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Rebecca Mersh and Luke Finch set Championship Best Performances at the 28th E.S.A.A. Race Walk Championships at Moorways Stadium,Derby,Chris Smith reports.
Mersh's victory started the daywith a bang walking a 4:47 first kilo with Jenny Gagg in her shadow.By 2k Mersh was 11seconds clear in 9:49.0,only 14 seconds slower than Karen Eden's UK Record.Then attacking the final kilo Mersh smashed both Sophie Hales' 1999 CBP of 15:25.06 and Sarah Bennet's 1993 UK Record of 14:56.4 by 12 seconds with 14:44.39.Jenny Gagg moved to 6th on the all-time lists with 15:10.28 for silver with Carley Tomlin taking bronze in 17:33.75.
Next up was Nick Ball dominating the Junior Boys 3k ,he too looked on for a CBP but settled for a safe second half recording 14:08.26 the 10th best ever for his age.There was a four man battle for the minor medals as first Lewis Hayden led the charge but a stitch at 2k let in the Hambridge twins Simon and Mark for silver and bronze in 15:14.22and 15:16.24,with much improved Jack Tomlin 4th in 15:21.85.
The Inter Girls race saw Katie Stones move clear of team mate Bryna Chrismas but not before a scare after her heal was trod on at the start.Her 14:25.66 was remarkable considering one shoe was only half on at the back.Chrismas completed the Humberside 1-2 in 15:23.25,whilst Natasha Fox took Kent's second bronze in 16:55.35.
The 5k walkers all started together with Luke Finch determined to beat his brother Lloyd's CBP of 22:19.11 after missing it by a fraction of a second last year.A 4:10 first kilo was rather ambitious and after passing 3k in 13:10 he looked to be slowing,but ahe had enough in hand to pick up the pace on the last lap to win in 22:15.93.Peter Warren took silver in 26:53.45 ahead of Phill Merry's 27:22.62.In the Senior race Neil Bates built up a big early lead to win in 24:20.07,whilst Garry Hambridge completed a family treble in second in 28:16.99.Kent added to their bronze collection through Sam Kavanagh in30:54.45.
Sophie Hales lead the Senior Girls from the gun walking at sub 25min pace for the first 2k ,her final time of 25:31.24 was outstanding considering she had an appendix operation only a few weeks ago.Nicky Reynolds took the silver in 30:08.79 with Cleveland's Johanna Jackson the bronze in 31:59.77
Unofficially scoring the top six in each race the top county was Kent(25), followed by West Midlands(19) and Leicestershire and Rutland/Humberside (16)
RESULTS
SENIOR BOYS 5K U19
1 N Bates (Mers) 24:20.07; 2 G Hambridge (W Mids) 28:16.99; 3 S Kavanagh (Kent) 30:54.45; 4 E Coombes (Some) 32:32.63
INTER BOYS 5K U17
1 L Finch (Leics) 22:15.93 CBP; 2 P Warren (Suss) 26:53.45 ; 3 P Merry (Leics) 27:22.62; 4 R Bain (Kent) 29:32.69; 5 R Jones (Some) 29:58.54; 6 R Harris (Kent) 31:33.14; 7 B Price(Humb) 31:39.82; 8 K Warren(Some) 34:17.47
JUNIOR BOYS 3K U15
1 N Ball (Hamp) 14:08.26; 2 S Hambridge (W Mids) 15:14.22; 3 M Hambridge (W Mids) 15:16.24; 4 J Tomlin (Kent) 15:21.85; 5 L Hayden (Leics) 15:51.11; 6 J McNulty (Leics) 16:51.41; 7 P Smith (Some) 19:17.73; 8 A Smith (Some) 19:59.97; 9 J Barker (Some) 20:00.39; 10 J.Jackson (Some) 20:08.54
SENIOR GIRLS 5K U19
1 S Hales (Suss) 25:31.24;2 N Reynolds (W Mids) 30:08.79;3 J Jackson (Cleve) 31:59.77
INTER GIRLS 3K U17
1 K Stones (Humb) 14:25.66; 2 B Chrismas (Humb) 15:23.25; 3 N Fox(Kent) 16:55.35; 4 E Bosworth (Kent) 17:41.61; 5 R Woolley (Leics) 17:47.42; 6 M Reynard (Leic) 7 A Smith (Leics) 21:30.67
JUNIOR GIRLS 3K U15
1 R Mersh (S Yorks) 14:44.39 CBP UK REC ;2 J Gagg (Humb) 15:10.28; 3 C Tomlin (Kent) 17:33.75; 4 S Foster (Kent) 18:20.18; 5 E Latham (Mers) 18:36.66; 6 H Repton (H&W) 18:41.35; 7 A Winch (Essex) 18:42.54; 8 H Bradford (H&W) 19:00.76; 9 E Sharpe(W Mids) 19:27.74;10 C Watts (Dors) 19:50.46 ;11 E Bedwell (Dors) 20:11.15;12 B Price (Humb) 22:14.77
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