Well done to everyone that ran in the 1500m county championships at the weekend as part of the Bedfordshire AAA open meeting. There were some outstanding performances with lots of podium finishes for Bedford & County athletes.
A great start to the season for our middle distance runners.
Bedford & County AC and GLL hosted dignitaries and guests, including the Mayor of Bedford Borough Council, Tom Wootton, and CEO of England Athletics, Chris Jones, to a reception and ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the refurbished stadium ahead of the Bedfordshire AAA Open meeting on Saturday 4 April.
Tenny James reached the podium twice at the European Masters Indoor Athletics Championships held recently in Torun, Poland.
Competing in the M65 age category, he claimed silver in the 60m hurdles in a time of 10.01. He then took the gold as part of the winning GB 4x200m relay team. Their performance of 1.47.67 set a new European record for this event.
Tenny also made the final of the 400m with a seasons best of 62.5 and the semi final of the 200m in 27.9.
On a bitterly cold and blustery day Oriana Johnson and Mia Flynn both managed to set club hammer records - Oriana adding nearly a metre to her very recently set W60 hammer record with her throw of 19.41m, and Mia adding over 10 metres to the club U17 hammer record with a throw of 50.97m, just short of her club U15 record with that weight hammer set on a much warmer day last year.
Well done both!
On Saturday Oliver Weddell made his England debut in the mixed relay at the SIAB international in Bangor, Wales. He ran the 1500m leg in 4.22, the fastest leg of the day by any of the athletes.
Oliver Weddell was the star of the Bedfordshire show at the English Schools Cross Country Championships held in bright but cold windy conditions at Liverpool’s Sefton Park on Saturday 14th March.
Having decisively won the County Championships at Ampthill a month earlier, Ollie stepped up on the big stage to finish 10th in a very competitive Inter Boys 4.5Km race. His exceptional performance earned him an English Schools vest for the Home Countries International taking place in Bangor following week.
