Jack Meijer, competing for the University of Mississippi in the South Eastern Conference Cross Country Championships in Bryan-College Station, Texas, came home with a bronze medal as his team placed third in a very competitive field.
Running the 8km course, he was placed in the low 40s for most of the race, but slipped to 51st in the last third of the race.
There was an excellent turnout of club athletes for this track open meeting Full results from Stantonbury Pictures by Brian Graves
Following his 28th place in the European U20 Cross Country Championships, Jack Meijer has been selected to represent Great Britain again, at the televised Great Stirling Cross Country on 12 January. He will contest the Junior Mixed Relay with Charlotte Alexander (Herne Hill Harriers), Grace Brock (Cornwall AC) and Max Willis (Wrexham AC). Full story
Lara Bromilow was the only MMK athlete to take part in the Twilight 5000m races at the London Olympics warm-up track at Stratford, East London, on a swelteringly hot evening, where only 147 of the 313 entries completed the race. 5000m: Lara Bromilow (F40) 18:26.83 Full results from Stratford
Three MMK sprinters competed in the Kettering Open Meeting 100m/200m George Mbofana (M23) 11.55 (w-0.3)/23.81 (w-1.8) 100m/400m Paul Canning (M55) 12.38 (w-1.3)/59.52 100m Mia Nikodemova (FS) 13.92 (w-0.5) Full results from Kettering
Deborah Lago was the only MMK athlete in the UK Indoor Championships in Birmingham. In her first Senior Championship, she competed in the heats of the 60m. A strong start out of the blocks could, unfortunately, not be sustained and she finished sixth in 7.80, where a season’s best 7.58 would have been enough to…
Three MMK athletes, representing different teams, were in action on day 1 of the UK Schools’ Games at Loughborough. Oliver Gutteridge and Louis Nash were in the Discus while Tito Odunaike was in the Triple Jump. Oliver and Louis struggled in the conditions. With pbs over 42m they could not get beyond 40m. Tito, with…