The Shildon Running & Athletics Club seniors were at Blackpool on Sunday 19th February to take part in the Great North West Half Marathon.
Hazel Johnson once again led the team home with an excellent time of 1 hour, 41 minutes and 14 seconds.
She was followed by Donna Dunbar (1:57:53), Irene Ross (2:17:56), Helen Race (2:17:57) Shannon Ross (2:25:56) Julie Cane (2:29:50) and Andrea Lowrey (2:31:52).
Elsewhere, the younger members of the club were representing Shildon with brilliant results at the NECAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
In the track events Kyle Walton added the Men’s Under 17 60m title to his expanding collection in a new PB of 7.22s and Rachel Bennett won the Women’s Under 17 60m gold.
Cody Hall got Silver in the Girls Under 13 60m with new personal best of 8.62, which gives her an Age Rank of 24 across the UK for the 60m. In the field events Rachel McHugh won Silver in the Senior Women’s Long Jump.
Shildon Running & Athletics Club have active junior and senior teams and welcome new members over the age of seven years. They can be contacted at www.shildonrunning.co.uk and followed on Twitter at @ShildonRunning.
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