Midlands medals haul for Mansfield Harriers youngsters

The U15 and U17 Midland Track and Field Championships were held at the Pingles Stadium at Nuneaton and a small group of Mansfield Harriers put in a terrific showing as they came away with two championship gold medals and a bronze medal.
John Lomas
By John Lomas
Published 21st Aug 2023, 08:53 BST
Updated 21st Aug 2023, 08:53 BST
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Matthew Young has had a superb season crowning his year by becoming Midland U17 Champion at the Javelin with a massive throw of 52.23m.

England Schools international Serenity Joynt was impressive taking the U17 Discus championship with 35.40m.

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The bronze medal went to Amelia Arbon in the U15 Triple Jump as she leaped to 8.95m and showed her fabulous versatility with sixth in the 1500, recording 5.27.45.

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Matthew Young - Midlands U17 champion on the podiumMatthew Young - Midlands U17 champion on the podium
Matthew Young - Midlands U17 champion on the podium

In a tactical race Eddie Holden narrowly missed out on a medal recording 2.07.48 in the U17 800 with Emma Nowak placing seventh in the U15 girls 100 final, having recorded a superb 13.00 in her heat and in the 200 recorded 28.41. Completing the team, Florence Kenney went to the championship for experience as she has another year in the U15 age group and narrowly missing out on the final, recording 2.32.91 for fifth in her heat.

Three athletes made the midweek journey to race at the Trafford Open meeting in Manchester and came away with two personal and one season's best time.

Racing in the British Milers Club Gold Standard event, U20 Johar Ali recorded a fantastic new best time of 1.54.76 for 800m. In the open meeting and also over 800, Jordan Boam continues to impress with a new PB of 2.04.41 and Chris Monk recorded a season best of 2.07.38.

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