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Welsh U13, U15, U20 & Para Indoor Championships Day 2 - Round Up

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03/02/2025 00:00, In Blog /

Day two of the Welsh Under-13, Under-15, Under-20 and Para Indoor Championships boasted a record breaking run and a number of athletes achieving multiple medal-winning performances.

Perhaps the outstanding individual performance on Sunday went to under-13 athlete Rowan Carson (Bridgend Athletics).

Rowan Carson

Rowan Carson claiming first place during award presentation

After claiming silver on Saturday in the under-13 boys 1500m, he went one better in spectacular style in the 800m time trial on Sunday.

Carson stopped the clock in a brilliant 2:14.59, which not only surpassed the championship best performance set in 2007, it smashed the Welsh age best of 2:20.52 set by Jacob Reynolds (Cardiff Athletics) in 2016. The time is also the second fastest in the UK so far this year.

Silver went to Zac Munn (Cardiff Athletics) in a PB of 2:23.03 just ahead of Llewellyn Morgan (Cardiff Archers) in a PB of 2:27.67.

Nia Powell enjoyed a particularly productive Sunday as she completed the under-20 high jump and long jump double.

In the morning, Powell claimed the vertical jump title with a best of 1.67m to secure gold ahead of Matilda Quick (Swansea Harriers) with 1.62m and Abi Belward (Winchester and District AC) with 1.57m

Then, during the early afternoon Powell added the horizontal jump title with a winning leap of 5.55m. Once again, Quick took silver with 5.47m ahead of Sophie Taylor (Swansea Harriers) with 5.41m.

Nia Powell

Nia Powell claiming top spot on the podium 

There were personal bests all round in the under-20 women’s 200m final, which saw a Cardiff Athletics clean-sweep of the medals. Leading the way was Millie Webb, who earned gold in 25.27, followed home by club-mates Elana Murray in 25.46 and Timea Toth-Tarsoly in 26.30.

Welsh Athletics Transition Programme athlete Joseph Berry (Newport Harriers) sped his way to gold in the men’s under-20 200m final, clocking 22.45. Clubmate Dan Abbot picked up the Welsh championship silver in 23.78.

Welsh senior indoor long jump champion Luca Phillips added the under-20 title thanks to a best distance of 6.65m. Welsh championship silver went to Jeremy Young (Swansea Harriers) with 6.05m while Sebastian Mitchell-Fofana (Cardiff Archers) jumped 5.99m to add a bronze medal to the triple jump gold he won on Saturday.

Mitchell-Fofana would go on to be the top Welsh finisher in the men’s under-20 high jump, where he registered a best height of 1.78m. Leon Gregson (Cardiff Athletics) was second in the Welsh championship with 1.73m and Jake Rowlands (Menai Track and Field) third with 1.68m.

Anna-Rose Marchant (Cardiff Athletics) ran to under-20 women’s 800m gold thanks to a time of 2:16.85, which saw her finish ahead of Chloe Biggs (Newport Harriers) 2.20.95 and Hope Lewis (Millfield) 2:22.77.

Non Welsh athlete Tamara Jackson (Bristol and West AC) won the overall competition in the under-20 women’s shot put in a best of 10.92.

But the Welsh title went to multi-eventer Matilda Quick (Swansea Harriers), who claimed a gold to go with the two silvers she won earlier in the day thanks to a PB of 10.76m. Silver went to Grace Hawker (Cardiff Archers) with 10.48m and bronze to Abi Belward (Winchester and District AC) with 9.62m.

Matilda Quick

Matilda Quick stood on the top podium 

Thomas Loynes (Neath Harriers) followed up his Welsh 800m senior title last month by adding the under-20 800m title on Sunday, crossing the line in 1:58.46. Silver went to Macsen Toogood (Carmarthen Harriers) in 2:01.74.

The ambulant shot was won by under-17 F37 athlete Joseph Symons (Cardiff Archers) with a new PB of 8.06m. The next best distance was recorded by F36 senior woman Julie Rogers (DSW Para Athletics) with 7.31m ahead of under-17 F40 competitor Josh Grist (DSW Para Athletics) with 6.82m.

The overall seated shot put competition was won by guest F34 athlete Kieran Jones (DSW Para Athletics) with a new PB of 8.12m in the first round.

Jac Sheehan (Carmarthen Harriers) claimed the men’s under-20 title with a best distance of 7.86m, while Elli Mai Bowen (Cardiff Archers) won the under-20 women’s title thanks to a new PB of 7.10m.

Ioan Vale (Aberdare Valley AAC) enjoyed a versatile double gold in the under-15 boys 3,000m and the under-15 boys high jump on Sunday afternoon.

Firstly, Vale claimed gold in a new PB of 9:43.95 in the 3,000m ahead of Oliver Cobbold (Swansea Harriers) in 9:45.84 and Lewis Durston (Bridgend Athletics) in 9:50.33.

Shortly afterwards, he began competing in the high jump which he won with another PB of 1.56m to take gold from Gil Fook (Deeside AAC) with 1.43m and Tomos Cai Davies (Carmarthen Athletics), who also recorded 1.43m.

Having won the Under-15 boys 1500m on Saturday, Elliot Rowe (Deeside Athletics) completed the middle distance double when he won the 800m in a new PB of 2:09.71 ahead of Elis Summers (Newport Harriers) in 2:18.93 and Kevin Feng (Cardiff Athletics) in a PB of 2:21.01.

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Elliot Rowe claiming first place on the center stage 

There was also a double for Mia Johnson (West Cheshire AC), who followed up her under-15 girls 300m gold on Saturday by winning 200m gold on Sunday in 25.94.

In the under-13 age groups, Olivia Thomas (Cardiff Archers) enjoyed a remarkable weekend where she won all eight races – both heats and finals – she took part in.

On Sunday, she won the Under-13 girls 200m final in a new PB of 27.34, to make it a hat-trick of gold medals over the weekend after winning the 60m and 60m hurdles titles – also in PB times - the day before.

Fellow under-13 athlete Jayden Jones (Rhymney Valley AC) had a similarly successful weekend, winning the boys 200m final in a PB of 28.26 after claiming gold in the long jump and 60m hurdles the previous day.

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