Bedford & County held an indoor pole vault competition yesterday and there were some great results for the Bedford athletes, including:
Bob Kingman 3.92m - M50 club record
Lois Fordham 2.92m - PB and U15 girls club record
Oskar Eastwood 2.72m - PB
Well done to everyone who competed!
Full Bedford & County Results:
In addition to the success of the pole vaulters at last weekends’ Eastern Counties Indoor Championships at Lee Valley the club came away with a further 7 Medals.
Thalia–Jade Mason - High Jump 1st 1.55, 60mH 2nd 9.14
Eva Henry - Long Jump 3rd 5.00, Triple Jump 3rd 10.61 PB
Casey-Mae Chandler - Triple Jump 4th 9.98 PB
Archie Ashpole - Long Jump 2nd 6.23
Raphie Saunders - Triple Jump 3rd 11.50 PB, 200m 18th 25.26
Thomas Leakey - 60m H 8th 7.12 PB, SF 9th 7.11 PB
Congratulations to all the Bedford & County athletes who ran in the Tokyo Marathon yesterday.
Adam Harris, achieved the 6 star Abbot World Marathon Majors award yesterday, by completing the Tokyo Marathon in a chip time of 2hrs 56mins 46sec (gun time 2hrs 57mins 11sec). He has achieved the 6 Star award by running the required marathons in: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York.
Yesterday, the final Chiltern League cross country of the season took place at Oxford. Bedford and County finished the season off in style on a very muddy course to win the overall competition, taking home the title for the first time in 7 years.
We also won the team title for Senior Women and U17 Men, a title Bedford and County's Senior Women haven't won for 11 years.
