The indoor track and field season got under way with the Manchester Indoor meeting at Sportcity last Sunday. Bury AC had nine members at the meeting and a number of them produced winning and personal best performances. In the 60m sprint there was a victory for Matthew Wheatley in the U20 category with an excellent PB of 7.09. Luke Drinnan also competing in the U20 age group placed 5th in his heat with a PB of 7.53. There was also a PB for Jemima Miles running 8.49 to take 4th in the U20 women’s race. Laila Musvamhiri recorded 9.02 to place 5th in the U17 race.
In the 300m Luke was back on the track and secured another PB of 39.39 to take 3rd place. In the U17s Agatha Wragg placed 4th with 45.01 and sadly Isabella Robinson was disqualified after running out of her lane. There was a PB for U15 Claudia Chapman who placed 4th in 50.43. There was also a PB for Karl Hinze in the seniors, returning from injury he recorded 44.73 to place third in his race. The 600m saw a victory for Claudia in a PB of 1.53.12 with Karl also setting a PB of 1.45.88 in his race. Jemima won her 6o m hurdles race in 9.81. Isabella placed 4th in her 60m hurdles with a new PB of 10.23. Solomon Evans made his pole vault debut, winning the U15 boys competition with 2.10.
Battling Bury take third in opening Premier Division Fixture and Caitlyn takes a BMC victory
Temporary Closure of Market Street Entrance to the Track
Medals galore for Bury athletes at the Greater Manchester Championships
Ben and Sophie on county duty at the Inter-Counties Mountain Races and Isla wins at Clowbridge
Ethan has a great run in the Mini Marathon whilst Bev raises much needed funds