Joe stars in Welsh win

Monday 31 January 2011

Cardiff's Joe Thomas continued his build up to a hoped for place in Britain's team for the forthcoming European Indoor Championships with a solid 800m win in yesterday's Celtic Cup match at UWIC's indoor arena.

His winning time of 1:49.19 was an improvement on his performance in the Welsh indoor champoionships the previous weekend and he went on to help Wales to a win in the final event of the day, the mixed (men and women) medley relay.

Other Cardiff athletes contributed to Wales' narrow win over Scotland in the senior match.

Rhiannon Yates had a convincing win in the women's 60m as well as third place in the long jump. Gareth Hopkind took second place in the 200m and joined club mate Joe Thomas in the winning medley relay.

Adam Bitchell (competing for the UWIC team) took 3rd place in the 3000m.

In the under 20 match, Megan O'Sullivan was second in the women's triple jump, Lewis Newton was third in the pole vault and Jamaul Whyte ran the 200m leg in the medley relay to help Wales to a win.