Sussex athlete Amber Anning smashed her personal best and county record by almost half a second, running a world class 49.51 seconds over 400m in the USA. This performance moves Amber to third on the British Athletics All-Time list, behind only Kathy Cooke (49.43s) and Olympic Champion Christine Ohuruogu (49.41s). Amber won […]
Gemma’s third county pole vault record of the year
Gemma Tutton’s personal best and county record from 2022 was 4.10m. Since March this year’s she’s vaulted higher in five competitions and improved her best by a massive 27 centimetres culminating in a 4.37m clearance in Georgia on Friday evening. Gemma, 19, competed for Duke University in her ACC Collegiate Championships in the USA. […]
Amber Shatters Sussex 400m Record in Florida
Brighton and Hove athlete Amber Anning has continued her stellar season by breaking her own Sussex AA 400m record of 50.43 seconds. Competing at the Tom Jones Invitational in Florida, USA, for the University of Arkansas, Amber ran 50.08 seconds, improving her previous outdoor best by 1.5 seconds. This achievement, which placed her third […]
Back in Time: A Century-old Glimpse into Sussex’s Running Scene!
As the Winter season ends, we have the opportunity to look back and see what Sussex Cross Country and Road Races were like 100 years ago. The featured photo showcases the start of the “First Shires” Cross Country Championships of 1924. This coincided with the formation of the Sussex County Amateur Athletic Association marking a […]
RECORD BREAKING WEEKEND FOR GEMMA AND ALICE
Lewes AC’s Gemma Tutton and Worthing’s Alice Howie shattered county records in their first outdoor competitions of 2024. Now based at Duke’s University in the USA and competing at the Hurricane Collegiate Invite, Tutton vaulted to a magnificent 𝟒.𝟑𝟎𝐦, obliterating her previous county best by 20 centimetres. This marked her first competition of […]
Eight Records Smashed at Sussex Indoor Champs
The Sussex AA Indoor Championships concluded at the David Weir Leisure Centre in Carshalton last weekend with an impressive eight record-breaking performances. Crawley’s Adeline Preston shattered a 14-year-old Championship Best Performance (CBP) in the Senior Women’s 60m sprint, crossing the finish line in 7.68 seconds, eclipsing the previous record of 7.88s. Meanwhile, Eastbourne’s Nathan […]