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GALLERY: Athletes brave poor conditions to take part in City of Plymouth’s one-mile time trials

NEARLY 50 athletes braved wet and windy conditions to take part in City of Plymouth’s one-mile time trials at Brickfields on Wednesday evening.

Conditions were certainly not conducive for fast times, but there was a great battle in the A race between City of Plymouth’s Joshua Blake and Tavistock’s under-17 athlete Caleb Gifford-Groves.

Blake set the pace and was able to hold off a strong finishing Gifford-Groves, with the City of Plymouth man clocking 4:40.0 and the Tavistock teenager 4:41.8.

City of Plymouth’s Gregor Norster was third in the A race, while Tavistock’s Freddie Whybrow was fifth and first under-15 in 5:04.0.

Plymouth’s Elsie Goodspeed was first under-15 girl in 5:37.4, while club colleague Hayley Smith won the B race to finish as fastest female in 5:29.5.

Lucas Sweeney (City of Plymouth) and Olivia Walkerdine were the fastest under-13s, while Evie Bolt (City of Plymouth) and Roux Tucker (South Devon) were quickest under-11s.

Full results can be found HERE.

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