A late starter to athletics, Wakefield clocks 1:47.46 on Saturday in north-west England
A British M35 file within the 800m, two qualifying requirements for the World College Video games and a UK under-20 No.1 efficiency for 2025 have been among the many highlights for the opening British Milers’ Membership Grand Prix of the season at Bury.
Beginning with the latter first, teenager Jessica Lark received the 1500m A race in a private better of 4:11.36. That slashed virtually six seconds off the PB she recorded through the indoor season and never solely lifted the 17-year-old straight to the highest of the UK under-20 rankings for this yr however was additionally properly contained in the qualifying commonplace of 4:20.00 for the European Below-20 Championships.
It additionally places her tenth within the UK under-2o ladies’s all-time rankings for the space, edging out her coaching associate Ava Lloyd within the M11 Monitor Membership of Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows.
The highest two within the males’s 800m race have been each delighted with their night’s work. Ben Gardiner received his first A race in a PB of 1:47.06.
Whereas Gardiner dedicated himself from the gun runner-up Harry Wakefield admitted afterwards he struggled with the early tempo and solely grabbed second after a robust end to overtake the Sale Harriers pair of Elliot Savage and Andrew Thompson.
However Wakefield had loads of causes to rejoice as his PB of 1:47.46 was a British M35 file, carving virtually two seconds off his earlier finest set final yr.
Wakefield is just in his third season as a monitor athlete after beginning in workforce sports activities after which biking earlier than shifting into working.
Like Gardiner, 19-year-old Eleanor Strevens is a pupil at Birmingham College and she or he was additionally delighted along with her first A race success within the 800m with a PB of two:05.61.
MAY 24BMC GRAND PRIX – WORLD ATHLETICS CHALLENGER, Bury (Manchester)
Males: 800: A: 1 B Gardiner (Ton) 1:47.06; 2 H Wakefield (Salf, M35) 1:47.46; 3 E Savage (Sale) 1:47.62; 4 A Thompson (Sale) 1:47.75; 5 R Elston (Charn) 1:48.39; 6 J Morrison (W Ches) 1:48.72; 7 H Ware (BMH) 1:49.49; 8 J Mungin (Kilb, U20) 1:49.68. B: 1 T Chamberlain (Jer) 1:49.09; 2 J O’Brien (Sale, U20) 1:49.50; 3 T Cheesbrough (Norw, U20) 1:49.51; 4 N Smith-Mills (Notts) 1:49.54; 5 J Sispal (Leam) 1:49.84; 6 J Kinrade (Shrews, U20) 1:49.98; 7 B Nolan (Wig D) 1:51.26; 8 L Richardson (B&R) 1:51.45. C: 1 M Riddell (Tyne, U17) 1:50.78; 2 L Watt (A’deen) 1:50.81; 3 J O’Leary (IRL) 1:51.26; 4 F Goddard (Sale, U20) 1:51.41; 5 S Clarke (SinA) 1:51.74; 6 Okay Crawford (A’deen) 1:51.88. D: 1 A Avenue (Kilb, U17) 1:51.89; 2 C Chambers (Soton, U17) 1:52.08; 3 T Loynes (Neath, U20) 1:52.27; 5 J Marwood (Salf, U20) 1:52.68. E: 1 R Taylor (Falk, U17) 1:53.01; 2 L Morris (IRL, U20) 1:53.04; 3 B Stratton (B’burn, U20) 1:53.21; 6 T Corwood (Vale R, U20) 1:54.50. F: 1 F Lupton (Tm E Loth, U20) 1:52.64; 4 L Ward (S’port W, U20) 1:54.48; 6 C Hendry (Falk, U20) 1:55.26; 7 O Gill (B’burn, U20) 1:55.26. G: 1 J Ryan (Mans, U20) 1:54.15; 3 J Rowley (Macc, U20) 1:55.52; 4 O Brooks (Wharf, U20) 1:55.56; 7 C Pearson (C&S, U17) 1:58.45. 