LEWIS Shaw has done it again, this time smashing a best time in winning a gold medal on his international debut.
Warrington Athletics Club’s rising star was first for England in the 100m hurdles at the SIAB Schools International at Carmarthen Leisure Centre Track on Saturday, a week after being crowned English Schools champion at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
In dreadful wet conditions with a 0.4 metres per second wind behind him, Shaw stormed to the gold medal beating the 13.11secs pb he set seven days previous with a time of 12.94secs – placing him 20th on the all-time list for the event.
He will be watching the Olympic Games over the next few weeks dreaming that could be him one day.
Lewis Shaw (Image: Contributed)
Meanwhile, clubmate Harriet Knowles-Jones is making a success of a switch to triathlon.
The former European under 20s cross country champion has won her first two events, beating an Olympian in the process.
She made her debut at the Windermere Sprint Triathlon, winning it in a total time of 1hr 15mins 58secs.
Her split times were swim 13mins 28secs, first transition 3mins 46secs, bike 38mins 01secs, second transition 56secs, run 19mins 44secs.
In her second race at Dorney Lake she competed in the Arctic One European Sprint Triathlon Qualifier against Michelle Dillon, who is a former British Olympic triathlete of 2000 and 2004 and prior to taking up triathlon ran in the 1994 Commonwealth Games for Australia finishing the 10,000m in seventh place behind Warrington Athletic Club’s Suzanne Rigg in fourth place.
In the swim, Knowles-Jones finished in 13mins exactly to Dillon’s 11mins 21secs, with the transitions being 1min 24secs for the newcomer and 1min 02secs for the experienced campaigner.
On the bike Dillon took 31mins 30secs to Knowles-Jones’ 31mins 59secs and in the transition she added another eight seconds as she increased the lead to 2mins 38secs.
On the run Knowles-Jones blasted round the course in exactly 17mins to take her second win with a total time of 1hr 4mins 34secs to Dillon’s 1hr 4mins 43secs.
Warrington’s Dan Gladman took part in the England Athletics Senior Para Championships at the Alexander Stadium.
Competing in the para ambulant 100m, he finished second in his heat with 12.02secs and fourth in the final with 12.01secs.
Warrington AC hurdles coach Neal Petley headed to Vienna, Austria, where he won medals in the EuroGames2024 - the biggest multi-sport games aimed at diversity and inclusion, with more than 4000 athletes competing in 32 different sports.
He competed in three events in the 55-59 age group over two sessions in one day.
In the triple jump he won silver with a leap of 8.06m, finished fourth in the long jump with a season’s best 3.94m and fourth again in the high jump with a clearance of 1.30m.
The following day Petley ran in his speciality event, the 100m hurdles, where he struck gold, winning in a season’s best 19.85secs which puts him to number three in the UK Masters rankings.
Neal Petley on the podium in Vienna (Image: Contributed)
Just two days after returning from holiday, Dave Gill travelled to Bristol to compete at the Avon/Yate AC Masters Open meeting incorporating the Welsh Masters Championships.
He ran in four events, winning over 65 age group gold medals in the Welsh Championships in the 1500m, 3000m and 5000m with times of 5mins 32.31secs, 11mins 54.35secs and 20mins 44.07secs respectively.
Gill also won silver in the 800m in 2mins 52.66secs.
In the Open Masters he finished second in 1500m, first in 3000m, first in 5000m and third in 800m in the age group.
Dave Gill (Image: Contributed)
After watching the London Diamond League meeting in the capital on Saturday, Louise Blizzard travelled back to run in the Helena Tipping Wrexham 10K Road Race on Sunday when, in a high class field, she finished 144th overall with 41mins exactly to place 21st woman and seventh over 45 woman.
Second claim member Georgina Walker, running under first claim club Lymm Runners, finished 215th overall in 45mins12secs placing her 35th woman and eighth over 45 woman.
Meanwhile, four Warrington AC athletes took part in the Wilmslow Summer 10K road race.
Jack Pilkington was the first of them to finish in 72nd place with 34mins 54secs.
Next to finish was Louise Blizzard in 406th place in 41mins 14secs, placing her 50th woman and fourth over 45 woman.
Stan Ogden was 508th in 42mins 18secs, placing him third in the over 65 age group, and Mervyn Ward completed the squad in 848th place in 47mins 14secs placing him eighth over 65.
