THERE was plenty of success for athletes from the region at the South West Championships and Inter-Counties event at Exeter on Sunday.
Tavistock AC’s Tegan Brown capped a dream weekend by setting a new championship record on her way to winning the under-17 girls’ 3k hammer event for Devon, just 24 hours after claiming a PB and a silver medal on her England debut.
Brown took victory in a high-quality competition at Exeter with a throw of 56.65m, which until the day before, when she threw 57.49m at the SIAB International in Derby, would have been a PB by more than a metre.
Her Tavistock AC team-mate Hazel Stead did set a new PB of 49.46m to win the silver medal for Devon at Exeter, with fellow club colleagues Charlotte Doney and Isabelle Doney both also setting new bests of 42.84m and 42.02m to finish third and fourth, respectively, for Cornwall.
There was also hammer throw victories for fellow Tavistock AC and Devon athletes Phoebe Milburn, Owen Fileman and Josh Tyler.
Milburn, ranked in the UK’s top five, won the women’s 4k under-20 title with throw of 48.16m. Her club and county team-mate Ella Patterson was second with 41.02m and Louisa Hess was fourth with 40.72m. Patterson also took a silver in the discus with 29.53m.
Fileman took gold in the men’s under-20 event with 47.39m, while Tyler threw a PB of 47.02m to win the men’s title.
Tyler also won a silver in his main event, the shot, with a throw of 14.62m. He was only beaten by UK number seven ranked thrower Gareth Winter.
In addition, Tyler claimed a bronze in the men’s discus with an effort of 38.45m.
Charlotte Doney bagged a silver in the under-17 discus for Cornwall with 29.00m, while Tavistock AC team-mate Stead took the bronze for Devon with 27.01m.
Also in the throwing events, Tavistock’s Evie Palmer won silver in the under-17 javelin with 35.91m.
City of Plymouth’s Elsie Goodspeed set a new PB of 2:16.47 to win the under-15 girls’ 800m for Devon.
Over the same distance, Tavistock’s Jasmine Gray, running for Cornwall, was second senior woman in 2:16.89, while City of Plymouth’s Daniel Newman was third in the senior men’s race in 2:00.36.
City of Plymouth’s Jacob Lamboll, representing Cornwall, claimed gold in the senior men’s 400m in a time of 48.85 seconds, while Tavistock athlete Jade Kinsey, competing in Devon colours, won the senior women’s one-lap race in 59.14 seconds. She was also second in a PB time of 25.67 seconds in the senior women’s 200m.
Nia Harradine-Cole (City of Plymouth/Devon) claimed the gold in the under-20 women’s 400m in a PB time of 58.76 seconds.
City of Plymouth youngster Harvey Slade bagged a sprint double in the under-13 boys’ 100m and 200m. He clocked 13.27 seconds in the 100m and a PB of 27.25 seconds in the 200m.
Plymouth Harriers’ Jack Dee was first home in the senior 2,000m steeplechase in a PB time of 6:34.06.
Tavistock AC’s Freddie Whybrow, competing for Devon, continued his good form by running a PB of 9:30.44 to finish second in a strong under-15 boys’ 3,000m. That time ranks him in the UK’s top 20 for that age group.
In the under-15 boys’ 1,500m fellow Tavistock AC athlete Luke Scott-Tucker finished second in 4:27.02.
Erme Valley Harriers’ Isabelle Trowell enjoyed another good meeting by picking up three medals in the under-17 girls’ age group. She won a silver in the long jump with 4.99m, a bronze in the triple jump with 10.42m and a bronze in the 300m hurdles with a time of 49.88 seconds.
There was also a hurdles medal for City of Plymouth’s Finley Bennett, who won a bronze in the under-17 boys’ 400m hurdles with a PB of 61.72 seconds, and for Plymouth’s Lexi Hollister, who took bronze in the under-13 girls’ 70m hurdles with 13.20 seconds.
Tavistock’s Joe Wake returned from Exeter with two sprint medals in the under-17 boys’ age group. He won silver in the 100m in a time of 11.63 seconds and bronze in the 200m in 23.33 seconds.
Full results can be found HERE.
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