Author name: Amelia Darnell

Three Hunts AC finishers in the top five. 1st Daniel Brook– Placed first with 7:35– Improved his PB by 27 seconds– Propelled him to 17th in the club’s all-time rankings– Places him 40th all-time in the top 500 4th Jamar Eason 10:28 5th Ellie Newman 10:32 (1st girl)

Team Score1 St Albans 2742 Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets 2243 Huntingdonshire AC 2204 Woodford Green with Essex Ladies 2025 Serpentine RC 1656 Highgate Harriers/Mornington Chasers 144 Men’s A 100m4 Shea LINES 11.9 PBMen’s B 100m4 Dan STEEL 12.3Men’s A 200m5 Harry LEGATE 27.1Men’s B 200m4 Shea LINES 25.0 PBMen’s A 400m5 Darren PRESTON 61.3

Huntingdon parkrun- While James Orrell led the field with 16:49 in his 324th parkrun, Marcela Gracova continued to close the gap on the women’s club record.  Marcela’s 18:57 placed her 4th overall (and first woman) and improved on her recent 19:05. She is now just 9 seconds away from the record.  BTW, last week, James Orrell’s 16:08

While Martin Rowe won by 29 seconds (actual time 36:33), Tom Skidmore finished as runner-up, improving his best by a superb 2:21 down to 32:03.  This time moves Tom up from 40th to 24th in the club all-time rankings.  Steph Ward improve two seconds to 40:14 to maintain her 22nd place in the rankings while Sam Speariett brought

100m R13 – 4th Vinnie Forkner 13.79 w/s +1.6 (PB by 0.04; 1st in U17M T37 national rankings; 5th in national rankings – all ages); LJ – 1st U17M 4.09 800m R4 – 1st Darragh Ballard 2:12.28

150m1 Zehra Ozcelik U11G 26.7 G PB2 Ellie Newman U11G 28.7 S PB200m Race 11 James Coleman U13B 27.6 G2 Jacksen Hornagold U13B 27.9 S3 Joshua Dawe U13B 31.5 B PB by 2.54 Jamar Eason U13B 35.4200m Race 21 Esme Lydon U13G 31.8 G2 Eleanor Stewart U13G 34.5 S3 Sophie Bedingfield U13G 36.0 B PB4

Barclay parkrun14 Arseniy SUVOROV 23:40 Chilton Fields parkrun15 James STOCKER 24:30 Colchester Castle parkrun1 Harrison EVANS 18:30 Ferry Meadows parkrun1 Isaac ELLARD 17:057 Milo Gray 17:50 (age 12)103 Iain FLETCHER 23:55402 Rosemary TOMASELLI 33:37 Huntingdon parkrun1 James ORRELL 16:08 PB2 Rob FARRANT 17:107 Marcela GRACOVA 19:0973 Lucy WALLER 25:0774 Hayden WALLER 25:08157 Diane BUNCH 29:48158

James Orrell led the field with a new course PB of 16:08, a 2-second improvement, to strengthen his 2nd place in the club all-time rankings.  Finishing as runner-up, Rob Farrant entered the club all-time rankings in 10th place with his 17:10.  Marcella Gracova placed 7th overall (and 1st woman) in 19:09.

Tom Waterworth – Intermediate Boys 800m CHAMPION 1:55.79 (1st in heat 1:54.73)Tom was rewarded with his first National vest and will represent England at the Schools International Athletics Board (SIAB) competition in Scotland in two weeks’ time. Sophie Bambridge – Senior Girls Long Jump 3rd BRONZE 6.02 w/s +2.3Sophie’s six jumps were as follows:5.88m (+2.6) – wind assisted club

(covers Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire) – There were 405 athletes entered across all age groups.– 46 athletics clubs participated.– 29 Hunts AC athletes participated (club record, previously 22)– Hunts AC won 7 golds (club record, previously 4) GOLD MEDALSMoria HowardSophie BambridgeCaitlan BurkeToby CarrollJames ColemanNikolaos TirchineciChristopher SmithSILVER MEDALSToby CarrollJames ColemanTamzin Digpal-Race x