THE outdoor athletics season got underway in the region on Sunday when City of Plymouth AC hosted their annual Spring Warm-Up Meeting at Brickfields.
The event saw double English Schools’ sprint champion Annabelle Fasuba (City of Plymouth) braved the windy conditions to make her debut in the new under-16 girls’ age group.
The 14-year-old, who set a new British 100m under-15 record and levelled the 200m record last season and also won the under-17 60m national title in February, went straight to the top of the UK U16 girls’ rankings in the 300m with a 39.00 second run.
That was nearly two seconds faster than she ran at the same event 12 months ago.
Fasuba also made her long jump debut on Sunday and leaped 5.13m to take victory in her age group.
There were also some impressive hammer throwing at Brickfields at the weekend.
Tavistock’s England Schools’ champion Tegan Brown threw an eye-catching 55.54m to take victory in the under-18 girls’ event, which ranks her third in the early UK rankings in the new age category. She also won the 200m in 29.05 seconds.
Her club colleague Hazel Stead, who like Brown and Fasuba has also won an English Schools’ title, took second in the under-18 girls’ event on Sunday with a throw of 50.31m. That puts her fifth in the UK rankings.
Fellow Tavistock throwers Isabelle and Charlotte Doney also impressed in that age group with throws of 44.13m and 42.86m, respectively.
Phoebe Milburn, also of Tavistock, won the under-20 women’s age group with a throw of 46.89m. That ranks her third in the early UK rankings, just behind her club colleague Ella Patterson, who recently threw 47.01m at a meeting in Texas, USA, where she is a student.
Charlotte Doney and Phoebe Milburn also won their respective age groups in the shot competition. Doney threw 8.84m to take victory at under-18 level, with Milburn winning the under-20 category with 8.26m.
Charlotte and Isabelle Doney were also first and second in the under-18 discus, with throws of 31.32m and 28.93m, respectively.
City of Plymouth’s Temiloluwa Askinbami enjoyed an eye-catching debut in the under-16 girls’ age group.
She won both the 100m, 200m and high jump events on Sunday. She clocked 13.61m in the 100m, 27.13 seconds in the 200m and leaped 1.55m in the high jump.
Club colleague Harvey Slade claimed a 100m and 200m double in the boys’ under-14 age category. He clocked 13.33 seconds for the 100m and 26.73 seconds for the 200m.
Fellow City of Plymouth sprinters Bryan and David Oldfield opened their season strongly. They came first and second in the under-18 200m, with Bryan winning in 23.47 seconds and David just behind in second in 23.72.
They were second and third in the 100m behind Windsor & Slough’s Matteo Symons-Chan. Bryan ran 11.53 seconds and David 11.72 seconds into a strong wind.
Tavistock AC’s Eldon Young (under-16) smashed his 800m PB to win the joint 800m race in 2:10.44, while his club colleague Connor Duffin (under-18) won the 3,000m in 9:31.41.
City of Plymouth’s Evie Welsh was the quickest under-14 girl over the two-lap race, clocking 2:27.71, while team-mate Evie Bolt was first under-12 in the 800m in 2:38.51.
Plymouth’s Josh Bloxham won the under-18 boys’ 400m in 53.39 seconds, while club colleague Poppy Babb was quickest under-14 girl in the 100m in 14.16 seconds.
There was a good under-14 girls’ 75m hurdles race, where City of Plymouth’s Lexi Hollister just edged out her team-mate Tilly Day on the line. Hollister won in 14.17 seconds, with Day clocking 14.24 seconds. Day did win the new under-14 girls’ 200m hurdles race in 33.52 seconds.
Shara Ingleby (City of Plymouth) was the quickest under-12 girl in the 70m hurdles, while colleague Anya Findlay won the under-14 200m.
The under-12 girls’ long jump competition was close with City of Plymouth’s Mille Easton taking victory in 3.86m, just ahead of her under-10 team-mate Elsa Fasuba, who leaped 3.81m.
Erme Valley’s Freya Norris won the under-14 girls’ shot with 6.59m, while Tavistock’s Katelyn Milburn took top honours in the under-20 triple jump with 10.51m.
Full results can be found HERE.
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