COMPETITIVE athletics returned to Brickfields on Sunday for the first time since 2019. The Plymouth track underwent a £700,000 upgrade last year, which included completely relaying the surface, repairing the throwing and jumping areas and installing a new security fence. And it helped produce a host of personal best and a few UK-leading performances on … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Olympic hopeful David King ran a season’s best time in California on Sunday to claim victory at the Chula Vista High Performance Meet. The British champion clocked 13.53 seconds to comfortably take the win in the 110m hurdles final. That time was only 0.05 of a second off his legal PB and keeps him … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Jed Hutchings and Tavistock’s Joe Wheeler and Phoebe Milburn all produced UK top two performances on their first outings of the season at the Tavistock Spring Warm-up Meet. Hutchings knocked two seconds off his 800m PB to clock 2:05.3 to go second in the early national under-15 boys’ rankings. Joe Wheeler finds … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Tank smashed her 10,000m personal best to claim an impressive win at the West Coast Relays meeting in Clovis, California, on Friday. Tank ran a quick 32:52.65 for the 25-lap race, to win by 22 seconds. She also knocked more than 24 seconds of Utah University’s all-time record. Her run was … Continue reading
LAST year’s UK-leading under-15 discus thrower Nubia Evans-Shields opened her 2021 season in style by setting a new personal best at the Yeovil Spring Field Festival. The City of Plymouth athlete claimed victory with an impressive throw of 37.40 metres, which is 10 metres further than anyone else in the under-15 age group has achieved … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Run Project’s Jordan Andrews set a new personal best on his way to victory in the Dorney Lake Marathon at the weekend. Andrews clocked 2:25.50 at the 2012 Olympic rowing venue near Windsor. He finished 44 seconds ahead of Spa Striders’ Ian Allen, who came second in the race that was run in waves, … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S international hurdler David King enjoyed an impressive opening to his outdoor season at the weekend with a comprehensive victory at the GCU Antelope Invitational in Phoenix, Arizona. King took the win in 13.58 seconds, which is only 0.1 of a second off his legal personal best that he set in 2017. The British champion, … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s Poppy Tank ran the second fastest 5,000m time by a British female athlete this year on Friday in her opening track race of 2021. Tank, fresh from claiming All-American cross country honours, finished second in the invitational race at the Hayward Premiere meet in Eugene, Oregon. The Great Britain under-23 international clocked … Continue reading
COMPETITIVE amateur sport has returned again following a three month absence due to the third national lockdown. And one of the first events to be held in the region was the delayed Plym Trail Winter Marathon Weekend. The first races of the weekend took place on Saturday morning with a full marathon and a half … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH’S Poppy Tank earned All-American honours with an impressive run at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Monday. The Great Britain under-23 international finished 27th overall in the prestigious 6k race, where the top 40 finishers are named in the All-America team. The Utah student was among the leading pack for most … Continue reading