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Welsh Senior, U17 & Para Indoor Championships Day 2 - Round Up
20/01/2025 00:00, I Mewn Blog /
Day One of the 48th Welsh Senior, Under-17 and Para Indoor Athletics Championships in Cardiff witnessed some outstanding sprinting performance and Day Two followed suit.
After a thrilling senior women’s 400m semi-final on Saturday, Tess McHugh (Sale Harriers Manchester) and Hannah Brier (Swansea Harriers) went head to head once again in Sunday’s final, which didn’t disappoint.
It took a new championship best performance from McHugh to take the gold medal in a time of 54.02, which surpassed the mark of 54.06 set by Brier in winning last year’s title.
This time, Commonwealth Games athlete Brier stopped the clock in 54.22 to claim the silver medal. Sian Harry (Belgrave Harriers) won bronze in 55.47.
There was another intriguing head to head in the under-17 200m final, between two of the UK's most exciting young sprinters.
The previous day, Aliyah Afolabi (Cardiff Archers) had won the under-17 60m title in a new personal best and championship best time, while Darcy Coslett (Llanelli AAC) had won the 300m title, twice setting new championship bests.
Something had to give as the two fliers met over 200m. And it was Afolabi, who completed the double as she claimed the title in a new championship best performance of 24.28 – just outside Hannah Brier’s age best of 24.20, set in 2013.
Coslett secured silver in 24.76, while Lois Codling (Newport Harriers) took bronze with 26.65.
Louisa Stoney (Kingston and Poly) followed up her silver medal in the previous day’s 60m final by winning gold in the senior women’s 200m in a new PB of 24.48, ahead of non-Welsh athletes Stephanie Brooks and Keeley Little.
The men’s final was won by Joseph Berry (Newport Harriers) in 22.43. The second Welsh athlete to cross the line, to take silver, was Marek Warzocha (Swansea Harriers) in 23.50.
In the field, Welsh Athletics Transition Programme high jumper Hannah Lake (Cardiff Athletics) took the senior women’s title with a best height of 1.73m to finish comfortably ahead of NDP athlete Matilda Quick (Swansea Harriers) who registered a best of 1.63m. Nia Powell earned bronze with 1.58m.
NDP athlete Olivia Scrimshaw (Deeside AAC) went one better than her long jump silver medal on day one, by taking the senior women’s triple jump title with a longest jump of 11.64m
Silver was claimed by Beca Roberts (Cardiff Archers) with 10.80m, with bronze going to Sadie Graham-Mulvaney (Cardiff Athletics) with 10.62m.
Morgan Williams (Leeds City AC) took the Welsh title in the senior men’s high jump with a height of 1.93m. Evan Cole (Swansea Harriers) took silver with 1.83 and Owen Chesher (Maldwyn Harriers) bronze with 1.73m.
The Welsh title in the senior men’s long jump went to Luca Phillips (Cardiff Archers) for the second year running as he produced a best distance of 6.76m. Arran Topham (Cardiff University Athletics Club) won silver with 6.59m and Jacob Edghill (Swansea Harriers) bronze with 6.48m.
The senior women’s Welsh pole vault title went to Nyree Perry (Bristol and West) with a height of 3.64m. Ella Mitchell (Cardiff Athletics) claimed silver with 2.84m ahead of Ava Lane (Cardiff Athletics) with 2.69. The overall competition was won by non-Welsh athlete Jade Ive (Sutton and District AC) with a season’s best 4.34m.
Back on the track, the women’s senior 1500m gold went to Lauren Cooper (Parc Bryn Bach), who was the first Welsh athlete across the line in 4:38.17. Bronwen Stratton-Thomas (Swansea Harriers) earned silver with 4:44.52 and Ewelina Ciesielka (Parc Bryn Bach) bronze with 4:58.67.
Meanwhile the men’s senior 1500m gold was won by NDP middle distance runner Thomas Loynes (Neath Harriers) in 1:59.79, just a fraction ahead of Theo Cheshire (Woking AC) who crossed in 1:59.81. Aidan Walker (Banbury Harriers) picked up bronze in 2:01.36.
The highest placed Welsh finisher in the senior men’s 400m final was Ryan Carroll (Neath Harriers) who clocked 53.47.
Gethin Hanigan (Cardiff Archers) produced a new PB of 1.68m to share gold in the under-17 men’s high jump thanks to an identical record as NDP athlete Aidan Angilletta (Deeside AC), who had already claimed two gold medals on day one. Cobie Phillips (Cardiff Archers) was third with a best of 1.63m.
There was a Swansea Harriers clean-sweep in the under-17 women’s pole vault. Lyra Roberts secured gold with a heigh of 2.97m, ahead of Ellie Dunleavy with a PB of 2.57m and Alice Prosser with 2.37m.
A PB of 10.85m saw Elen Blackmore (Cardiff Archers) celebrate the under-17 women’s triple jump gold. Lilly Jayne Mitchell (Swansea Harriers) also enjoyed a PB of 9.79m for silver, while bronze went to Megan Wood (Deeside AC) with 9.71m.
NDP athlete Grace Hawker produced a PB of 11.22 with her first effort, which was to claim the honours in the under-17 shot put. Fellow NDP athlete Tiana Odugbesan (Cardiff Archers) secured silver with 11.22 with Lauren Oshisanya (Swansea Harriers) picking up bronze with 9.22m.
Williams Richards-Baldwin (Gloucester AC) won the men’s under-17 shot thanks to a PB of 13.91m. NDP product Lachlan Robbie (Cardiff Archers) was second with a PB of his own of 13.18m. Gabriel Evans (Rhondda AAC) completed the podium thanks to his 9.07m effort.
The under-17 women’s high jump was won on countback by Mari Wilson (Llanelli AAC) with a best of 1.48. Both silver and bronze medallists Tiana Odugbesan (Cardiff Archers) and Grace Caddy (Cardiff Athletics) matched the height but with inferior overall records.
Jeremy Young (Swansea Harriers) was the clear winner of the under-17 long jump as he went out to 6.23m in the fifth round. The silver medal went to Lucca Tardivel (Deeside AAC) with 6.16m, while Aidan Angilletta, added a bronze medal to his gold haul with 6.11m.
The men’s ambulant para long jump was won by non-Welsh T47 competitor Nils Rehm (Cardiff Athletics), who registered a PB of 5.38m.
Back on the track, the under-17 women’s 1500m title was won by Rebecca Harries (Cardiff Athletics) in a time of 4:53.37, ahead of Olivia Morgan (Swansea Harriers) in 4:58.66 and Millie Pierce (Swansea Harriers) with 5:01.68.
Newport Harriers enjoyed a clean-sweep of the medals in the under-17 men’s 800m final. Leading the way was NDP athlete Lucas Salvage, who claimed gold in 2:02.57, ahead of club-mates Dylan Evans in 2:03.31 and Tom Gilbert with a PB of 2:04.37.
One of the final events of the day, the men’s under-17 200m was won by Max Evans (Maldwyn Harriers) in 22.37, ahead of Oliver Shearer (Cardiff Athletics), who produced a PB of 23.86 and Reagan McCarthy (Cardiff Athletics) with 24.30.