CITY of Plymouth youngster Annabelle Fasuba continued her impressive debut season by smashing a 40-year-old club record at the Devon Open Series meeting at Brickfields on Sunday.
Fasuba clocked a stunning time of 24.39 seconds to win the under-15 girls’ 200m.
That broke Linda Wilson’s club record of 25.0 seconds that had stood since 1984.
The time Fasuba, who is still only 12, ran on Sunday is also faster than Great Britain international Katherine Endacott’s under-17 and under-20 club records and it has also moved the youngster up to 15th on the UK all-time list for her age group, ahead of the likes Dina Asher-Smith and Donna Fraser.
Fasuba had already broke City of Plymouth’s 100m under-15 record earlier this month with a 12.09 run at Exeter. She also broke two records at the Devon County Championships and a South West League record in just her first two months of racing.
Despite running into a head wind and in rain on Sunday, she ran a quick 12.20 seconds for the 100m.
But few at City of Plymouth will be surprised by her natural talent as both her parents were Olympic sprinters and her dad, who has turned out for the city club in the past, was the 2008 World indoor 60m champion and won Olympic, Commonwealth and African Games medals before joining the Royal Navy and moving to Devon.
Fasuba is just one of a number of talented young sprinters coming through at City of Plymouth.
Bryan Oldfield also broke a club record on Sunday. He clocked 11.49 seconds to win the under-15 boys’ 100m, which ranks him 11th in the UK.
Oldfield also comfortably took victory in the 200m in a new PB of 23.78 seconds.
There was also two PBs for team-mate Rory Summers in the under-20 age group. He clocked 11.27 seconds for the 100m and 22.87 seconds for the 200m.
Tavistock’s Joe Wake was another two PB in the sprint events. He clocked 11.40 seconds to win the under-17 boys’ 100m and 22.98 to also take victory in the 200m.
Plymouth’s Nia Harradine-Cole won the under-17 girls’ 200m in 26.66 seconds, while team-mate Lamara Hammoudeh took victory in the under-13 150m in 21.15 seconds.
There was a good joint under-20, under-17 and senior men’s 400m race, where Plymouth’s Gregor Norster took victory in a PB time of 50.54, with club colleague and fellow under-20 athlete Andreas Isaias second in 51.32 seconds, which was also a PB for him. Josh Bloxham was first under-17 in a PB of 52.68 seconds, with Tavistock’s Caleb Gifford-Groves just behind in 52.90, which was also a new best.
Harriet Beardsmore won the women’s 400m in 60.51, just ahead of her Plymouth team-mate Hayley Smith, who clocked 61.13.
Tavistock’s Thomas Hennessey won the under-15 boys’ 800m in 2:14.13, while Plymouth’s Taylan Jones was first girl in that age group in a PB of 2:23.39, with team-mate Elsie Goodspeed right on her heels in 2:23.76, which was also a PB.
Plymouth’s Joshua Blake won the senior men’s 800m in 2:06.46, while Erme Valley Harriers’ Luke Hayes and Plymouth’s Isaac Lamerton both set new bests in the under-17 3,000m of 9:24.64 and 9:38.61 respectively.
Once again at a Devon Open meeting there were some impressive throws in the field events.
English Schools’ champion Tegan Brown (Tavistock) set a new PB to win the under-17 girls’ hammer in 49.68m. That moves her up to fifth in the UK.
Club colleague and fellow English Schools’ medallist Phoebe Milburn also set a new PB and moved up to fifth in the UK at under-20 level with a throw of 48.25m.
There was also new bests for her team-mates Ella Patterson, who threw 44.36m, which ranks her in the UK’s top 10, and Louisa hess, who managed 40.29m. They came second and third to Milburn.
Patterson also set a new PB in the discus of 30.04m.
Fellow Tavistock thrower Owen Fileman was another to PB in the hammer. He produced a 48.20m effort to move up to eighth in the UK under-17 boys’ rankings. He also won the shot with 10.72m and the discus with a PB effort of 41.03, which ranks him seventh nationally.
Team-mate Charlotte Doney took victory in the under-17 girls’ discus with 28.76m.
Plymouth’s Chloe Edwards took victory in the women’s shot with 11.59m, while team-mates Lowenna Riley and Emily Bee came first and second in the women’s javelin with 31.57m and 29.97m, respectively.
Tavistock’s Evie Palmer took victory in the under-17 girls’ javelin with 31.75m, while club colleague Mabel Maguire won the under-13 age group with 21.22m and Nell Maguire came second in the under-15 event with 27.31m.
Nell Maguire also won the undr-15 girls’ high jump with 1.40m, while Plymouth’s Stanley Kingdom took the honours in the corresponding boys’ age group with 1.45m.
Tavistock’s Katelyn Milburn claimed victory in the under-17 girls’ triple jump with 10.54m and Plymouth’s Ella Isaias won the women’s high jump, while Tily Day took honours in the under-13 girls’ 70m hurdles.
As well as individual events, there were also multi-event competitions going on and Erme Valley Harriers’ Isabella Trowell came third in the under-17 pentathlon with a PB of 2,662 points, which included PBs of 1.41m and 8.50m in the high jump and shot and a 13.21 second 80m hurdles run.
Full results can be found HERE.
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