WARRINGTON Athletics Club youngsters braved the hot weather on Sunday in their latest Youth Development League outing.

Club members performed well in Ashton-under-Lyne to finish the match in fourth place, thereby maintaining the same position in the overall table.

The under 15s age group was the most fruitful age group, with Alfie Blizzard and Euan Lawton both winning over 800m while the latter was also victorious in the long jump and Olivia Crawford took victory over hurdles.

Euan and Alfie also teamed up with Thomas Darbyshire and Joshua Pryor to win the 4x300m relay.

Louis Green (A high jump) and Jessica Downes (A shot putt) were the club’s other individual winners in the under 13s age group.

The full results for club members are listed below…

Under 13s boys: Louis Green (1st A high jump 1.35m, 2nd A long jump 3.71m, 5th A 75m 11.9secs), Eddie Walker (5th A 1,200m 4mins 23.9secs)

Under 13s girls: Jessica Downes (1st A shot putt 6.17m, 2nd B 150m 22.4secs, 3rd B long jump 3.57m), Leah Poole (2nd A 75m 10.8secs, 3rd A 150m 21.4secs, 2nd A long jump 4.28m), Lula Ashworth (4th B 75m 11.6secs), Lula Ashworth (4th, non-scoring 75m, 12.8secs), Charlotte Andrew (5th A 800m 3mins 16.6secs), Elizabeth Lowe (3rd B 800m 3mins 13.4secs), Bethany Roberts (5th A 1,200m 4mins 32.2secs), Sophie Sharples (6th A high jump, 1.05m), Jessica Downes, Lula Ashworth, Sophie Sharples and Leah Poole (4th 4x100m relay, 60.5secs)

Under 15s boys: Thomas Darbyshire (2nd A 200m 26.6secs, 2nd A high jump 1.40m, 3rd A javelin 24.14m), Alfie Blizzard (1st A 800m, 2mins 13.4secs), Euan Lawton (1st B 800m 2mins 22.7secs, 1st A long jump 4.22m), Joshua Pryor (4th A 1,500m 5mins 20.3secs), Euan Lawton, Thomas Darbyshire, Alfie Blizzard and Joshua Pryor (1st 4x300m relay, 2mins 56.2secs).

Under 15s girls: Olivia Crawford (1st A 75m hurdles 11.7secs, 3rd A 100m 13.6secs, 5th A shot putt 5.73m), Tallie Sze (4th A 200m 27.2secs, 2nd A long jump 4.66m), Hilary Lam (2nd B 100m 13.6secs), Hattie Cheung (5th B 200m 30.3secs), Eva Hayes (4th A 800m 2mins 35.9secs), Annie Noone (2nd B 800m 2mins 44.0secs), Emily Kinsey (3rd 1,500m 5mins 12.7secs), Jaycee Morrison (4th B javelin 3.90m), Isabelle Barker (3rd B shot putt 4.94m, 4th A javelin 11.43m), Hilary Lam, Tallie Sze, Hattie Cheung and Olivia Crawford (2nd 4x100m relay 52.8secs), Emily Kinsey, Annie Noone, Eva Hayes and Tallie Sze (2nd 4x300m 3mins 6.9secs).

Warrington Guardian:

On Friday, the club had two members competing at the Christleton 5km road race – Dave Norman claimed fifth place in the overs 60s age group and 211th overall with a time of 18mins 48secs while second-claim member Georgina Walker clocked 20mins 53secs to place fourth in the women’s over 45s age group, 55th in the women’s rankings and 335th overall.

There were also two members at Sunday’s Chester half-marathon, with Louise Blizzard the second-fastest woman over 45 and the 172nd runner home overall in 1hour 29mins 41secs while Mervyn Ward finished in 1hour 48mins 54secs – the 10th fastest time by an over 65s runner.