On Saturday, Wallasey A.C. competed in the Fenney-Brennan Trophy meeting at Warrington and once again some very good performances were achieved by many of the athletes.
In the youths 800 metres, Dave Smith returning after a short lay off, ran a very good race, after falling 10-15 metres behind during the last lap. He put in a very strong finish in the home straight to win in a time of 2:10.3, whilst Dave Smith was winning the 800 metres on the track, Chris Preston, home for a few days from university, won the discus despite being unfit recorded a personal best performance of 35.80 metres.
In the youths' 200 metres, Ian Macleod had another very good race, although in his first year in this age group he is consistently finishing in high positions in his races. On Saturday, he ran a fine race, coming strong off the bend into the finishing straight to finish 3rd in 24.1 seconds. Another person starting the season off well is Steve D'Arcy. He led most of his 800 metre race to be beaten in the last 200 metres and he finished second in a fast time of 2:33.2.
In the ladies races, Janet McGee had another successful day, this time competing in two events. In the junior ladies 800 metres she ran a fine race, breaking away from the pack on the second lap to chase home the winner and finish 2nd in 2:36.7 yet another fine time by her. To add to this, she ran a very fast 200 metres finishing a close second in 29.9 seconds - a promising start to only her first season on the track. In the intermediate ladies 800 metres, Barbara Jones had another fine race. She also finished second and achieved a personal best of 2:27.6.
RESULTS
Senior ladies 800m: A. Brimage. 4th. 2:43 Inter ladies 80m hurdles. S. Power. 6th.17.7: lnter ladies 800m. B. Jones. 2nd. 2:27.6 (PB); L. Jenkinson. 3rd. 2:33.5: S. Power 6th. 2:40.3: Inter ladies 100m P. Hannah. 3rd. 15.0: Inter ladies 400m. L. Jenkinson. 3rd. 64.5; Inter ladies 4 x 100m relay. 4th. 57.8 Junior ladies 800m. J. McGee. 2nd. 2:36.7; Junior ladies 200m. J. McGee. 2nd. 29.9: Senior men 800m. R. Heap. 2nd. 2.06.0: P. Jones. 3rd. 2:06.4: Senior mens 400m. P. Jones. 2nd. 55.2: P. Ashley. 4th. 62.6: Senior
men 1500m. K. McGee. 2nd. 4:16.1: R. Heap. 5th. 4:33.4; Senior men discus, C. Preston. 1st. 35.80 metres (PB): Senior men shot, C. Preston. 2nd. 11.95 metres; Youths 200m. I. MacLeod. 3rd, 24.1: Youths 400m. L. MacLeod. 3rd. 56.2; Youths 80m; D. Smith, 1st. 2:10.3: Boys 100m, M. Perry, 4th. 15.5: Boys 800m. P. D'Arcy. 5th. 2:32.3 M. Perry 8th. 2:50.0; Boys 80m hurdles, P. D'Arcy. 6th. 17.0: Colts 800m. S. D'Arcy. 2nd 2:33.2: M. Jones. 6th. 2:48.9; Colts 200m. Heat 1, S. D'Arcy. 3rd, 31.3 Heat 2. M. Jones, 3rd. 32.6
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Source - Wallasey News - Saturday, 13/05/1978
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