Shildon Athletes competed for Durham in the Schools Northern Inter Counties at Temple Park on 7th February.
First up in the Minor Girls (year 7) Category was Chloe Fairclough, finishing in 43rd position after falling at the first bend but picked herself up and carried on running to complete the course.
Cameron Stainsby, in the Inter Boys category, finished 34th and is now at the top of the reserve list for the English Schools.
Lizzie Cramb, running in the Inter Girls Category, finished her 4000m course in 66th position in a time of 19:03 and also made it on to the reserve list.
Shannon Ross ran in the Senior Girls category completing the 4000m course in 21:39 for 49th. Shannon also made the reserve list.
The North East Indoor Championships were held in Gateshead at the weekend. First up was Northern Champion Rachel Bennett who strolled to victory in her heat in 8.07 seconds only to see her UK ranked No.2 competitor smash the Championship record in her heat in 7.88 seconds.
In the semi-final Rachel repeated her time to reach the final, which proved to be a titanic tussle, with Rachel claiming a narrow victory in a memorable race in which she equalled her club record and PB in 7.96 seconds to earn North East gold.
Northern Championship bronze medallist Kyle Walton was next up in only his second major championship appearance. Kyle showed his future potential running clear of the field to finish 1st in his heat in 7.74 seconds to earn himself a place in the final.
There, despite a more senior and experienced field, Kyle produced another exceptional performance to finish 3rd in 7.72 seconds narrowly missing out on silver by 0.01 seconds.
Lewis Marley made his debut for the club as one of the younger competitors in the under 17 60m and produced an impressive performance to come 3rd in his heat in 7.70 seconds and claim a place in the B final. In the final, Lewis showed what a prospect he is by storming clear to win in a PB of 7.67 seconds.
The senior member of the team, Scott Michael was last up in the Men’s 60m and he produced another impressive display to qualify for the A final in which he finished 5th in 7.39 seconds.
Some of the club’s senior members competed in the Ann Johnson Absent Friends Memorial run on Sunday 15th Feb in Billingham. The first Shildon runner home after completing the 5 mile course was Andrea Draper in a time of 42.03, next was Phil Crow in 44.02 closely followed by Michelle Williams in 44.19, with Tanya Williams coming home in a respectable 53.34
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