CITY of Plymouth athletes Poppy Tank and Adam Dingley both set new personal bests at the University of Birmingham Track & Field Series meeting on Wednesday night. Great Britain cross country international Tank set a new 3,000m PB as she finished third in a stacked BMC race. She clocked 9:07.16 minutes for the seven-and-a-half lap … Continue reading
JANE BREMNER made sure Tamar Trotters once again had a home winner as they held their annual Saltash Half Marathon on Sunday. For the second year running, the 13.1-mile race started and finished at Longstone Park and was tied in with the town’s May Fair. Also, after its success last year, Tamar Trotters once again … Continue reading
YOUNG hurdler Adam Dingley claimed another one of David King’s City of Plymouth age group club records at the weekend. Dingley had already broken Olympian King’s under-17 indoor 60m hurdles record in February and has now taken his outdoor 100m hurdles mark in the same age category. Dingley clocked 13.40 seconds to win a high-quality … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s international hurdler David King got his outdoor season off to a flying start by finishing second at the Canyan Invitational in Phoenix, America. King clocked a quick season-opening time of 13.56 seconds to finish behind American star Freddie Crittenden in the men’s open 110m hurdles. That moved him straight to the top … Continue reading
ERME Valley Harriers’ Matthew Gilvear and Tavistock AC’s Nikki Kelly led the way as the Armada Summer 5k Series finally returned on Wednesday evening. The opening run of the 2023 series at Saltram House had to be postponed a week due to Storm Noa. Teenager Gilvear produced a strong run to come home first in … Continue reading
PHOEBE Milburn and Nubia Evans-Shields extended their leads at the top of the UK rankings at the weekend, while Adam Dingley joined them at the summit with a new hurdles personal best. City of Plymouth’s Dingley clocked the UK’s fastest time for the under-17 100m hurdles with a 13.53-second run to take victory at the … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth athletes Poppy Northcott, Nicolas Maczugowski and Nubia Evans-Shields all produced UK-leading outdoor performances at the Bill Whistlecroft Spring Open Meeting at Yeovil over the bank holiday weekend. Evans-Shields was already top of the under-17 girls’ discus rankings with an indoor best of 43.58m and an outdoor best of 41.86m, but she improved … Continue reading
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. For a season opener there were some impressive performances and three athletes went straight to the top of the early UK rankings. City of Plymouth’s Nubia Evans-Shields was already leading the … Continue reading
TAVISTOCK Athletic Club’s Ben Neale and Sam Lake stormed to victory as their club hosted their annual Tavy 13 half marathon on Sunday. Neale opened up a gap in the opening 400m and never looked back, winning the race by more than six-and-a-half minutes. He came home in a time of 1:13.13 for the tough … Continue reading
CITY of Plymouth’s teenage discus thrower Nubia Evans-Shields will go into this summer’s outdoor season in confident mood after impressing for England at a rare indoor meeting in Sweden. Evans-Smith was part of a 20-strong England team made up of highly-rated under-23, under-20 and under-18 shot, discus and javelin athletes to travel to the Växjö … Continue reading