CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Tank finished second at the British 10,000m championship which were held at Loughborough on Sunday.
Tank clocked a track PB time of 32.15.30 minute to finish just behind Izzy Fry, who won in 32.12.90.
For most of the race it was a three-way battle with Tank, Fry and Hannah Urwin.
Urwin led for much of the race, but Tank took it on with a couple of laps to go and her and Fry broke away.
However, Fry, who already had the European Championship qualifying time of 32.00 minutes, just pulled away from Tank over the last 300m.
Tank had been hoping to run under the European and Commonwealth Games qualifying mark, but still felt there were positives to take from her national silver medal.
“Not the race I wanted, but lots of positives to take away from this experience,” she said.
Tank added: “It was my first 10,000m on the track for five years and my first track race in almost 12 months.
“Last year, I would have given so much to stand on this 25-lap tart line and be competitive.
“It’s mad how fast your expectations change.
“I learned a lot in this race, ran a track PB of 32.15 and will aim to trust my ability and instincts more moving forward. Here’s to more opportunities soon to achieve my season goals.”
The 14-year-old double English Schools’ champion won the B guest 100m in a wind-assisted time of 11.68 seconds, which ranked her fourth overall out of all the female 100m runners. She was the top under-16 athlete and also beat all the under-18 competitors.
Fasuba also ran in the 200m, clocking 24.04 seconds to finish fourth in the A final, which was won by Hannah Brier.
At the same competition, Tavistock athlete Joely Bytheway finished second in her heat of the women’s 400m hurdles in 62.71 seconds, which ranked her seventh overall.
At Millfield, under-16 athlete Whybrow ran a stunning time of 4:02.70 minutes for the 1,500m, which ranks him second in the UK.
Both him and his Tavistock team-mate Thomas Hennessey are now in the UK’s top 10.
In the 3,000m at Millfield, Plymouth Harriers’ Jack Dee finished third in 8:21.59, with Tavistock under-16 athlete Eldon Young clocking 9:18.72.
City of Plymouth had a host of youngsters running the 800m at Millfield.
In the same age category, Ava Buxton ran 2:28.85, Olivia Walkerdine 2:34.20 and Juliette Salman 2:37.87.
In the under-12 age group, Jack Penney ran 2:27.28, Evie Bolt clocked 2:31.62 and Shara Ingleby 2:50.44, while at under-10 level, Elsie Penney ran 2:58.85 and Dempsey Ingleby clocked 3:15.6.
There were also some sprint events at Millfield and City of Plymouth’s Ayla Orgacki set a new 300m PB with victory in the under-16 girls’ event in 41.91 seconds. Team-mate Nelly Harvey was second in 43.40.
Teenager Whybrown then showed he is comfortable at the longer distances by winning the Plymouth 10k in 33.02 minutes.
Second place went to Peter Newman, who clocked 34.01, with junior Benjamin Marriott third in 35.03, David Jones fourth in 35.29 and Tamar Trotters’ Richard Ezra-Ham fifth in 35.38 minutes.
Storm Plymouth’s Charlene Matthews powered to victory in the women’s race in 37.57 minutes, with Ellie Robinson second in 38.07, City of Plymouth’s Holly Reid third in 38.11, Tavistock’s Emma Ryder fourth in 38.46 and Olivia Trimble fifth in 44.00.
City of Plymouth’s Jane Ling was first F45, East Cornwall Harriers’ Hayley Marriott was first F50 and there were also age category wins for Jenni Bindon (F40), Jacqueline Woodward (F55), East Cornwall Harriers’ Sharon Daw (F60), Gina Harrison (F65) and Vicky Carpenter (F70).
In the men’s age categories, there was a victory for City of Plymouth’s Steve Hill in the M50 age group with a 36.24-minute run. Tamar Trotters’ Pete Waumsley was second in that category.
Erme Valley’s Stuart Witty won the M55 top prize, while there were also wins for James Martyn (M40), John Sole (M45), Julian Rawcliffe (M60), Stuart Armstrong (M65) and Loman Fitzgerald (M70).
She beat Les Croupiers’ Louise Flynn to the title. Flynn finished second in 1:21.10, with Storm’s Lauren Knox third in 1:21.55, Hollie Muckley fourth in 1:26.26 and Truro’s Lucy Longbottom fifth in 1:27.26.
Shane Mcnerney won the men’s half marathon race in 1:14.16, with James Dwyer second and first M40 in 1:14.27.
Third place went to Ben Hicks in 1:14.38, with Erme Valley’s Ronnie Haynes fourth and second M40 in 1:14.43 and Barry Miles fifth in 1:16.02.
Ami Peyton-Jones won the women’s F45 category, while Erme Valley’s Alison Engledew was first F65 runner, finishing ahead of Plymouth Harriers’ Linda Trebilcock and Tamar Trotters’ Jane Bremner.
Abigail Calton (F50), Emma Vickers (F55) and Frances Malin (F60) were also female age group winners.
Alex Peyton-Jones took victory in the M45 category with a 1:18.37 run, with Plymstock’s Brett Jones second.
Plymouth Harriers’ Chris Puertas won the M60 category, with Andrew Perry triumphing in the M55 age group and Jonathan Eldon winning the M65 section.
Bolt’s club team-mate Ivy Ling pushed her all the way and finished second girl.
It was a busy weekend for athletics.
Saturday also saw the Marilyn’s Meldon Madness fell race and the Tavy 5k run.
Erme Valley’s Chris Prall was fifth overall and first M40 at the Meldon Madness, which forms part of the Dartmoor Fell Series. The race was won by Ilfracombe’s Sam Deller, with Luke Stannus second and Cornwall’s Ryan Hanley third.
Annabel Hill won the women’s race ahead of Okehampton’s Emma Brock and Haldon’s Natacha Charton-Bowern.
Tavistock under-16 athlete Arthur Norton was first home in the Tavy 5 in a time of 17.44 minut3es.
Second place went to Tavistock M40 athlete Grant Harvey, who clocked 18.12 minutes, with Launceston’s Joe Thomson third, just ahead of Plymstock’s M60 athlete Graham Bale, who clocked 18.39.
Tavistock’s Charlotte Walker was first woman home in 19.24 minutes, with Tamar Trotters’ Kat Darby second in 20.59 and Tavistock’s Caroline Steven third in 21.54 minutes.