Wrexham Athletics Club duo Tom Cusworth and Hannah Thomas were given
the ultimate accolade this past weekend when they were selected to
captain Wales at the Under 16 Celtic Games in Cardiff against Ireland and
Scotland.
Both Athletes put in great performances on the day to help Wales secure
second spot overall. Hannah will be delighted with her showing in the
High Jump after securing first place with a superb leap of 1.64 metres.
Hannah went on to win a silver medal in the Long Jump with a huge jump
of 5.26m, and Bronze in the 60m sprint. She ran a time of 7.9 seconds
which was just 0.2 seconds behind winner Joan Healy of Ireland. Tom had an equally successful day, picking up silver medals in the Long Jump and 200m, as well as contributing
to the relay team that also managed second place. He achieved 6.22
metres in the Long Jump and ran a time of 23:50 seconds in the 200m.
Other Wrexham athletes involved at the Indoor Cardiff Arena also put in
good displays, with Chloe Jones coming 2nd in the B 200m, and
finishing 2nd in the relay team, along with Megan Rogers, who also came 2nd in
the A 200m, and 3rd in the 60m Hurdles.
This past week there was another outstanding performance from a Wrexham
Athlete. James Mills who currently trains at The University of Bath
ran a Personal Best time of 3:49 in the 1500m at Birmingham’s National
Indoor Arena. Having trained with James down at the Queensway Stadium in
Wrexham, I know he will be delighted with this and these types of performances will give him confidence going into the outdoor season that starts in the next six or seven weeks. James started as an 800m runner being coached by the experienced Les Baldwin MBE. After some
encouraging cross country races, Mills decided to move up to 1500m, an event
which again he has impressed in.
It has been a very good month for young athletes around North Wales.
The well represented North Wales Cross Country in Buckley was backed up
with some excellent performances in the Welsh Cross Country Championships down in Swansea. Those results coupled with these latest Indoor results round off an excellent few weeks for the Region. I hope this rich vein of form will stay with our Athletes as they start their preparations for the forthcoming outdoor Track and Field season.