1500: A: 1 A Ludewick (Herne H) 3:45.84; 2 B Kebede (Clay) 3:46.23; 3 T Shaw (York) 3:48.46; 4 D Galloway (Tel) 3:49.27; 5 F Buchanan (St. Michael’s Enniskillen, U20) 3:49.30; 6 O Murray (IRL) 3:49.42; 8 M Waterworth (Phoe, U20) 3:50.60; 10 E Grime (Salf, U17) 3:56.71. B: 1 A Brown (A’deen) 3:44.26; 2 Okay Kudlis (LAT, U20) 3:44.59; 3 S Hopkins (Salf) 3:46.87; 4 O Schofield (Sale, U20) 3:48.44; 7 D Proctor (Sale, M35) 3:50.47; 9 J Hurrell (Chelm, U20) 3:50.63; 13 M Clark (Prest, U20) 3:55.85. C: 1 O MacDonald (Giff N, U20) 3:50.06; 3 R Vanadzins (LAT, U20) 3:51.93; 5 Okay Fulton (Moorf, U20) 3:51.96; 7 A McWilliam (Lass, U20) 3:52.42. D: 2 E Nederheim (SWE, U20) 3:53.72; 4 A Budding (Leeds C, U20) 3:54.58; 5 D Watson (NSP, U20) 3:55.25; 6 C O’Neill (IRL, U17) 3:55.41. E: 3 J Alexander (Gars, U20) 3:51.41. F: 2 J Trangmar (St Ed, U20) 3:55.39; 3 G Noble (Sale, U20) 3:55.46; 4 Z Ferguson (Roth, U20) 3:56.09; 5 W Steadman (Chelm, U20) 3:57.22; 9 F Dobson Emmas (Traff, U17) 4:04.82. 5000: A: 1 J O’Farrell (Newry) 14:00.04; 2 G Watson (Chelt) 14:01.85; 3 C Stephenson (R&Z) 14:15.55; 4 J Richardson (Hallam) 14:15.87; 5 R Warner-Judd (B’burn) 14:17.40; 6 D Gillett (Western Tempo) 14:18.10; 7 F Brodie (Morp) 14:18.44; 8 M Bostock (Leeds C) 14:19.91; 9 M Ramsden (B’burn) 14:27.44; 10 P Winkler (Morp) 14:29.78. B: 1 C Benyan (C&C, U20) 14:27.12; 2 A Darood (Sky) 14:28.57; 3 H Pickard (Inventory H) 14:31.00; 4 O Donkin (Bart D) 14:31.06; 5 W Sutcliffe (Wirr) 14:33.68; 9 O McGloin (Lag V, U20) 15:03.27; 10 A Rawley (AUS, U20) 15:08.19. 3000SC: A: 1 M Hanrahan (IRL) 9:12.35; 2 J McGraw (BRAT) 9:17.23; 3 Okay Rasmusen (DEN) 9:17.80; 4 A Baird (I’ness, U20) 9:35.90; 5 P Kelly (Mid U) 9:42.57
Ladies: 800: A: 1 E Strevens (E’bne, U20) 2:05.61; 2 B Trow (Shrews, U20) 2:07.06; 3 H Cameron (A’deen) 2:07.79; 4 G Langdon (Learn, U20) 2:09.34; 5 B Taylor (St Ed, U17) 2:11.29. B: 2 L Langan (York, U20) 2:10.91; 3 C Casey (Foyle V, U17) 2:11.01; 4 L Codling (Newp, U17) 2:11.61; 5 E Norris (New FJ, U17) 2:11.88. C: 2 E Jha (Vale R, U20) 2:12.35; 3 P Henson (Leeds C, U17) 2:13.08; 5 M Rosen (Barn, U20) 2:14.54. 1500: A: 1 J Lark (W Ches, U20) 4:11.36; 2 H Dixon (Camb H) 4:13.97; 3 S Calvert (Dwelling) 4:14.85; 4 T Brockley-Langford (Salf) 4:15.82; 5 J Bailey (Lev V, U20) 4:16.39; 6 I Jones (W&B, U20) 4:16.50; 7 A Stratton (Blackburn / Loughborough College students) 4:16.56; 8 A O’Donoghue (IRL) 4:17.30; 9 M Harris (Chelm) 4:18.82; 10 C Younger (M&M) 4:24.35; 11 S O’brien (IRL) 4:24.47; 12 Z Gilbody (Tel, U20) 4:27.98.
B: 1 H Kinane (Swan, U20) 4:23.39; 2 Z Redmond (Kilb, U20) 4:25.09; 3 R Lopez Ramirez (MEX) 4:27.11; 4 O McGhee (R&N, U17) 4:27.55; 6 L Adolfsson (SWE, U20) 4:29.30; 7 Z Hunter (Leeds C) 4:29.49; 8 I Burke (Sale) 4:29.72; 9 E McKee (Willow, U17) 4:31.89. C: 1 M Bellwood (Keigh, U20) 4:29.52; 2 G Bell (Lev V, U20) 4:36.94; 7 S Hutchinson Thompson (Salf, U17) 4:42.63; 9 C Dege (AUS, W40) 4:52.44. D: 5 L Smith (Stoke, U17) 4:43.59. 5000: A: 1 E Sundqvist (SWE) 16:13.90; 2 C Fagan (IRL) 16:19.45; 3 R Roberts (CNDR) 16:36.00; 4 Okay Hawkins (Salf) 16:36.77; 5 M McClelland-Brooks (I’clyde, U20) 16:42.70; 6 A Millerick (IRL) 16:46.28; 7 A McGreevy (Lag V) 17:12.97. 3000SC: A: 1 A Wills (Brack) 10:15.50; 2 I King (Mil Okay) 10:57.81; 3 A Michalec (THH) 11:17.96
