Preview of National indoor age group champs
The national indoor age group (U15/U17/U20) champs for young athletes is the highlight of the indoor track & field season and despite very tough qualifying standards, the club as a mark of its progress in recent years has no fewer than 6 young athletes taking part. The championships takes place in its normal home of the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield tomorrow and on Sunday and can be watched live on England Athletics youtube channel through the following link.
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nFirst to compete at 1pm tomorrow will be Arabella Wilson (Coach Andy Fisher) in the first of 3 events over the weekend for the Surrey multi-eventer. Bella steps on the track for the heats of the U17W 300m and will be hoping to get through to the semi-final at 5.35pm. Next up at 1.35pm will be the U17W long jump where Bella competes again along with training partner Amy Wall (Coach Andy Fisher) with the girls currently ranked 3 and 4 respectively in the UK rankings. Next up at 4pm will be 12 year old Lucia Bertacchini (coach Andy Fisher) who has done remarkably well to achieve the qualifying standard in the U15G 300m and getting through to the final for Lucia would be nothing short of sensational. Next up will be Ollie Withers (coach Mike Chambers) who takes his place in the heats of the U17M 800m at 4.30pm and Ollie will be hoping to qualify for Sunday's final. Next to compete will be Oscar Webb (coach Tony Bateman) who takes his place in the U17M high jump at 5pm. Oscar will be taking part in his first event at the age group having ranked no 3 in the UK as an U15B last year. Completing the days action will be Bella who takes part in her 3rd event of the day at 5.45pm with the U17W shot putt.
nStarting the day on Sunday will be Harry Crosby (coach Andy Fisher) who takes his place in the U20M long jump field where he will be a leading contender for the title. He will be followed in action by Rebekah Smith (coach Andy Fisher) who will be competing in a WADAC vest for the first time in the U15G 60MH along with training partner Lucia, as with all track events these will be held in heats, semi-finals if necessary and finals with the majority of track finals taking place on the Sunday.