Lia Radus took time out from her GCSE preparations to
demolish her 800m personal best by more than three seconds. The Shaftesbury
Barnet Harrier moved to 26th in the UK U17 800m rankings by recording 2:15.27 at
the British Milers Club PB Classic at Milton Keynes. This achievement is all
the more remarkable considering that Radus normally competes over longer distances.
"The race didn’t start off particularly well as I
haven’t run an 800 for a while so I didn’t quite have the starting speed in my
legs", Radus reported. "However, in the second lap I was able to use
my speed endurance and make up the lost ground. I caught up with the leaders
and I'm really happy to have set a great PB. I am now focusing on my exams but
I'm really looking forward to competing in the English Schools Championships
when they are all over."
Emma Taylor, 17, represented Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers in
three events in the Youth Development League at Bromley, setting personal bests
in two of them. Taylor improved by more than 1m in the discus with a throw of
19.72m, and exceeded 100 feet for the first time with the full-weight javelin
with a throw of 30.91m.
Eden Davis, 19, set a 100m season's best of 10.55 in the
British Athletics League at Portsmouth.
Jack Davis-Black, 13, achieved a 1500m PB of 4:52.52 in the
Watford Open Graded Meeting.
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