Ian Gower competed in the Midland Masters Athletics Championships at Saffon Lane, Leicester. Ian came third in the masters category age 45 800 metres in a time of 02:26.6 and second in the masters category age 45 1500 metres in a time of 05:09.2
Ellen Bollard and Jamie Cozens represented Coventry Schools at Alexander Stadium on Saturday 12 June. Ellen came 7th in the Junior Girls 1500m in a time of 5 min 18 sec and Jamie came 5th in the Intermediate Boys 3000m in 10 min 2 secs.
Heart of England Track and Field League : The perfect opportunity for you to put your talents into practice. Each athlete can enter up to three events plus a relay! Come along and run, jump, throw or have a go at all three! There are still two fixtures left this year in the league so we will be looking for lots of you to take part! All ages from U11 (age 9 and above) up to U17 Men and U17 Ladies plus Senior Women.
Three Sphinx AC runners ran this cheeky 10K with a challenging uphill climb from 8K onwards. Official results are here: http://www.chipresults.co.uk/Default.aspx Regular readers will be delighted to hear that Mitch’s “operation” was a complete success. GunPos No GunTime Surname Forename Gender Cat Chip Pos Chip Time 129 482 0:46:52 Timms Michell John (Mitch Timms) M 50 128 0:46:41 132 481 0:47:03 Blundell Bernard (Bernard Blundell) M 40 134 0:46:51 372 452 1:00:47 Cozens Julie (Julie Cozens) F 45 373 1:00:38
FIFTY-EIGHT Sphinx AC runners and guests turned out for this delightful five-miler around the village of Monks Kirby. 01 Becky Fenlon 42:01 02 Liz Reilly 45:33 03 Christy Litchfield 41:39 04 Theresa Mason 48:23 05 Craig Pears 30:27 06 Tom Marchi 40:31 07 Brian Bergham 33:35 08 Mark Smith 29:42 09 Rob Anderson 34:01 10 Tracey Higgins 42:37 11 Ross Crowther 41:08 12 Myles Davies 33:47 13 Bernard Blundell 36:19
Fifteen Sphinx AC runners ran the best-attended ParkRun to date, with Justin, Julie and Maggie all getting PBs, Mary running her first ParkRun and Theresa getting her first solo sub-30. 9 Justin SMITH 18:48 SM35-39 71.54% M 9 New PB! 12 Pete FAHY 19:04 SM35-39 70.02% M 12 PB stays at 00:18:24 17 Ian GOWER 19:30 VM45-49 72.74% M 17 PB stays at 00:18:54 18 Matt MELIA 19:39 JM15-19 67.85% M 18 PB stays at 00:17:06
Six Sphinx AC runners completed the latest in the East Midlands Grand Prix series, with Julie Cozens knocking an astounding 37 seconds off her PB for 5 miles. Official results are here (site was down at the time of writing): http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mkac/the_emgp.html 49 46 2 1509 Jamie Cozens M20 30:41 141 118 28 1523 Mark Coyle M40 36:21 202 165 22 1088 Bob Torley M50 39:33 225 46 15 504 Jackie Timms F40 40:49
Sophie Edge had a fantastic performance in the U20 British Triathlon Championships at Emberton Park recording 11:02 mins for the 750m swim, 35:17 for the 20km bike ride and 23:45 for the 5km run to take the silver medal and gain selection for the European Championships in 2011 – Well done Sophie! Contributed by Paul Bergin
Only six Sphinx AC runners did the ParkRun this week, with NO PBs but one first-timer. Official results are here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/coventry/Results/WeeklyResults.aspx?runSeqNumber=17 11 Ian GOWER 19:50 VM45-49 71.51% M 11 PB stays at 00:18:54 28 Bernard BLUNDELL 22:48 VM40-44 60.31% M 27 PB stays at 00:21:43 57 Tracey HIGGINS 27:03 VW40-44 57.49% F 14 First Timer! 62 Becky FENLON 27:37 SW25-29 53.59% F 18 PB stays at 00:26:19 78 Julie THOMSON 30:09 VW40-44 50.
Jamie Cozens got an incredible new PB during the week, taking more than 2.1 seconds off his previous best championship 800m time. Official results are here: http://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=35636 Well done that man!
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