jones won his 100m heat 11.20s, no final was competed because of Atrocious Weather Conditions!
Sam Edwards and Ryan Kelly both competed in the Long Jump and triple jump.
Sam finishing 2nd and 4th and Ryan finishing 4th and 6th respectively.
Anna Kelly finished 3rd in the Triple Jump with a seasons best 11.76m

Wenlock Games

Well done to the athletes that took part in the Annual Wenlock Games last weekend.
Notable results:

Senior Men Pentathlon
2nd Andrew Beeston 2606 points

Under 15 Girls 100 Metres
1st Libby Naylor 13.3 sec

Under 15 Girls 200 Metres
1st Libby Naylor 28.7 sec

Triathlon
5th place overall, 1st Female = Anna Bartlett

Aviva World Trials and UK Championships 2009

Shrewsbury had one athlete at the World Trial/ UK Championships this weekend.

Emma Pullen ran in the 400m, after team mate Claire Burgoyne pulled out the same event after physio advice.

Emma ran in heat 1 against Christine Ohuruogu (Olympic Champion) and finished 3rd in 56.20. This performance gave Emma the chance to run in the B Final, but she also withdraw with concerns over a foot injury.

English Schools

At one of the most prestigious and biggest competition, the English Schools Shrewsbury AC had 3 athletes.

Hannah Bridgwater made it through to semi final in 75m hurdles. She Ran 11.7 in heat to equal her pb. Just missing out qualifying for the final.
Libby Naylor ran 11.91 in her heat of hurdles just 1/100th out side her pb.
Sam Edwards came 8th in triple jump setting new pb 14.08m.
He opened with 14.04 then improved in 3rd round and again in final round.

All SAC athletes pleased with their performances especially as it was the first English schools for them all. Well done all.

Midland League, 3rd Meeting at Stourport

Shrewsbury Men and Ladies produced another good set of performances at Stourport, with the Shrewsbury Men winning for the 3rd time, only to pipped into 2nd Place by 22 points, by home team Kidderminster and Stourport.

This means that Shrewsbury must win (or finish above K&S to win the division), but we are all but certain to gain promotion.

We need everybody at the next meeting, to produce a big finish on the end of an excellent season.
Lots of good performances again,
Results are link below, well done to everybody. Thanks to helpers and officials too.

www.midlandathletics.org.uk/PDFS/2009_TANDFLGE_RESULTSDIV6MATCH3.pdf