June 19: Lots of PBs at the Milton Keynes Open Meeting
Although the turnout was small for the Milton Keynes Open Meeting, almost everyone went home with a new personal best.
Although the turnout was small for the Milton Keynes Open Meeting, almost everyone went home with a new personal best.
Six MMK Masters athletes (pictured above without John Skelton) competed for the eastern Masters Team at the Indoor Inter-Area match at Lee Valley. There were wins for John Browne and John Skelton, with second places for Clint Grabs and John Skelton and third place for Maggie Allen. M35 60m 6 Clint Grabs 7.87 Triple Jump…
Mike Burling and Jack Kee took part in a throws Pentathlon at Walton. Mike was 3rd in the M60 event and Jack was second in the M80 category M60 3 Mike Burling Throw Points Hammer 11.21 110 Shot 3.83 178 Discus 11.44 129 Javelin 6.94 30 Weight 4.58 171 Total 618 M80 2 Jack Kee…
The first track meeting of the year was held at Stantonbury for the young athletes to open their seasons at an informal meeting. The starter took the opportunity to try out the club’s new starting system. Full results from Stantonbury
Lateefah Agberemi, representing King’s College, London University, competed in five events at the London Universities and Colleges Indoor Championships at Lee Valley. She won the 60m, 200m and Triple Jump, was second in the Long Jump and sixth in the Shot. She achieved four new personal bests and two indoor bests! 60m heats: 1 Lateefah…
Five MMK athletes (including second-claim members Rob Elmore) represented the winning Eastern Masters Team at the Masters Indoor Inter-Area Meeting at Lee Valley. The EMAC men won while the women were second, competing against seven other area teams. National 800m/1500m Champion, John Skelton, found the competition tougher this time, while National 60m/200m Champion, competing out…
Two MMK runners competed over 10 miles at the Great South Run in Portsmouth, with both achieving personal bests. Emily Bousfield, who had not competed over 10 miles before, recorded 65:20, while Sophia Campbell took more than two minutes off her best time, recorded in the same race two years ago. 461 Emily Bousfield (22nd…