Annie smashes club mile record

In a very busy weekend of track & field action for the clubs athletes, Annie Mann (coach James Mann) continued her return to top form with a run of 4 mins 40.07 secs in one of the many mile races at the annual David Hemery Valentine International meeting at Boston University on Saturday night. Annie’s finish wasn’t without incident as she fell just before the line and quick thinking saw her do a forward roll over the line to lose just a second or two and record this impressive time which smashes her own club record. Annie also recorded a 1500m time of 4 mins 20.49 secs on the way to her mile record which is a new indoor pb and indoor club record over the distance.

Elsewhere in the States, Amy Wall (coach Andy Fisher) competed at the wonderfully named Indoor Music City challenge meeting in Nashville recorded a long jump distance of 5.24m on Friday night.

Aspen runs twice at Brunel

Aspen Stobart (coach Martin McBriar) warmed up for the National age group champs by racing twice over 60m at the Brunel Uni open meeting in Uxbridge on Wednesday.

Aspen recorded times of 8.23 and 8.27 respectively.

Aspen goes 2nd on all time age group 60m list

It has taken ages for the results to be posted from the London Indoor Games at Lee Valley on Sunday the 26th January. They finally have and this day saw the U15 age group competing after the U17’s had competed the previous day which I have already reported on.

Aspen Stobart (coach Martin McBriar) gets quicker and quicker as the indoor season goes on and recorded a time of 8.17secs to go 2nd on the clubs all time age group lists and still has plenty of time to attempt to break the age group record of 8.13 secs before the indoor season ends.

Leo Davies-Pratt (coach Andy Fisher) ran, jumped & threw on the day getting over 1.40m in the high jump, pushing the shot out to 6.74m and going 3rd on the clubs all time indoor age group lists with a time of 44.43 secs in the 300m.

Annie breaks mile club record in Boston

In her first race since beginning her track & field scholarship at the University of Providence in Rhode Island in the States, Annie Mann (coach James Mann) bounced back to form at the John Thomas Terrier clasic in Boston on Friday night. Annie won her heat in a series of mile races in a very impressive 4 mins 45.52 secs breaking her own club record for the mile.

Annie has been joined in the States by Dad James and a couple of her old training partners Thomas Evans & Thomas Jacobs (both coached by James Mann) who also took part in heats of the mens mile races which took place yesterday. Thomas Evans went 2nd on the clubs all time mile list with a run of 4 mins 14.54 secs and Thomas Jacobs ran a time of 4 mins 22.82 secs in what would have been a memorable experience for all three of them.

Also in action stateside, Oliver Thatcher (coach Andy Fisher) completed the indoor heptathlon at the Bass Cragger multi-events invitational in Salem, Virginia on Friday & yesterday. Oliver put together 7 solid events which included a new indoor club record of 12.53m in the shot putt and finished with a final points total of 4886 points just 28 points behind his lifetime best.

Amy Wall (coach Andy Fisher) competed in the long jump in the South Alabama invitational in Birmingham Alabama today jumping a seasons best of 5.44m.

Hayden goes 2nd on clubs all time age group indoor lists

The U17’s were in action yesterday at Lee Valley in the London Indoor games.

Hayden Rogers (coach Dave Sherry) seems to be settling well into his new age group and ran 24.45 secs to come 2nd in heat 5 of the U17M’s 200m’s to go 2nd in the clubs all time age group indoor lists. Michael Chiguware was 5th in the same heat in 25.06 secs on his debut in a WADAC vest. Earlier both Hayden & Michael had run pb’s of 7.53 secs & 7.52 secs respectively in the best times from their two 60m races.

U17W Chloe Poore (coach Andy Fisher) set a new indoor pb of 25.89 secs in the 200m going 2nd on the clubs all time age group lists, Izzy Jordan (coach Andy Fisher) ran 27.37 secs in the same heat. Earlier in the day Chloe had ran 41.00 secs in the 300m, Izzy had ran 43.81 secs and training partner Gracie Osman (coach Andy Fisher) had run a pb of 41.13 secs. Gracie also won the long jump with a leap of 5.44cm and had pushed the 3kg shot out to 9.96m.

Lexie improves her indoor club record

The results from last weekends London Indoor games (U20 & Senior) have finally come online and 7 WADAC athletes were in action.

Lexie Trott (coach Tom Farres) improved her own indoor club record by a further 5cm to 3.15m which is just 5cm shy of outdoor best mark.

Arabella Wilson (coach Andy Fisher) went to 2nd on the clubs all time indoor list with a run of 25.16 secs in the 200m and Elsie Brindle (coach Mark Upton) also went 2nd on the clubs all time indoor list but this time in the 400m with a run of 57.76 secs. Elsie’s run was something of a tell your grandchildren moment as she ran in the same race as young athlete 800m sensation Phoebe Gill who ran an incredible 53.65 without starting blocks and goodness knows what she will run in the 800m this year.

