Thursday, 8 June 2017

Fine debut 3000m by Maayan Radus



Maayan Radus established herself as one of the country's top young runners in her first ever track race over 3000m. Fresh from celebrating her 13th birthday the previous day, Radus completed the distance in 10:32.74 at the Watford Open Graded Meeting. This raised her to sixth on the UK U15 list.
"As it was my first race over the distance I decided not to go off too fast," Radus said. "Then I gradually increased the pace as I grew more confident. I am now looking forward to tackling the distance again this weekend at the South of England Championships at Crystal Palace."
Brighton & Hove AC’s Adam Firsht, 14, improved his 800m time to 2:06.86 at a paced British Milers Club event at Brighton. Firsht will race the same event at the Independent Schools Association National Finals in Birmingham this month, having won the ISA Southern Region title in May.
Ellie Edwards, 20, gained a sprint double with victories over 100m and 200m in the Warrington Open. Her times of 12.4 and 25.6 were very close to her personal bests. Edwards commented, "My season is going well and I am running faster than at this stage last year. It augurs well for next month’s Maccabiah, where I am running the senior 100m and 200m." Edwards has been chosen as GB Maccabiah Track & Field captain.
Richard Goodman, 24, placed third in the 5000m at the British Athletics League Premiership match at Lee Valley. His time of 14:30.16 was his fastest for several years.
Rachel Ayrton, 17, recorded an 800m PB of 2:29.8 when placing fourth in a Southern League Division 1 match at Harrow.
Emma Taylor, 16, racked up multiple points for Shaftesbury Barnet by contesting discus, hammer and javelin in the Youth Development League at Bromley. Her recorded marks were 18.62m, 26.23m and 27.07m respectively.

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