Report for Sportcity 9th Dec 2007

Horwich RMI athletes produced an array of personal bests at the first Sportcity Open meeting of the Winter season on Sunday.

Leading the way was Ali Alhakleem. During the Summer Ali’s best throw in the Shot Put was 8.63m however with dedication and specialist coaching Ali smashed both his personal best and the club record with an amazing 10.93, a 2.3 metre improvement ! Not to be outdone Becky Norris reduced her club U 20 60m record to 8.53 seconds whilst Jack Thomas was just one hundredth outside the U 20 mens record.

In addition personal bests were set by Matt Storey, Becky Buchanan, Rachel Pearson, Laura Bannister, Zac Howe, Hannah Storey and new member Becky Leadbetter.

Full results :-

Under 20

Jack Thomas
60m 7.43

Becky Norris
60m 8.53 Club Record and pb

Under 17

Matt Storey
60m 7.50 pb
300m 37.29 pb

Becky Buchanan
60m 8.62
300m 46.79 pb
LJ 3.88

Rachel Pearson
300m 47.07 pb
Shot 6.13

Under 15

Ali Alhakleem
Shot 10.93 Club Record and pb

Zac Howe
1000m 3.21.39

Hannah Storey
60m 8.95 pb
300m 47.98 pb

Laura Bannister
1000m 3.44.39 pb
HJ 1.25 pb

Becky Leadbetter
60m 9.89 pb