YOUNG STARS MAKE A MARK
TRACK and field and road running events have continued throughout the summer for Carmarthen Harriers and Llanelli AAC members.
For junior athletes from the Pemberton club, the first of the triangular inter-club fixtures were held at Swansea University along with Swansea Harriers and Neath Harriers.
Several under-11 athletes were competing at a grassroots athletics competition for the first time:
Katie Turner 75m (12.8), javelin (8.14m) and long jump (2.91m), Libby Beynon 75m (12.8), 800m (3.26.2) and shot (4.68m), Annabel Edwards 800m (3.17.3), Martha Thomas 75m (12.7) and long jump (2.85m), Gwen Johansen 75m (13.3) and long jump (2.61m), Isabel Davies 75m (13.5) and long jump (2.29m), Eryn Pilgrim 75m (13.8), long jump (2.36m) and high jump (0.80m), Jacob Richards 75m (11.9) and long jump (3.38m) and Harry Richards 75m (12.6) and long jump (2.74m).
The under-13 boys and girls’ were also in action.
Freya McCarthy 100m (14.8), long jump (3.81m) and shot (6.92m), Sophia Edwards 100m (15.0) and long jump (3.63m), Tiah Sellick 100m (15.1), Lily Jones shot (7.37m), Ashton Williams 800m (2.37.2), and long jump (3.67m), Deklan Roberts 800m (2.44.1) and long jump (3.97m) and Charlie Eatly high jump (1.45m) and javelin (15.49m).
The Welsh Athletics Run with the Wind Sprints Open saw Dafydd Lewis run 11.70 seconds in the 100m followed by clocking 23.79 over 200m.
The Carmarthen Harriers trio of Lewis Evans (100m, 11.04), Ellimay Williams (100m, 12.92 and 200m, 26.57) and Ellie Loweth (100m, 13.41 and 200m, 27.29) were also in action at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium.
Steffan Bridger and Amelia Williams went to the Poppit Sands 5k Series, finishing in 20.15 and 21.36.
At Betws-y-Coed, Finley Bruce became the Welsh Under-17 men’s champion at the Welsh Junior Mountain Running Championships in a time of 41.21.
Elsewhere, 18 Llanelli senior athletes travelled Pembrokeshire for the return of the Tenby 10k Road Race.
Dean Summers (36.09), David Clarke (39.10), Alan Davies (39.46), Rob Davies (42.25) and Craig Hopkins (47.46) finished in the top 50 individually. They were followed across the line by Liam Thorley (58.39), Michael Halsall (59.09), Andrew Bowen (1.04.04), Zoe Jermin-Jones (1.04.12), Stuart Turner (1.06.11), Bruce Morgan (1.07.16), Andrew Stephens (1.07.19), Jody Williams (1.07.35), Lorna Powell (1.07.36), Vicki Turner (1.07.59), Rachel Evans (1.08.24), Karen Price (1.09.29) and Tahir Altimimi (1.16.00)