Press Report: Mia at the Double
by Dennis Wall
MIA JOHNSON has been crowned a double sprints champion at the Welsh Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The West Cheshire Athletic Club member won the under 15 girls 300m title on Saturday and secured success in the 200m on Sunday at the National Indoor Athletics Centre in Cardiff.
Mia clocked 25.94 seconds for the 200m and posted 43.52 seconds in her 300m to improve on her pair of bronze medals at last year’s championships.
Maya Jennings finished fourth with a time of 28.33 seconds in her under 15 girls 200m semi-final at the Northern Indoor Track and Field Championships staged at Sheffield’s English Institute of Sport Arena.
Poppy McKenna performed well in the under 13 girls high jump with 1.25m for fourth spot to narrowly missed out on a medal before competing in the 800 metres where she clocked 2:35.97 to finish seventh overall.
Amelia Snowden (2:29:79), Nia Manson (2:32.15), and Lauren Higgins (2:34:52) impressed in the under 15 girls 800m.
And Leon Betteridge made his indoor debut with a solid under 13 boys 800m performance of 2:37:07 to finish seventh with a personal best.
SEVERAL West Cheshire AC members produced impressive results on Saturday at the Cheshire Schools Cross Country Championships held at Knights Grange, Winsford.
Nancy Farmer finished second in the Senior Girls race ahead of fourth-placed Hayley Holland.
Lucas Sawyer secured second spot in the Minor Boys race ahead of Leon Betteridge (third).
Poppy McKenna finished second in the Minor Girls race ahead of Heidi Wetherall (13th), Florie Hain (20th), and Belle Thompson (38th).
Scott Wells (fifth), Daniel Walker (seventh), Noah Woolgar (11th), Thomas Rimmer (13th), Ben Newall (14th), and George Jeffries (25th), completed the Intermediate Boys race.
Eleanor Wheeler was fifth in the Intermediate Girls race, while Dylan Gledhill was ninth in the Junior Boys race ahead of Sidney Carr (15th), Eliot Quaglierini (18th), and Max Henderson (21st).
Nia Manson secured third spot in the Junior Girls race ahead of Amelia Snowden (fifth), Harriet Beattie (sixth), Rose Sheppard (10th), Sophie Baker (13th), Harriet Buckley (18th), and Felicity Cooper (20th), and Ellis Hancock rounded the Senior Boys race in 12th position.
LOUIS GRIMES improved his 600m club record to 1:37.75 at Sunday’s Manchester Indoor Open Meeting.
Imogen Fives ran a new 60m personal best of 8.38 seconds and a new 200m personal best of 27.68 seconds to shave 0.42 off her previous best.
And Alba March experienced her first outing this winter and came away with a new 60m personal best of 8.08 seconds to warm up for the English Championships.
FIXTURES this weekend include the Manchester Area Cross Country League third round fixture on Saturday, at Kenworthy Woods/University Playing Fields, the North Wales Cross Country League final round at The Marches School, Oswestry, on Saturday; and the England Athletics Indoor Championships for Under 15s, Under 17s, and Under 20s at Sheffield on Saturday and Sunday.
ENTRIES are now being accepted for the Chester Spring Five Miles Road Race being organised by West Cheshire AC on Wednesday, April 9. The online entry link is: wcac.niftyentries.com
THE English National Cross Country Championships, will be held at Parliament Hill, London, on Saturday, February 22; the UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships will be held at Loughborough, on Saturday, March 8; and the English Schools Cross Country Championships will be held in West Sussex on Saturday, March 15.
West Cheshire AC will help organise the Chester Primary Schools Cross Country Championships at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Monday, March 24, and the Cheshire v Merseyside Year Seven Schools Cross Country Match at Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Wednesday, April 2.
WEST CHESHIRE AC coaches will be delivering Sportshall Athletics in the Ellesmere Port Sports Village Sportshall between 6-8pm this Friday, with the aim of helping youngsters prepare for the Schools Sportshall Athletics fixtures. Please come along and support the sessions.
WEST CHESHIRE AC will host the first-ever Cheshire Grand Prix Track and Field Meeting on Saturday, April 26, at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village Athletics Track.
The Cheshire Grand Prix will replace the Cheshire Track and Field League and will comprise of four fixtures in total being held at EPSV, Macclesfield, and Warrington.
DATES and venues for this season’s Borders Road Running League are: March 16 at Ellesmere Port; April 6 at Buckley Runners; May 7 at either Prestatyn, Chester Tri, or West Cheshire (Presentation Evening).
All races are on Sundays and start at 11am except for the final race which is on a Wednesday evening with a 7pm start and is a relay event.
THIS winter’s Sale Harriers Manchester Indoor Open Meetings will be held at the Regional Athletics Centre, Sportcity, Manchester. M11 4FF, on the following Sundays, February 16; and March 9. The online entry link is: https://www.saleharriersmanchester.com/index.php/events-fixtures/winter-indoor-series
FURTHER details about West Cheshire Athletic Club can be found at: www.westcheshireac.co.uk
