The British Championships at Birmingham this weekend incorporates the Trials for the World Championships in Bejing so it will be nail biting time for Sussex middle distances runners Lee Emanuel and Charlie Grice in the 1,500 metres. Emanuel, who comes from Hastings, is the only British runner to have the qualifying standard time of 3:36.20s […]
Harries for G.B – Smith for Schools Final – YDL
Brighton College’s Toby Harries has been included in the Great Britain team for the World Youth Games later this month. Harries (Brighton Phoenix), who had already been selected to compete in the Commonwealth Games Championships on September has been selected to race over 200m at Cali in Colombia between the 15-19th of July. Combined Events […]
Waltz time at Reading
There were one gold and two silvers for the Sussex Schools athletes at the South East Schools Combined Events championships at Reading on Sunday. In the senior (U19) girls Heptathlon both Katie Garland (Bexhill) and Beth Crocker (Hurst) carried their overnight firsst and secfond placings forward and even stretched their leads over their rivals. Garland […]
Ella, Adam and Luke light up Brighton at the Under 13 Championships
The sun shone over Withdean Stadium on Saturday as the county’s future athletics stars came out in force, producing many personal bests and scintillating battles in front of a packed stand. Two Championship records were blown away. UK Under 13 rankings leader, Ella Hannyngton (HBS) glided away from the opposition in the 70m Hurdles to […]
Katie and Beth lead at Reading.
Katie Garland (Bexhill) and Beth Croker (Hurst) lead the way after the first day of the South East Schools Combined Events championships at Reading. Competing in the Senior girls (U19) heptathlon Garland has clocked 15.1s for the 100 hurdles, leapt 1.66m in the high jump, putt the shot 8.94m and clocked 25.5s for the 200 […]
Davis and Harries make England team.
Two Sussex athletes have joined Grace Baker on the “Major Games” scene but they have to wait until September for their England vests. Brighton Phoenix athletes Archie Davis and Toby Harries have been selected to compete in the Commonwealth Youth Games at Samoa between the 5th and 11th of September. Patcham High School athlete Davis […]