England call up for Capes, cross-country title for Loutit and the latest Frostbite League results

Throwing will certainly be the name of the game as Capes has been selected to represent his country in both the discus and the shot.

A PANVAC trio of Capes, Jack Wheatley and Sienna Slater all recorded personal bests (PBs) at the Loughborough Indoor meeting over the weekend. Capes won the shot with a throw of 17.00m. His longest competitive throw with the 6kg shot.

Jack Wheatley finished as third under 20 in the 60m hurdles, clocking a time of 8.23. Sienna Slater was the fourth under 20 in the flat 60m with a time of 8.11.

Donovan Capes and Jim Gillespie were also in shot put action with Capes throwing 11.93m to Gillespie's distance of 8.98m.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Nathan Bunting of Peterborough & Nene Valley AC and Yaxley’s Kayleigh Longfoot were the leading locals at Saturday’s North Midlands Cross Country League fixture at an icy Bulwell Hall Park in Nottingham, both finishing 12th in their races.

It was the final fixture of the series, and the PANVAC men's team finished fourth in the league standings. Alison Staines finished the season as the third over 50 lady. Yaxley’s Ross Loutit won the ladies over 60 category while Carl Baron, also of Yaxley was the third over 45 male.

Bunting received good support from his team-mates with Thomas Carlton finishing 26th, Michael Major 38th and Steven Wilkinson 42nd. Alex Curtis placed 81st with Geoff Sayer 129th and Paul Parkin 166th.

The Yaxley men’s team finished 10th in the end of season standings. They were represented at Nottingham by 95th-placed Baron, George Dove in 101st and Daniel Holland and Will Siddle who finished 113rd and 114th respectively

The Yaxley ladies finished fifth on the day and sixth in the overall standings. Longfoot was followed home by 19th-placed Ellie Piccaver, with Loutit 29th and Kerry Goymour 45th.

PANVAC’s Hannah Knight was 14th with Alison Staines 70th.

VALENCIA

PANVAC’s Alex Gibb finished 295th in Sunday's Valencia 10K, a race which attracts many of the World's top distance runners. Gibb’s time of 30:26 was just 13 seconds outside of his personal best (PB) which he set at Leeds in November.

FROSTBITE LEAGUE

Yaxley finished fourth in Sunday's Frostbite League fixture at March behind Hunts AC, Cambridge & Coleridge, and host club March AC. Abbi Branston and

Danny Snipe led their challenge with Branston finishing as fifth lady and Snipe the seventh man home. Their efforts helped the club hold on to third place in the league table.

The Yaxley men came in thick and fast with Luke Cossey 11th, Darren Hiller 20th, Mitch Thurgood 26th and James Bennett 27th. PANVAC’s Jon Pike finished 13th with his team-mate Ryan Anderson 31st. James Burton was the first Werrington Jogger over the line in 28th place.

Claire Piercey was the second Yaxley lady home, finishing as 23rd lady with PACTRAC’s Sophie Robotham one place further back.

Yaxley’s Alexander Gunn finished fifth in the junior race with Beatrice Faith of PANVAC the leading local girl in 11th position. The PANVAC juniors finished fourth on the day, and are third overall. Yaxley took sixth place.