New PB for Ellie Edwards

Ellie Edwards, 19, set a 60m personal best of 7.82 in winning her heat at the British Universities Indoor Championships in Sheffield. Roger Bruck took the M75 high jump, long jump and 200m titles in the Southern Counties Veterans AC Championships at Lee Valley.

Roger Bruck clearing four feet plus at age 76

Roger Bruck set a Southern Counties M75 high jump record of 1.22m in the British Masters Athletic Federation Pentathlon Championships at Lee Valley. The performance places Bruck top of the current UK age group rankings and third in the All Time list.

Early season successes by young athletes

Young sprinters Ellie Edwards, 19, and Eden Davis, 16, have each set indoor PBs that raise them high in their age group national rankings. Edwards, representing Birmingham University in an Inter Varsity Meeting, posted times of 7.89 for 60m and 26.28 for 200m. Herts Phoenix athlete Davis recorded 22.71 for third place in the 200m London Under 20 Games, losing out to older rivals. Both meetings took place at Lee Valley.

Maayan Radus, competing for City of London Girls School, was narrowly beaten into second place in the Year 7 London Schools Cross Country Championships at Wormwood Scrubs. Sophie Peters was top scorer for Harrow AC in placing fourth in the Under 15 race in the North West London Young Athletes’ League at Harrow.