Northern Indoor Championships, 16-17th January
Two athletes from Chester-le-street competed this weekend at the indoor track in Sheffield and both came away with gold medals. In the U15 girls, Mia Hodgson had her work cut out with a total of five sprint races on the first day of the championships. In the 60m hurdles, Mia cruised through the heats with a PB time of 9:56, ran even quicker in the semi-final recording 9:40 and raised her performance for a third time in the final to comfortably win in 9:38 seconds. In total, Mia knocked 0.4secs of her PB. In the flat 60m, she finished 2nd in her heat and just outside of her PB. Unfortunately, she was knocked out in the semi-final – no doubt by this stage in the day, Mia was feeling a little tired.
In contrast on day two, Emma Raven tackled the longest event of the championships, the senior women’s 3000m and won comfortably in a new indoor PB or 9:56.1.
Link to some photos of Mia:
http://www.armadaphotography.co.uk/pages/gallery/sports/athletics-2010.php?gall_id=604&page_no=3
Photo of Emma:
Newcastle Park Run, 16th January
Angela Hibbs competed in the inaugural running of this weekly 5km race around Exhibition Park in Newcastle. She finished 1st senior lady in 18.38 minutes; the wind and some remaining ice on the route made times slower than normal.
Cardiff Cross Country, 17th January
After the bad weather before Christmas stopped Tracy Laws’s journey to Brussels, she finally won her first Northern Vest this weekend in the Cardiff Cross Country. Tracy finished 12th overall and 3rd North of England counter in a time of 22:57. The race was won by Hatti Dean in 21:16.
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