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Andy takes 4th in Junior Fell Championships

Andy Nixon on Ilkley Moor

Andy Nixon finished 4th in the under-20s English Uphill Fell Championships on Ilkley Moor.

Andy Nixon finished 4th in the under-20s English Uphill Fell Championships on Sunday at Ilkley Moor. The 17-year-old Offerton man who has been racing on the track all summer for the club found the hills to his liking.

The former AAA's indoor 3,000 metre medallist lives a stones throw away from Vernon Park and lately has been practising hill reps up Vernon Park hill in preparation for the event.

In the short and fast race which had 600 feet of climbing over the 2.5 km, Andy went with the lead runners' fast pace to the top of Ilkley Moor and only narrowly missed out on taking a medal in his first ever uphill race.

The eventual winner James Kevan won in a new record time of 11 minutes and 29 seconds.

Andy completed the race just 11 seconds behind in 11 minutes, 40 seconds.

Burnley Young Athlete's Open Meeting

600 metre winners

The Harriers' growing under-11s squad competed well at the Burnley Open Meeting.

Under-11 Girls Hannah Coulson, Dannielle Young, and Hannah McCabe (pictured) make it a one-two-three for Stockport in the 600 metres event. Hannah also broke the under-11 Girls' long jump record.

Caitlan Wilson had a great day for the Under-10 Girls' taking second spot in both the two sprint events of 50 metres and 150 metres.

10-year-old Richard Hindley broke the track record for the 600 metres under-11 Boys' as did 9 year old Max Cole in the under-10 Boys' 600 metres.

Trafford Open Meeting

The middle distance squad were competing at the Trafford Grand Prix meeting last Tuesday evening.

The best performance of the meeting was the last race in which 15-year-old Jessica Coulson who benefited from her weeks training course at the UK Athletics Endurance Centre at Saint Marys in London where fellow squad member Steve Vernon is based.

With her own pacemaker David Hicketts she ran a fast 4 minutes, 33 seconds and will be challenging for a medal in the AAA’s 3,000 metres race in 3 weeks time at Birmingham.

Jessica’s training partner 14-year-old Lucy McLoughlin has been selected to run at the London IAAF Grand Prix track meeting on August 6th.

Lucy who won the English Schools' 1,500 metre Championships will run in the 800 metres British Miler's Club final.

The senior's squad are in the first round of the Northern Knockout Cup this weekend at Cudworth, first event is at midday.

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