Matt Field wins in Birmingham

Wednesday 2 March 2011

Cardiff's promising young shot putter, Matthew Field (pictured at this year's Welsh indoor championship), added to his Welsh title by winning the England Athletics Under 17 shot put championship in Birmingham last weekend with a winning throw of 15.57m.

Elsewhere, Jonathan Bailey took the bronze medal in the Under 17 high jump with a leap of 1.86m.

Also in the under 17 high jump was Tyrone Blake who finished 10th with 1.76m to add to his 5th place in heat 1 of the 60m hurdles (8.68sec).

Scott Edwards improved in each of his three rounds of the Under 17's 400m, clocking 51.14 in round 1 and 50.44 in the semi final before finishing fourth in the final in 50.28.

James Wiltshire made the final of the under 20's 400m, finishing 4th in 50.28 after taking 2nd and 4th places respectively in round 1 (50.47) and the semi final (50.92).

Mica Moore contested both the 60m and 200m in the under women's 20 age group, finishing 5th in the 60m final in 7.75 but missing out on the final of the 200m despite finishing 2nd in her first round heat in 25.29.

The under 15 women's pole vault included two Cardiff athletes. Olivia Evans finished 5th with a clearance of 2.80m while Holly Field cleared 2.50m for 8th place.

And last, but not least, Megan O'Sullivan jumped 11.43m for 6th place in the under 20 women's triple jump.