PB wins for Rory Leonard and Georgia Bell in Comeback 5000m together with more detailed results from the London Marathon
Comeback 5000m, Battersea, April 26
Rory Leonard carried on his good 2024 form that has seen him run an indoor sub-four-minute mile, a 13:31 road 5km PB and a 28:04.83 10,000m PB with his first sub-13:30 on the track as he won easily in 13:29.54.
His previous track PB was 13:50.22 from 2021 as he took over 20 seconds off of his best.
Runner-up James Gormley also had a huge breakthrough as he achieved his first sub-14 on the track and ran 13:42.28 to back up the indoor 7:48 3000m he ran in February.
Third-placer Ellis Cross trimmed his PB down to 13:43.95.
Georgia Bell took a few seconds off of her PB to win the women’s elite race. The world indoor 1500m fourth-placer ran 15:35.24 just three seconds ahead of former hockey international Kate Axford, who set a 10-second PB of 15:38.82 while Jenny Nesbitt was a clear third.
In fourth, Almi Nerurkar, the daughter of former international marathoner Richard and the sister of pro cyclist Lukas, just missed breaking the 16-minute barrier but set a big PB of 16:00.41.
Georgia Bell (240) and Kate Axford (4) (Mark Hookway)
Men: 5000: 1 R Leonard 13:29.54; 2 J Gormley 13:42.28; 3 E Cross 13:43.95; 4 J Wigfield 13:47.70; 5 S Stirling 13:57.12; 6 A Penney 14:00.64; 7 M Heyden 14:01.03; 8 J McMurray 14:01.85; 9 S Bramwell 14:03.17; 10 J Kingston 14:03.26
U20: 1 N Campion 14:15.13
Women: 5000: 1 G Bell 15:35.24; 2 K Axford 15:38.82; 3 J Nesbitt 15:45.69; 4 A Nerurkar 16:00.41; 5 G Grgec 16:00.83; 6 M Gadsby 16:06.91; 7 H Dixon 16:10.30; 8 S Tucker 16:29.17
U20: 1 L Wellsted 16:29.41
Men; 800: 1 J Smith 1:49.69; 2 B Rock 1:50.56; 3 T Waterworth 1:50.78
AZTEC TRACK & FIELD SERIES, St Peter Port, April 28
Mixed events: 100: r4 (0.0): 1 A Galpin (Guern, W) 11.97. 400: 2 A Galpin (Guern, W) 54.96. 1500: r2: 11 U Maisch (Guern, W45) 5:06.54
Women: JT: 1 D Doherty (Guern, W55) 26.36; 2 C Johnson (Vets, W60) 23.65
DEVON OPEN INC. SOUTH WEST SAPPHIRE LEAGUE, Exeter, April 28
U20 mixed events: 400: 1 N Maczugowski (Ply) 49.20; 2 R Summers (Ply) 49.38
U17: 100: r1 (2.8): 1 K Little (Torb, U17W) 12.35. 200: r1 (1.5): 1 K Little (Torb, U17W) 25.13
U15: 100: r1 (1.6): 1 A Fasuba (Ply, U15W) 12.4. 200: r1 (0.1): 1 A Fasuba (Ply, U15W) 25.48
Mixed events: 100: r2 (1.3): 2 A Morey (N Abb, M50) 12.45. 200 (1.2): 4 N Tunstall (Corn, M60) 27.09. 1500: 4 O Steer (Exe, U17W) 4:38.84. 5000: 4 R Drage (Tav, M65) 19:03.02. TJ: 1 W…
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