An 11 second personal best for superb Louie as city club take third place at the Embankment

Competing in Division Two North & East they had local rivals Hunts AC and Cambridge & Coleridge AC to compete against. Although both clubs finished above PANVAC there were some fine displays from local athletes.

Louie Hemmings ran a superb 1,500m race, winning in a time of 4:09.65. The 16 year-old ran the entire race bar the final 100m on the shoulder of the leader, but accelerated away from him on the finishing straight, earning himself a fine win and an 11 second personal best (PB). Hemmings was backed by Michael Major who was runner up in the B race with a 4:15.84 clocking.

The ladies 1,500m was equally impressive with Amber Park winning in 4:46.82. Ellie Piccaver won the B race in 4:57.79, and was quicker than all the A race runners with the exception of Park.

Nathan Bunting blasted his way round the track to win the 5,000m in 15:14.09. Thomas Carlton took second place in the B race with a time of 16:45.91. Noah Fell cleared 3.60m to win the pole vault.

Team captain Dave Bush led from the front, winning the 400m hurdles with a 61.13 clocking as well as finishing runner-up in the javelin and B string shot and high jump Consistent thrower Simon Achurch won the B javelin and finished runner up in the shot.

Angus Bowling finished 2nd in the triple jump, with Alphin Hadfield 2nd in the B competition. Hadfield had a busy day also picking up points in the 100 and 200m races.

Sixteen year-old Jack Carruthers was runner-up in the high jump with an impressive 1.83m. Toby Staines finished 2nd in the B 800m.

Jessica Dixon Walker won the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.85. She claimed 2nd place in the 100m. Charlotte Smith ran 67.63 to win the 400m hurdles.

Andrea Jenkins won the discus with a throw of 29.90m.

Ross Loutit was first in the ladies B 3,000m race in a time of 13:04.89.

ROUND-UP

PANVAC’s Thomas Preston ran an 8:34.67 3,000m at the Loughborough International Meeting, finishing as first under 20 in a high class field.

Lawson Capes threw 16.99m to finish 2nd under 18 in the shot put, while Lydia Church threw the shot 12.00m.

Orton Goldhay based Brandon Ballard of Hunts AC won the para-athletics 1,500m in a speedy 4:04.85.

Finlay Smith ran a 2:06.54 PB at the midweek Charnwood Open Meeting at Loughborough. The under 16 was one of several PANVAC athletes in action.

Under 14 Sophie Aslin ran a 14.41 100m while her older sister Holly Aslin ran 12:58 in the senior ladies 100m. Kobie Tong clocked 24.67 in the senior men's 200m. Under 23 Elizabeth Taylor was the fastest female 400m runner on the day clocking 58.33.

PANVAC under 23 Felix Bowling ran a 2:01.54 800m at the Watford Open Meeting.