Taking a break from warm weather training in California, World Junior 4x100m representative Junior Ejehu competed in an invitational meeting at Claremont, California on Saturday, recording a personal best over 400m  as he placed second in 49.09 secs and was also 3rd over 200m in 21.76 secs (-0.5). Also in the US, Butler University based Sarah Bird was close to her personal best over 1500m as she recorded 4m46.45 secs at a meeting in Greencastle. Closer to home several WGwEL athletes were in action at the Havering and Lee valley Open meetings 

Both the men's and women's distance squads performed excellently at Miton Keynes today in the South of England 12- and 6-Stage Road Relays, and illustrated the depth and breadth of passion that exists for the club in both sections. After a truly hard-fought race, our men were delighted to match the bronze medals they won last year, while the women notched a very good 5th place with two young debutantes. Our men's B team finished a highest-ever 25th and, for making the 25 cutoff, won an official invite to the National 12-Stage Championships in a fortnight's time. We were also proud to closed a men's C team and a women's B team as many clubs struggle to even field a "first team".

On the men's side, Matt Gunby and Matt Shone both made the 20 fastest long stages, while Martyn Cryer was 6th fastest short stage. For the women, Jess Sparke and Jodie Swallow were amongst the 15 fastest overall.

Results

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