Double gold at Eastern Championships for PANVAC's teenage sprint star
Peterborough & Nene Valley Athletics Club’s Elyse Morgan won two under 15 sprint gold medals at the Eastern Indoor Championship at Lee Valley over the weekend.
She won the 60m on Saturday with a new personal best (PB) of 7.98 and returned on Sunday to win the 200m in a time of 25.38.
The club had several other winners and Sean O’Donnell also gained a new PB when winning the under 20 200m in a time of 21.78.
Angus Bowling cleared 4.45 to win the senior men's pole vault and Eden Jeal-Dunkling picked up a new PB when winning the under 15 800m in 2:29.61. Jeal-Dunkling was also in 200m action, finishing fourth with a 25.00 clocking.
Rohan Hadfield won the senior men's triple jump with a distance of 10.96m. He took runners-up spot in the high jump with a 1.55m clearance.
Luke Royston won under 15 800m bronze in a time of 2:27.33 and Iris Kwakye won under 17 200m bronze. Her fastest time of the day was 25.42 which she clocked in the semi final. Kwakye ran a 60m PB of 7.89 when finishing fourth.
Zinachidi Nwamarah won under 15 shot put silver with a throw of 10.17m. She also collected long jump bronze with a 4.83m leap.
Harry Collister finished fourth in the under 20 400m in a time of 52.15. There was also a fourth place finish for Finlay Smith who clocked 2:07.88 in the under 17 800m.
Callum Bow finished fifth in the under 17 60m with a time of 7.93. Bow finished fourth in the 200m with a 25.00 clocking. Alphin Hadfield was fourth in the under 20 400m with a time of 53.01. Amelia Mullings was fourth in the under 15 60m, with her fastest time of the day and a new PB of 8:25 run in the semi final.
Beth Torr finished third in the under 20 triple jump with a distance of 9.07m. She was seventh in the under 60m with a time of 9.02 and seventh in the long jump with a 4.06m leap.
Dan Evans took fourth place in the senior men's 1,500m in a time of 4:22.76. Orton based Hunts AC athlete Brandon Ballard won silver with a 4:09.93 clocking.