Our Masters athletes produced some excellent performances at the British Masters Athletics Track and Field Championships which took place at Derby 11-13th September. There were several podium finishes and three new club records across a busy weekend of competition.
Distance runner Lucy Wright (W40) claimed a gold and silver in her events. Competing in the 1500m, Lucy clocked 4:44.30 to take gold and improve her club record. Lucy also set a new club record in the 800m, running an impressive 2:19.86 to claim the silver medal.
Karen Andrews (W40) also had a successful weekend securing a gold medal in the 2000m Steeplechase with a time of 8:04.97.
In the race walks Susan Payne (W65) who secured a gold in the 5000m walk with a time of 30:14.33 and picked up a second gold in the 3000m walk in a time of 17:33.03 to improve her club record.
Over in the sprints, Eni Font Freide placed 4th in the W60 100m with a time of 14.93.
Allan Leiper (M65) competed in six field events over the weekend claiming 4 medals. In the High Jump, Allan claimed a bronze with a clearance of 1.30m and then added a silver in the pole vault after clearing 2.55m. Allan’s best result came in the Shot Put, where he won 1st place claiming gold with a throw of 13.22m. Allan added further performances with 40.50m in the Discus for a bronze, 36.78m in the Hammer for 4th place, and also placed 4th in the Javelin with 34.10m.