Croydon Harrier sets PB as we feature our track round-up including quick BMC times at Gillingham and a report of the BMAF Championships
NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGLES TRACK OPEN MEETINGS SUMMER SERIES 2023, London (CT), September 3
Romell Glave improved his legal 100m PB to 10.02, which incidentally is the British Athletics standard for the Olympics next year to be eligible to gain a World Athletics ranking.
The Croydon Harrier improved his own track record from the 10.04 he ran in August and he ran 10.20/-0.3 in the first round of races before his fast run which sees him move to 13th in the all-time lists just ahead of Darren Campbell, Mark Lewis-Francis, Ojie Edoburun and Jeremiah Azu who he was previously level with with a best of 10.04.
While there is a tradition for British sprinters to go abroad to get fast times, it’s notable that he has only competed outside Britain once in the last four years.
Behind him, Imran Rahman set a Bangladesh record of 10.11 while Korede Awe ran a legal PB of 10.15.
The 2016 Olympic semi finalist Desiree Henry set a season’s best of 11.47 as she continues her comeback.
Desiree Henry
There was a very close men’s 200m with Thomas Somers (20.75) just edged Richard Akinyebo and Ben Snaith.
With her first legal sub-24, European under-20 400m hurdles fourth-placer Emily Newnham surprised with a 23.27/0.7 as she won her heat by exactly two seconds.
The 2017 European under-20 200m champion Toby Harries won the 400m in 46.15.
Men: 100: A1 (-0.3): 1 R Glave (Croy) 10.20; 2 A Thomas (Brack) 10.40; 3 I Rahman (Shef/Dearn) 10.40; 4 K Awe (Inv EK) 10.42; 5 S Safo-Antwi (E&H) 10.57; 5 J Hanson (Woking) 10.57; 7 R Akinyebo (BFTTA) 10.60. A2 (-1.1): 1 J Williams (Harrow) 10.53; 2 A Robertson (Sale) 10.66; 3 O Isaac (WG&EL) 10.69; 4 T Ogunkanmi (NEB) 10.72; 5 Z Plummer (SB) 10.73; 6 D Ogali (Harrow) 10.74. A3 (-1.0): 1 K Gowan-Wade (B&B) 10.64. A4 (-0.1): 1 S Nguie (Traff) 10.68. A8 (0.4): 4 I Okwudi (BFTTA, U17) 11.17; 7 L Slue (Harrow, M40) 11.59. A10 (0.1): 2 E Franklin (WG&EL, U17) 11.14. A11 (-0.1): 1 P Ogbonmwan (BFTTA, U17) 11.18. A13 (0.3): 1 L Francis (WSEH, U17) 11.13. A16 (-0.1): 4 W MacGee (Bed C, M55) 12.01. B1 (1.1): 1 R Glave (Croy) 10.02; 2 I Rahman (Shef/Dearn) 10.11; 3 K Awe (Inv EK) 10.15; 4 R Akinyebo (BFTTA) 10.31; 5 J Williams (Harrow) 10.37; 6 T Somers (NEB) 10.38; 7 S Safo-Antwi (E&H) 10.42; 8 J Hanson (Woking) 10.43. B2 (0.6): 1 T Ogunkanmi (NEB) 10.50; 2 O Isaac (WG&EL) 10.50; 3 S Nguie (Traff) 10.54; 4 K Gowan-Wade (B&B) 10.55; 5 A…
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