Records for Jessica Duncton and Leila Newth while fast times for Jorjia March and Olivia Forrest as up and coming youngsters rewrite the all-time lists in Sheffield
ENGLAND ATHLETICS U20, U17 & U15 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, Sheffield, February 10-11
European under-20 hurdles finalist Jessica Duncton broke Alicia Barrett’s UK under-20 hurdles record with a top class 8.18 as Mia McIntosh who won this event in 8.22 two years ago, won her heat but did not contest the final.
Another UK record was set in the under-15 triple jump as Leila Newth showed great improvement to equal Amy Williams’ indoor mark of 11.48m.
Newth’s previous best was 11.03m last summer when she won the South of England title.
The three female 800m winners all ran similar times with English National cross-country winner Jorjia March’s indoor PB of 2:10.15, which gave her an eight second under-15 victory, being the most impressive as it moved her to second all-time indoors in her age group only headed by Tilly Simpson’s 2:09.11 in 2015.
Jorjia March (Gary Mitchell)
Under-20 Ava Lloyd (2:09.38) and under-17 Grace Tuesday (2:10.75) also won while the 1500m races saw both under-17s quicker than the under-20s.
Racing-machine Olivia Forrest (main image, above) followed up a fast mile midweek and an Essex League win the day before with a 4:26.83 1500m indoor PB.
In the first few weeks of 2024 she has notched up Essex, South of England and England title victories as well as two British Athletics Cross Challenge victories and a debut 10km race win in addition to rising high up the UK all-time under-17 lists at 1500m (fifth here), mile and 3000m!
The other winners at the distance were Fraser Lupton (PB 3:58.95) and under-20s Jessica Lark and Isaac Leydon.
In a top-class under-20 women’s 60m, six of the first seven set PBs led by Mabel Akande’s 7.26 who enjoyed a big improvement on her previous PB of 7.37 set when winning the North of England title.
Only Bev Kinch (7.19), Jodie Williams (7.21), Dina Asher-Smith and Desiree Henry (7.22) have gone faster among British under-20s than the Commonwealth Youth Games sixth-placer.
Runner-up Faith Akinbileje went seventh all-time with 7.29.
Commonwealth Youth Games 100m champion Teddy Wilson won the under-20 men’s 60m just in 6.77 but he ran 6.76 in his heat and a PB 6.70 in his semi final.
Joel Masters was faster in the under-17 final than Wilson’s final time.
Masters started the winter season with a 7.18 PB before improving to 6.91 in…
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