NORTH WALES SPRINT DOUBLE
North Wales sprinters achieved a remarkable "double" at the British Universities' championships in Bedford.
Former Colwyn Bay athlete Rachel Johncock (Loughborough) won all three rounds in the 100 metres, clocking a season's best of 11.66s in the final.
Hannah Thomas (Wrexham, Cardiff) did likewise in the 200m, taking gold in the final in 24.46.
Deeside's Owen Smith (Cardiff Met) won his 400m heat in 48.58 and was third in the semi-final in a season's best of 48.08 but was seventh in the final in 49.01.
Bangor student James Wignall (Sale AC), winner of the North Wales Cross-Country League last winter, finished eighth in the heat of the 3,000m in 10-01.76 and his fellow Bangor student Joseph Hudak was sixth in the 800m heat in 2-02.76.
Sian Swanson (ex-Maldwyn, Cardiff Met) cleared 1.60 for sixth place in the high jump and came ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.09, while Megan Rogers (Wrexham, Cardiff Met) set a season's best of 64.60 in her heat of the 400m hurdles.
North Wales sprinters achieved a remarkable "double" at the British Universities' championships in Bedford.
Former Colwyn Bay athlete Rachel Johncock (Loughborough) won all three rounds in the 100 metres, clocking a season's best of 11.66s in the final.
Hannah Thomas (Wrexham, Cardiff) did likewise in the 200m, taking gold in the final in 24.46.
Deeside's Owen Smith (Cardiff Met) won his 400m heat in 48.58 and was third in the semi-final in a season's best of 48.08 but was seventh in the final in 49.01.
Bangor student James Wignall (Sale AC), winner of the North Wales Cross-Country League last winter, finished eighth in the heat of the 3,000m in 10-01.76 and his fellow Bangor student Joseph Hudak was sixth in the 800m heat in 2-02.76.
Sian Swanson (ex-Maldwyn, Cardiff Met) cleared 1.60 for sixth place in the high jump and came ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.09, while Megan Rogers (Wrexham, Cardiff Met) set a season's best of 64.60 in her heat of the 400m hurdles.
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