Jess Howells (coach Andy Fisher) suffered a hamstring injury whilst long jumping in round 3 after recording a jump of 5.15m in an earlier round. Vets female captain Amanda Sith (coach Dave Sherry) opened her season with a run of 35.31 secs in the 200m and Sue Van Vuuren (coach Dave Sherry) broker the clubs Masters indoor shot put record with a push of 7.43m.

Elsie goes 3rd on all time 60m list

A number of the clubs young sprinters made their way to Uxbridge last night for the Running2Time Brunel Indoor Open Meeting, Brunel University host a number of these open meetings throughout the indoor season.

Elsie Brindle (coach Mrk Upton) recorded a 60m pb of 7.92 secs to go 3rd on the clubs all time list. Aspen Stobart (coach Martin McBriar) ran another pb. This time reducing her best to 8.30 secs.

Zac Reynolds (coach Mark Upton) ran 7.54 secs for his first run at the 60m distance and Hayden Rogers (coach Dave Sherry) ran 7.55 secs. Rhys Wye (coach Mark Upton) ran 7.65 secs and brother and training partner Oliver Wye (coach Mark Upton) ran 7.87 secs.

Oliver goes 2nd on clubs all time indoor list

4 of the clubs senior athletes are currently on track & field scholarships in the States with Annie Mann (coach James Mann) recently joining Oliver Thatcher, Harry Crosby & Amy Wall (all coached by Andy Fisher) in various parts of the East Coast of the USA.

Oliver & Amy were in indoor action at the weekend with Oliver recording a shot putt pb of 12.14m on Saturday in Salem, Virginia to go 2nd on the clubs all time indoor list. Oliver added a 6.23m long jump and a 9.32 sec 60M hurdles to a good days work. Amy competed in the long jump in Gainesville in Florida on Friday night recording a leap of 5.25m

Weekend Track & field preview

The first National champs of the year take place this weekend with the National indoor Combined event Champs in Sheffield but on this occasion no WADC athletes are in the starting line up and therefore attendtion is turned to the London Indoor Games at Lee Valley where the U20’s & Seniors are in action this weekend with a number of WADAC athletes on the start lists including GB U18 star Elsie Brindle (coach Mark Upton) who is making her seasonal debut over the 400m.

A number of our vet athletes are also in action and will be putting on their Christmas Tree spikes on the famous Lee Valley blue carpet.

Thomas breaks club indoor record in Cardiff

Thomas Evans (coach James Mann) continued his fine recent form by winning the mens 1500m C race in the BMC indoor races in Cardiff on Sunday.

Tom showed impressive finishing speed to finish clear in a time of 3 mins 55.61 secs which is a new overall indoor club record and a pb for Tom either indoors or outdoors which bodes well for the season ahead. Training partner Thomas Jacobs (coach James Mann) was 6th in the same race going 2nd on the clubs all time indoor lists and Cardiff based Harry Harvey (coach James Thie) was 8th again in the same race.

Gus Bowden & Arabella Wilson (both coached by Andy Fisher) blew away some early indoor season rust in the high jump & 400m respectively at the Non Thomas Open held at the same time as the BMC event.

Weekend Track & Field Preview

The first championships of the year take place this weekend on a busy couple of days as the indoor season begins to ramp up.

The South of England age group (U13/U15/U17) indoor champs take place at Lee Valley with 18 WADAC young athletes on the start list inlcuding Zac Reynolds (Coach Mark Upton) who will line up with a strong medal chance in the U17M 400m.

5 WADAC athletes go to Cardiff tomorrow for the World Athletics accredited Non Thomas Open and amongst these is Thomas Evans (coach James Mann) in the 1500m who will be looking to continue his current excellent form in the 1500m.

WADAC athletes open their indoor season

A number of WADAC athletes opened their indoor seaso at the BFTTA Open Meeting in Lee Valley on Sunday. This was a World Athletics accredited meeting meaning that performances of a certain standard for age groups and events at U18, U20 & Senior level will appear on World Athletics toplists. These lists are valid for indoor (short track as it is called these days) and outdoor performances and begin on the 1st January each year in much the same as pof10 does. World athletics age groups work in calender years and whilst the England Athletics age groups are changing to even years (U12, U14, U16, U18) from April 2026 this will still work on a school year rather than a calender year basis.

