Athletics Dan impresses in Team Avon's emphatic win

BRISTOL & West AC multi-eventer Dan Webb helped Team Avon secure another thumping victory in the UK Youth Development League U20/18 Premier South & West at Yate.

- Kevin FAHEY

Bristol's Dan Hillman (centre) and the Bristol & West AC team at the South West Cross Country Championships.

The 17-year-old served up his usual tally of points with the highlight a legal PB of 15.23secs for second place in the U18s 110m hurdles. It lifted Webb to second in the South West U18 Rankings and fifth in the UK.

Webb also secured victory in the B javelin and third in the B long jump. He also managed a leg in the 4x100m relay team that finished second, so a busy day for him.

Joab Harkness-White was impressive in the pole vault with the 15-year-old adding 20cms to his PB with a clearance of 2.75.

Teenager Rhiannon Anya won the U18s 100m B race, held into a headwind, just a fraction outside her PB.

The B&W pair of Amira Chowdhury Barratt and Holly Massey-Jones earned good points in the U18s 800m, with the former second in the A race and the latter clinching maximum points in the B. The pair also linked up in the victorious 4x400m relay team.

In the U20 women's age group, 17-year-old Ciara Maddock clocked a PB of 63.3secs, her first time under 64 seconds, to win the 400m B race. She also ran a strong leg in the winning 4x400m mixed relay.

Mairi Carver Brown followed up her recent PB of 2:14.36 with her second fastest time of the season to win the U20s 800m B race.

Isaac Dick ran a PB of 2:03.74 to win the opening match in this league, and the 17-year-old again ran strongly to finish runner-up in the U20s 800m A race in 2:04.17, his second fastest time for the two laps event.

Dick also ran the first leg for Team Avon's winning 4x400m mixed relay squad. Sibusiso Mhlanga was third in the U20s 100m.

UK Youth Development League U20/18 Premier South & West, Yate