THREE Plymouth & West Devon athletes impressed at the English Schools’ Combined Events Championships that were held at Exeter over the weekend. Tavistock College’s Luke Cressey, Plymouth High School for Girls’ Emily Bee and Devonport High School for Girls’ Ella Isaias all finished in the top eight in their events at the prestigious competition. Cressey … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth international Victoria Weir enjoyed a winning debut in America at the weekend. After graduating for the University of Birmingham, Weir has moved to Oregon to study for a master’s degree at Portland University, where she is part of the women’s athletics team. She competed at her first event at the weekend – … Continue reading
THERE were a number of good end of season performances from athletes in the region over the weekend. City of Plymouth’s Poppy Northcott looks set to end the year in the top 10 in four different British Athletics recognised under-13 events. She went into the weekend already topping the 600m rankings, sitting third in the … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Harriers’ Sam Yearling won the Plymouth Coasters Five Miler race for a second year running on Sunday. The teenager ran nearly a minute quicker this time around to once again take victory in the run which starts and finishes at Marsh Mills and takes competitors down the Embankment, over Laira Bridge and back through … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Harriers filled three of the top five spots in the final Armada Summer 5k Series run of 2019. Youngster Sam Yearling was first home again, like he had been in April and May’s runs. He clocked 17.10 minutes for the multi-terrain event around the grounds of Saltram House. Second place went to club team-mate … Continue reading
PLYMOUTH Harriers’ Rob Williams claimed second place in the Bridgwater Half Marathon on Sunday. Williams produced an impressive run to set a new personal best time of 1:17.13 to finish behind Chard’s Wayne Loveridge. At the Bridgwater 10k on the same day, fellow Plymouth Harrier Ami Yetton finished as second female and 14th overall in … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK AC athletes Joe Wheeler and Edward Fileman both won medals at the England U17 and U15 Age Group Championships at Bedford at the weekend. English Schools’ champion Wheeler took silver in the under-15 boys’ 300m final. After progressing through heats and semi-finals, Wheeler was just edged out on the line for gold by Spenborough’s … Continue reading
