Posting a new personal best time of 1m52.62s, Alistair Douglass finished fifth in the sixth fastest of ten 800m races at the BMC Birmingham University Grand Prix on Saturday 7 June.
At the second day of competition at the Northern Athletics combined Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 Track and Field Championships held at Wavertree Stadium in Liverpool on Sunday 8th June, Morpeth’s Under 15 Girl sprinter Sophie Pledger won her way through to a very tough 300m Final by finishing second in her heat in a time of 43.04s.
In the final, she just missed out on a medal, when she finished fourth in 42.75s, which was just slightly adrift of her personal best time.
At the second day of competition at the Northern Athletics combined Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 Track and Field Championships held at Wavertree Stadium in Liverpool on Sunday 8th June, Morpeth’s Under 15 Girl sprinter Sophie Pledger won her way through to a very tough 300m Final by finishing second in her heat in a time of 43.04s.
In the final, she just missed out on a medal, when she finished fourth in 42.75s, which was just slightly adrift of her personal best time.