Harriet shines for England with PB

HARRIET WHEELER powered her way to a new personal best at Loughborough.

- BY DENNIS WALL

The West Cheshire Athletic Club thrower represented England at the Ron Pickering Memorial Track and Field Meeting against teams from Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Loughborough Students.

Harriet followed up her victory the week before in the under 20 women's javelin competition at Leigh Sports Village with an impressive throw at Loughborough of 48.61m to finish runner-up behind England team mate, Ayesha Jones, who achieved 49.05m.

Lucas Sawyer and Poppy McKenna celebrated double success stories for West Cheshire AC at Blackburn in the second round of the Under 13 and Under 15 Youth Development Track and Field League on Sunday.

Lucas rounded the under 13 boys 800m in a winning time of 2:25.2 and claimed victory in the B 75m race with 11.0 seconds, while Poppy clocked a winning time of 12.2 seconds in her under 13 girls 70m hurdles and cleared 1-35m in the high jump.

Evie Whittaker (1-45m) and Evie Smith (1-40m) teamed up for maximum points from the under 15 girls high jump, while Mia Johnson grabbed glory in the under 15 girls 300m with a time of 44.0 seconds.