Cardiff tops medal table
Tuesday 14 June 2011
The Welsh under 20 and under 17 championships were held in Wrexham on Saturday last, 11th June, and Cardiff athletes amassed 27 medals between them.
Amongst its 12 gold medallists, pride of place goes to rapidly improving Elliot Slade (pictured) who not only set yet another under 17 club record in the 800m but, in the process, broke the 39 year old championship record with a fine time of 1:53.43. Elliot, who is coached by Arwyn Davies, is now ranked third in the UK.
A second club record was broken by Megan O'Sullivan in the under 20 triple jump with a leap of 11.20m which improved Elizabeth Webb's mark. Megan has leapt further indoors but this is her best outdoors.
Interestingly, Elizabeth Webb's father, club treasurer Graham, holds the longest standing championship record, which he set in 1963 in the under 17 triple jump. Graham went on to be a GB international triple jumper.
Other notable performances in Wrexham included a Cardiff clean sweep in the under 20 men's 200m (Michael Prentice, Tom Knight and Jamaul Whyte) and Ryan Leonard's double golds in the under 20 men's discus and javelin.
The full list of Cardiff's medallists is as follows:
Gold:
Under 17 men: Elliot Slade (800m); Ryan Cooper (400mH); Jonathan Bailey (high jump); David Callan (pole vault); James McGuire (long jump); Matthew Field (shot put).
Under 17 women: Lucy Daly (pole vault).
Under 20 men: Michael Prentice (200m); Lewis Newton (pole vault); Ryan Leonard (discus & javelin).
Silver:
Under 17 men: Scott Edwards (400m); Mike Ward (1500m); Matthew Field (discus); Jac Palmer (hammer).
Under 20 men: Michael Prentice (100m); Tom Knight (200m); Tyrone Blake (110mH); Bradley Cole (javelin).
Under 20 women: Lauren Regan (400m); Danielle Mill (400mH); Megan O'Sullivan (triple jump).
Bronze:
Under 17 men: Matteo Holmes (hammer).
Under 17 women: Lara Durrani (300mH).
Under 20 men: Tom Knight (100m); Jamaul Whyte (200m).
Under 20 women: Mica Moore (100m).
The full results may be viewed by clicking on RESULTS.