Welsh medals for Cardiff
Sunday 22 January 2012
Cardiff athletes took twenty one medals on the first day of the Welsh indoor championships held at NIAC, Cardiff, yesterday, 21st January.
The class performance of the day was that of GB international Joe Thomas (pictured) who led from the gun to win his heat of the senior men's 800m in a time of 1:47.82, within UK Athletics' qualification time for the 2012 IAAF world indoor championships.
Challenging for the peformance of the day was 14 year old Tom Trotman who cleared an outstanding 1.86m to win the under 15 boys' high jump. Tom's leap was a personal best by no less than 10cms and places him top of the 2012 UK rankings for his age group.
In the under 13 boys' high jump Cardiff athletes won all three medals with James Vincent, Deio Hughes and Samuel Wink coming first, second and third respectively.
Other gold medallists were Zara George in the senior women's 60m, Charlotte Arter (senior women's 800m), Ben Paris (under 13 boy's 60m), Ryan James (under 15 boys' 400m) and Jacob Preece (under 17 men's 800m).
The full list of Cardiff medallists is as follows:
Under 13 Girls: Emily Thomas (long jump silver); Catrin Lord (long jump bronze).
Under 13 Boys: Ben Paris (60m gold); James Vincent (high jump gold); Deio Hughes (high jump silver); Samuel Wink (high jump bronze).
Under 15 Girls: Rhiannon Long (300m bronze).
Under 15 Boys: Ryan James (400m gold); Tom Trotman (high jump gold); Harry Hillman (60m bronze & high jump bronze).
Under 17 Women: Kate Seary (800m silver).
Under 17 Men: Jacob Preece (800m gold).
Under 20 Men: Elliott Slade (800m silver).
Senior Women: Zara George (60m gold); Charlotte Arter (800m gold); Rhiannon Yates (60m bronze).
Senior Men: Alex Ezechi-Obiako (triple jump silver); Adam Williams (triple jump bronze); Rhys Knapman (60m bronze); Daniel Dell (400m bronze).
To view the full results from day one, click on RESULTS DAY ONE.