The Gligorovski sisters Ema (U13 Academy) & Mia (Coach Andy Fisher) took part in their respective U13 & U15 age groups with Ema going to 3rd in the clubs all time indoor age group list with her run in the 800m and also competed in long jump and HJ where in her first ever try at the event she recorded an impressive jump of 1.20m. Mia ran a pb of 10.09 in the sprint hurdles before long jumping 4.21m. Jess Howells (coach Andy Fisher) competed in the HJ clearing 1.45m and Gracie Osman (coach Andy Fisher) ran a new pb of 7.97 secs in the 60m and blew the rust away in the LJ with a leap of 5.35m. Arabella Wilson (coach Andy Fisher) competed in the 60mH and improved her pb to 9.07 secs improving her time as 3rd on the clubs all time indoor lists.

Competing at the Brunel University indoor track in Uxbridge on Wednesday Aspen Stoddart (coach Martin McBriar) recorded a new 60m pb of 8.38 secs.

Weekend Track & Field preview

The New Year brings the start of the championship season for indoor track & field and today sees one of the first World Athletics Permit meets in the UK of the New Year with the BFTTA Open meeting at Lee Valley.

5 WADAC athletes are on the start lists some of whom will be hoping to get their names on the early season World Athletics 2025 indoor lists.

Aspen is first to compete in New Year

It’s always nice to compete in the New Year’s day Open meeting at Lee Valley as it gets you on the new years rankings lists and also put the first WADAC marks down of the New Year.

Aspen Stoddart (coach Martin McBriar) had that honour this year as she competed in the indoor sprint races on Wednesday.

Aspen and her sister Winter are very talented throwers that have joined the club towards the end of last year with Aspen also being a sprinter a she showed with times of 8.44 secs over the 60m & 28.47 secs over the 200m.

Three time olympian Lawrence Okoye competes in Winchester

Winchester and District Athletics Club Throws Squad recently held a Throws development meeting to provide additional competition opportunity in the Discus and Hammer events. The event was a huge success with a number of PB’s and opportunity for some younger throwers to try out the events for the first time. In addition the squad were delighted to welcome 3 x Olympian and British record holder in the Discus Lawrence Okoye to the event. Lawrence has been having a fantastic season this year – following his appearance at the Paris Olympics in the summer Lawrence recently threw 67m at a European competition in Zagreb (the 3rd longest throw by a British male in history) and following this Lawrence wanted to see if he could get close to breaking his British record of 68m in Winchester. Lawrence finished the WADAC event with a best throw on the day of 62m – one of the longest throws ever seen in Winchester and a fantastic experience for all the WADAC throwers to see him performing up close.  

Throwing in Winchester is going from strength to strength and the club boasts 5 throws athletes who have gained international honours in recent years. Based on the 2023 season the WADAC Throws squad was ranked 3rd in the UK based on overall numbers of athletes appearing in the UK Top 20 rankings. Throws Head coach Martin McBriar said ‘we’re really excited to be building a strong in-depth throws community here at Winchester. Having Lawrence come and compete was a fantastic experience for all our athletes and coaches – he was happy to pose for some photos with the athletes after the competition and generously gave some advice to the younger throwers also which I know they all appreciated. With lead coaches Heather Sheffield and Jeremy Clifton we have a strong team but are always on the look out for more talent to join the squad – both athletes and coaches. If you are interested then please do reach out

Results from Yesterday’s Open Meeting

Have now been made official on Opentrack for both track & field events.

These can be seen thrtough the link below

Open Meeting Results

We are waiting on a couple of results from the 300m races and once these are received the results file will be sent to pof10.

Results from last night’s Open Meeting

Are available on Opentrack through the link below.

Open meeting results 3rd July 2024

They have also been set to pof10 and will be updated there in due course.

Thanks to everyone for coming but particularly to the officals without whom the meeting could not have taken place.

Track race programme, field pools & timetable for Wednesday’s Open Meeting

Wednesday sees the 3rd of the 2024 Open Meetings. For the 2nd year running this also doubles as a BMC meeting.

See below for the track race programme with the BMC races published on their own website.

Track Race Programme

See below for the field pools featuring hammer, pole vault, javelin and high jump as well as the quad kids field events.

Field event pools

See below for the timetable for the meeting

3rd July Open Meeting timetable

Results from last nights Open Meeting

The track results from last nights open meeting were immediately updated on Open track after each race and can be found through the link below.

Track results

The results from the field events for both the main events and quadkids will be updated through the same link later today.

All results will be submitted to powerof 10 later today and will be uploaded there in due course.

Thanks to everyone for taking part in what was terible weather at the start of the meeting and huge thanks to our officials many of which were soaked through without whom the meeting could not have taken place.

Timetable, track race details & field pools for tomorrow’s Open Meeting

The 2nd of this year’s WADAC Open Meetings takes place tomorrow late Afternoon/Evening.

See the link below for the timetable of the days events

WADAC Open Timetable 22nd May.

See the link below for the 33 race track race programme.

Track race programme WADAC Open 22nd May

See the link below for the field pools

Field pools WADAC Open 22nd May