Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Longwood enjoying League

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Dmonszynsk­i 8th 300m 54.00; Ellie Fedzin 1st High Jump 1.40m, 6th 100m 14.00; Neve Hardcastle 6th High Jump 1.20m, 1st 1500m 5-08.8; Leanna Lunn 8th Long Jump 3.27m, 7th Shot Put 4.64m; Roisin McGrath 5th 800m 2-37.6, 7th discus 8.93 meters; Amy Mourne 7th 800m 2-51.9; Lucy Price 6th 200m 29.90; Hannah Rathmell 5th Javelin 10.97m, 4th discus 10.98m; Gina Speakman 6th Javelin 9.73m, 2nd 300m 44.30; Isabel White 4th Long Jump 4.04m, 1st 200m 27.40.

Under 17 Ladies: Mya Bartholeme­w 7th 200m 32.10; Jessica Beaumont 6th 800m 2-56.0; 3rd discus 12.64m; Anna Dmonszynsk­i 6th Javelin 5.95m, 4th 300m 47.40, 5th Shot Put 3.89m; Alicia Marriott 3rd Long Jump 4.69meters, 2nd 300m 45.70, 1st High Jump 1.50m; Emily McLachlan 5th 80m hurdles 16.40, 4th 100m 14.00; Eve Wrigley-Jones 6th 80m hurdles 16.60, 4th 200m 29.20 seconds. ARAN THOMAS from West Slaithwait­e won four titles to take his Yorkshire Track and Field Championsh­ips tally to 15 in four years.

The championsh­ips took place at the Dorothy Hymen Stadium, Barnsley, and presenting the medals was Dorothy Hymen herself, twice an Olympian and three times Olympic medalist.

Thomas entered the shot put, discus, javelin and pole vault and won gold in all four.

All of his throws were AAA Grade 1s, with distances of 13.82m in the shot, 46.55m in the discus and 50.72m in the javelin.

In respect of the discus and shot put, Thomas has been unbeaten in the County Championsh­ips since 2015 and retained the Yorkshire Championsh­ip title for the fourth consecutiv­e year; as well as the third consecutiv­e year for the pole vault.

He has won three of the last four County javelin titles.

Thomas, honoured in 2017 as Yorkshire’s Young Thrower of the Year, is currently ranked No1 in the UK for the Under 17 discus, this following a superb throw of 50.23m at Cudworth in the Yorkshire and District Athletic League in April.

This was also a new and substantia­l Athletic Club record.

Thomas, who competes for Wakefield and District Harriers and who

Under 13 Boys: Daniel Atkins 8th Shot Put 4.19m, 4th 80m 12.30; Ben Dunstan 4th 150m 22.40; Andrew Fleming 1st 75m hurdles 16.50, 5th 150m 23.00; Henry Grierson 4th 800m 2-49.6, 5th Long Jump 3.38m;

Riley Lynch 1st Shot Put 6.28m, 7th 1500m 5-50.9; Ben Mourne 7th Long Jump 2.45m, 5th 1500m 5-45.3; Kallum Reid 7th 80m 12.80; Tom White 3rd 800m 2-43.4.

Under 15 Boys: Albert Hoey 5th

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