Saltdean’s Cameron Fillery has broken the county senior men’s 110m hurdles record for the fifth time this season. Competing in the Birmingham Diamond League on Sunday, in a race won by the current World and Olympic Champion, Jamaica’s Omar McLeod, Fillery came fifth in a time of 13.54s, to smash his previous best of 13.60s. […]
Machin soars to new heights to break GB record
Congratulations to Brighton and Hove AC coach and athlete, Julia Machin, who broke her own British W45 high jump record on Saturday with a leap of 1.67m. Competing for her club at the last Southern Athletics League fixture of the season, at Dartford, Machin soared effortlessly over the record height and just missed out on […]
Another golden double for Baptiste at the Manchester International
Despite relentless rain throughout the Manchester International, the 2019 England 100m and 200m champion, Crawley’s Kimbely Baptiste, retained her fine form. Representing England, Baptiste won the 100m race in 11.61 seconds, after an initial slip meant she was playing catch up from the start. A quick recovery enabled her to pull away from the opposition […]
Three Sussex athletes on international duty at Manchester
Double national champion Kimbely Baptiste (CRA) spearheads the Sussex athletes selected to represent England at the Manchester International tomorrow. Baptiste, who will be contesting the 100m and 200m, is joined by club mate Holly Turner who is in the 4x400m relay squad and Brighton Phoenix’s George Mills selected for the Mile. Hosted at the Manchester Regional […]
Anning’s double medal delight at Europeans
Brighton and Hove AC teenager Amber Anning has returned from the European under-20 Championships in Boras, Sweden with a glorious gold and a superb silver medal. Having navigated her way successfully through a 400m heat and semi on Thursday and Friday respectively, Saturday evening was the much anticipated final. From lane five Anning ran a […]
Euro U20 Champs, SIAB & U17 Inter-Counties
There was a mixed bag of results for Sussex’s two under-20 athletes representing Team GB at the European Junior Championships in Boras, Sweden. First up this morning was Worthing’s star hammer thrower, Ben Hawkes. He was agonisingly close to qualifying after his second round throw of 69.68m. Only the top 12 went through and Hawkes […]