Moss is on track for a silver as Northumbria shine at Sheffield
NORTHUMBRIA Sport celebrated a haul of medals at the annual BUCS Nationals in Sheffield, writes OSCAR MAUNG-HALEY.
Northumbria competed in athletics, judo, karate and swimming.
In athletics, they were able to secure a silver medal in the women’s 200m final thanks to the efforts of Jazmine Moss.
Moss, who ran an outstanding time of 24.35 in the final, was pipped to the gold medal by University of Nottingham’s Hayley Mills, who managed to break the BUCS record during the race. Jack Roach claimed fourth place in the men’s long jump.
Northumbria clinched three medals in karate.
Rory Kavanagh was the standout performer, securing a gold medal in the men’s individual category which meant he also retained his BUCS Sport title.
Courtney Morris and Muhammed Alfarhan both took bronze medals in their respective disciplines.
Judo also proved to be fruitful for Northumbria’s medal prospects, Mark Faulkner winning a silver in the men’s over-100 kgs category.
There were also gongs for James Robinson and Isaac Mason in the under-66kgs and under-73 kgs categories respectively.
However, the performances of the weekend came from Northumbria’s swimmers.
They splashed out on six medals four golds and two silvers - led by Paralympic swimmers Takayuki Suzuki and Claire Cashmore.