Under 11 Tristan Tickle travelled to Loughborough to compete in the Charnwood Athletic Club Open Meeting where he finished third in his 75m race with 11.39secs and in a mixed boys and girls race over 600m he finished fourth (third boy) with a new personal best time of 1min 50.88secs.
Sale Harriers held the third of their Sale Sizzler 5K road race series in which second claim member Georgina Walker finished 174th in 21mins 37secs, placing her 34th woman and fourth over 45 woman running for her first claim club Lymm Runners.
Many individual wins and personal bests were achieved by Warrington AC athletes in the Cheshire League meeting at Ellesmere Port on Saturday in mostly dry conditions.
A number of relay wins were collected too, all leading to Warrington winning the match, and the under 11s placing first in their age group.
In the under 11s, the Warrington boys were dominant always finishing first or second in every A, B, C and D event. The girls were not quite so dominant but only by a few places.
Almost every under 11s athlete managed to achieve a personal best in at least one event.
Matthew O’Garra achieved a treble win in the A 75m, 11.1secs; A long jump, 3.52m; and A soft javelin, 5.26m.
Other wins came from Jude Creaney, C 75m, 11.7secs; Sebastian Hughes, A 600m, 1min 55.2secs; Tristan Tickle, C 600m, 1min 51.1secs; Daniel Kelly, D 600m, 2mins 00.3secs; Tristan Tickle, B long jump, 3.42m; Daniel Kelly, C long jump, 2.85m; Leonard Broadhurst, D long jump, 2.27m; Sebastian Hughes, B soft javelin.
For the girls, Rosie Carters, Hollie Styles and Ivy Davidson were winners in the A, C and D 150m with times of 22.2secs, 24.7secs and 24.4secs respectively.
In the under 13s age group, Harry Millar had a treble win taking the A 200m in 28.6secs, A 800m in 2mins 26.7secs and A long jump in 4.73m.
Louis Green also got a treble win in B events - 200m, 30.7secs; long jump, 3.70m; and javelin, 20.14m.
Luca Howkins made his club debut, winning the C 200m in 32.0secs and was second in the C 800m, 2mins 58.0secs; and second in B Javelin, 22.19m.
In the girls events, wins came from Leah Poole, A 100m, 13.6secs; Jessica Downes, B 100m, 14.5secs; Lula Ashworth, C 100m, 14.5secs; Bethany Roberts, B 1200m, 4mins 19.2secs; Lois Johnston Starrs, C 1200m, 4mins 35.0secs.
At under 15s boys level, Euan Lawton won the B 1500m in 4mins 55.9secs while in the girls Annie Noone won the C 800m in 2mins 43.1secs and Elizabeth Lees won the D 800m on her club debut in 2mins 46.5secs.
In the under 17s men, William Kenwright, Leon Pritchard and Alistair Robson won the A, B and C 200m in 25.3secs, 25.3secs, and 26.7secs respectively; and Alistair won the A discus, 20.27m.
Elliot Taylor and Harvey Howard won the B and C 800m with 2mins 22.4secs and 2mins 34.7secs respectively.
Under 17 Ellie Barker had a double win in her age group in the 100m A, 13.1secs, and high jump, 1.25secs.
In senior women’s events, over 45 Claire Andrew achieved 5mins 30.2secs in the A 1500m to put her on the club record list.
Other wins came from Faye Lawton, B 100m, 16.2secs and B 1500m, 5mins 57.5secs; Emma Pryor, A high jump, 1.15m; and C 1500m, 6mins 25.7secs.
In the 3000m Eleanor Grace was third in the A race, 12mins 05.2secs, pipping under 17 Olivia Haselden on her event debut in the B 3000m, 12mins 05.5secs; with Ellen Turnbull first in the C race in 12mins 33.2secs.
Match Result:
1 Warrington 403 points
2 West Cheshire 301 points
3 Macclesfield Harriers 279 points
4 Deeside 271 points
5 Handforth & Knutsford Harriers 12 points
Under 11s:
1 Warrington 113 points
2 West Cheshire 104 points
3 Deeside 65 points
4 Macclesfield Harriers 46 points
5 Handforth & Knutsford Harriers 32 points
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