ASHLEY Nemits cemented her status as one of the country’s most talented runners of her age at the weekend.
Warrington Athletics Club’s sprinting star brought home gold from the National Indoor Age Group Championships in Sheffield after dominating her 300m field.
The under 17s runner clocked 39.59secs in the final to claim top prize, lowering her time of 41.06secs she ran to win her heat.
Like Nemits, Katie Lowery had a good weekend as she ran for Edinburgh University Hare and Hounds in the Scottish Senior Women’s Cross Country Championships.
In wind, rain and sleet, Lowery ran excellently to finish 18th in 44mins 12secs, with her time helping her team take the bronze medal.
At the other end of the age spectrum, Colin Bishop was the first Masters runner to complete a wet and windy Ruthin 10km road race on Sunday.
Bishop was fifth overall in 36mins 13secs, placing him top of his over 60s age group.
Meanwhile, eight Warrington Athletics Club members braved the mud at the English National Cross Country Championships on Saturday.
The club’s best finisher was Rachel McQuillan, who came home 67th in the women’s under 20s race in 30mins 48secs.
In the same age group, Jack Wadsworth was 100th in 42mins 39secs ahead of Ben Webb (151st, 45mins 42secs) and Charlie Turnbull (164th, 47mins 29secs).
From left, Charlie Turnbull, Ben Webb and Jack Wadsworth
Alex Rix enjoyed an impressive club debut in the boys’ under 13s race, finishing 129th in 16mins 39secs while new teammate Rhys Croasdale came home 17 seconds later to place 150th.
Joe Roberts was 187th in the men’s under 17s race in 27mins 25secs while Daniel Newman came home 1,066th in the senior men’s race in 1hour 3mins 35secs.
The following day, club members took to the track at Manchester’s Sportcity for Sale Harriers’ open indoor meeting.
Theo Danquah set a new personal best of 7.61secs to win his under 17s 60m race while he also came second over 200m in 24.8secs.
In the same age group, Lisa Halliday was third in her 60m race and fourth in the 60m hurdles – clocking 9.10secs and 10.56secs respectively – while Olivia Ashdown was fourth over 200m in 28.01secs.
Olivia Ashdown
Neal Petley won the 60m hurdles and the long jump in the over 50s age group – he clocked 10.57secs in the former and leapt 4.18m in the latter.
In the under 15s age group, Shauna Clarke came fourth in her 200m race in a time of 28.93secs.
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