Brilliant running from Brighton & Hove’s Amber Anning won her a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas.
Anning fought her way into the final with a composed second place in her 400m heat in 54.42s and she lined up as one of the youngest of the competitors.
Drawn in lane two Anning ran a superb race against two talented Australians and actually entered the home straight alongside Bendere Obaya who powered to the finish overhauling fellow Aussie Ella Connolly, who was well clear as they entered the finishing straight to win in 52.69s to Connolly’s 52.72s.
Sixteen year old Anning was well clear of the rest of the field to finish third in 53.68s a new Sussex senior record and the fastest British 16 year 400 metre time since 1984.
Euro U20 Championships:
There were four Sussex runners in the British team at the European U20 Championships at Grosseto, Italy and Archie Davis (Brighton Phoenix) had one of his best runs of the season when gaining automatic qualification for the final of the 1500m when placing fourth in his heat 1500m in 3:48.35s..
In the 110m hurdles Cameron Fillery (Brighton & Hove) took second place in his heat in 14.17s but he was unlucky in his semi-final as he faced a 4m headwind and although clocking 14.11s he did not make the final.
Orla Brothers (Crawley) did well finishing fourth in her heat of the 400m hurdles in 59.81s to take herself through to the semi-finals where she finished 7th in 59.59s but missed a place in the Final.
In the 200m Heats Toby Harries (Brighton Phoenix) qualified for the semi-finals, when winning his heat in 21.20s. and then won his semi-final in a new Sussex senior Record time of 20.89s and will go into tomorrow's final as the fastest qualifier.
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