Track and Field
On a breezy day (25/5/25) in Sheffield the Upper YDL squad arrived in numbers (despite the best efforts of Highways England to slow us down) ready for another day of exciting running, jumping and throwing.
The day started well with a sea of green and black dominating the results. Many athletes competing outside their comfort zones but demonstrating resilience and determination as they helped the team.
Club records were broken in the relays. In the 4 x 100 relay despite some interesting change overs. Rowan Whittaker, Val Machin, Lucas Heron and Oscar Tomlin brought home the Under 17’s in 46.24.
The Girls Under 17’s 4×300 team of Sophia Savkovic, Lucy Gilbertson, Kate Setchell and Nina Hopkins delivering a faultless performance finishing in 2.53.46.
The parents and spectators were in fine voice and made for an excellent atmosphere – we can’t thank you enough for your continued support.
York finished with a magnificent total of 628 points over 200 points clear of second place.
We are already looking forward to our trip to Hull on 6th July.
Four members competed at Sheffield’s run, jump, throw last Wednesday. Ruth Hirst – 400m 6th 67.86, Graham White – 100m 2nd 15.82 / 200m 6th 34.52, Sue Richardson – 100m 3rd 16.80 / 200m 7th 35.97 and Mark Bolland-Cage – 1500m 1st 4.21.47
Angus McMillan ran 14.01.24 in the Battersea 5000m races on Friday night. In the BMC meeting at Bury on Thursday Tommy Shaw (3.48.46), Gianluca Mastrolonardo (3.53.25) and James Tucker (3.55.25) all ran in the 1500m with Lottie Langan running 2.10.91 in the 800m.
Road Racing
Chrissie Dover broke the vet 45 half marathon club record as she came 3rd female in a time of 1.31.19 at the East Yorkshire Half Marathon that took place at Burton Constable on Sunday. Martha Calton-Seal came 2nd female at the Northallerton 10k in 37.59 just behind brother Maurice who ran 37.40. Dave Lancaster was 1st vet 65 in 45.15 despite suffering a fall. All three of our runners finished ahead of former Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak who ran a respectable 47.20 in a race that takes place in his constituency.
Parkrun
25 of our runners did parkrun over the weekend. William Keens (17.21) came 1st at Easingwold with India Ibbotson being 2nd female in 23.28. Simon Bolland-Cage came 1st on the Knavesmire in 15.45. There were 3rd places for club veterans Allan Scott (18.57) at New Earswick and Steve Wright (20.11) at Crinan Canal in Scotland. There were junior age group wins for Cara Berry, Wilson Moisey-Smith, Liv Hardy and Bethany Ellerker with veteran age group wins for Phil Richardson and Jon Blake. Leonardo Matusiak came 1st in the York Junior Parkrun.