Age group competitors Caroline Powell and Clare Elms in record-breaking action plus details of the Veterans AC Championships
YEOVIL GAMES, Yeovil, September 9
World Masters indoor champion Caroline Powell, who hits the W70 age group in December and still holds the UK records as a W55 and W60, ran a 14.55/30.77 sprints double.
The 100m time is the fastest electrical time in 2023. The British W70 records are 15.51 and 33.05 and look a mere formality for one of the greatest British master sprinters of all time.
Caroline Powell (Alan Ramage)
Men: 100: r1 (0.0): 1 A Armstrong (Yeov O, U17) 11.11; 4 W Launder (B’mth, U15) 11.60. r3 (0.4): 2 T Turner (Glouc, U13) 12.73; 4 P Guest (Yeov O, M60) 12.96. r5 (0.2): 6 S Faulkner (Yeov O, M70) 15.44. 400: r2: 1 M Morant (Bath, M45) 54.70. LJ: 2 L Sinnott (B’mth, M40) 5.83/-1.5; 4 P Guest (Yeov O, M60) 4.94/-0.6. SP: 1 J Tyler (Tav) 14.58. DT: 1 O Garrett (Yate, U17) 43.59. JT: 1 B Jones (Taun, U20) 62.03; 2 L Angell (Team K) 57.88; 3 J Dibble (Yeov O) 57.28; 4 T Spurrell (Yate, U20) 57.05. JT: 1 O Boon (Yate, U15) 49.69; 2 C Summers (Bath, U15) 45.58
Mixed events: 800: r1: 6 J Hodge (B&W, M50) 2:14.57. r2: 4 O Beck (Wells, U13) 2:14.99; 5 P Quinn (Torb, U15W) 2:15.99; 6 B Soper (Sale, U13W) 2:21.16. r3: 3 J Chetwood (Poole, U13W) 2:24.18; 5 P York (ESM, M60) 2:31.31. r4: 5 J Harrison (B&W, W65) 2:56.25; 6 L Jeffries (Bath, W60) 2:58.21. Mile: 1 S Wyatt (Bath, U15) 4:38.27. HJ: 8 S Faulkner (Yeov O, M70) 1.26
U20: DT: 1 J Foord (Taun) 42.80
U17: JT: 1 H Watson (W’bury) 53.05
U15: DT: 1 G Hedderly (BMH) 39.25
Women: 100: r1 (0.0): 1 K Little (Torb, U15) 12.49. r4 (1.3): 2 C Powell (B&W, W65) 14.55. 200: r3 (-0.6): 4 C Powell (B&W, W65) 30.77. DT: 1 H Clemo (N&P, U20) 31.35; 2 L Deegan (B’mth, W45) 29.77. DT: 2 L Myers (Poole, U13) 22.29
U20: JT: 1 C Wade (Taun) 36.21
U17: 300: 1 K Little (Torb, U15) 40.35; 2 G Blewitt (Bath, U15) 42.07. JT: 1 E Roe (Yate) 36.12; 2 A Gordon (Yate, U15) 32.04
U15: HT: 1 H Scott (Swin) 39.87
U13: JT: 1 M Desborough (W’borne) 33.62; 2 L Myers (Poole) 28.54
SOUTH LONDON HARRIERS ENDURANCE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, Coulsdon, September 5
Multiple world masters champion and record-setter Clare Elms went top of the UK W55 1500m rankings with her 4:57.10 clocking. But more noteworthy, a few months before turning 60, this made her the oldest ever woman worldwide to break five minutes for the distance.
She did so in a South London Harriers event where the majority…
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