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Great medal haul at the Northern Junior Championships

Jess Coulson's front running tactics paid off in the 1,500 metre final

Jess Coulson's front running tactics paid off in the 1,500 metre final

Stockport Harriers' junior middle distance stars struck double gold on the first day of the Northern Track and Field Championships at the Dorothy Hyman stadium in Yorkshire.

Jessica Coulson got the Harriers' squad of to a flying start with a grueling front running display as she ground out the laps into a biting wind to win in a new personal best time of 4 minutes 38.34 seconds to win convincingly by over 4 seconds in the girls' under-17s 1,500 metre race.

Next up was AAA's silver 1,500 metre medallist Lucy McLoughlin who breezed through her earlier heat in 5 minutes dead. In the final Lucy waited for the bell before she decided to quicken the pace and finished the race with a 34 second 200 metres into the stiff wind to win by 3 seconds in a seasons best of 4.46.

In the sprints Ellie McLoughlin finished a creditable 6th in the women's under-17s 300 metre final and Leah Kay a very good performance in the girl's 3,000 metre final to finish 6th.

Ross Millington is just edged out in the 1,500 metre final

Ross Millington is just edged out in the 1,500 metre final

The most exciting race of the weekend came in the men's under-17s 1,500 metre race, Ross Millington and England cross country runner David Forrester went head to head in the final.

Going through laps of 64 seconds the race was only won in the last few frantic strides for the line as Forrester just edged out Ross in the final dip, both smashing their personal bests, Ross by 7 seconds in 4.01.

Another Harrier finalist was Ben Styles in the men's under-20s 800 metre final, but he had some stiff opposition in his first year in the under-20s age group. The race was won by World Youth Finalist Michael Rimmer in 1.51 with Ben finishing a brave 8th.

Steve Barber took on the pace on against England cross country runner Matt Jackson in the boy's under-15s 3,000 metres final to finish 5th in a new personal best time of 9 minutes and 55 seconds.

Andy Nixon was another medallist for the club in his debut at 5,000 metres, finishing third to win the bronze in a personal best time of 15 minutes and 54 seconds.

Buxton Half Marathon

Stockport's top fell runner Ged Cudahay claimed a second place in the testing Buxton Half Marathon in a time of 1.18.39, just over 2 minutes behind winner Steve Watson of Buxton AC.

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