Five of the Harrier’s top juniors (u17s and u20s) were in action at National Championships this past weekend, On Saturday 25 February Ollie Thorner set a new pb in the Pole vault when he gained a bronze medal at the Uk National Indoor Championships whilst twin sister Elise just missed out on a podium placing in the 800m final. Vicky McCabe competed in the u17 Long Jump and finished 6^th, less than 10cm outside of the medals. Meanwhile at the Cross Country, Oliver Dickinson had an excellent run for 4^th in the Welsh XC Championships, whilst Luke Prior was a good 15^th amongst the junior men at the English XC  Championships.

(Below: Ollie on the podium in 3rd place - photo by Al)

Ollie Thorner achieved his UK National bronze medal when competing at indoor pole vault at the Championships held at the Sheffield arena on Saturday 25 February. His clearing height of 3.95m was also a new personal best for Ollie. Twin sister Elise Thorner also showed good form when she finished 4^th in the u17w 800m final in a time of 2.17. Vicky McCabe competed in the u17 Long Jump and finished 6^th, when leaping out to 5.44m, some 9m better than her mark the previous weekend at Birmingham 

Al comments

“Ollie achieved a fantastic bronze medal out of 11 competitors in the Pole Vault adding 12cm to his personal best clearing 3m 95 at his first attempt. Only missing out on a silver medal on count back, this was Ollie's first podium at a national competition taking him him from 9th to 4th in the U17 boys pole vault rankings for 2017”. 

(Below: Elise chasing down for 4th in the 800m race - photo by Al)

Meanwhile at the Cross country, Oliver Dickinson had an excellent run for 4^th in the Welsh national Cross country Championships held at Swansea, in the u20 men’s 7.2km race in a time of 25.39, whilst Luke Prior was a good 15^th amongst the junior men at the English Cross Country Championships held at Wollatton Park, Nottingham, in a time of 33.54 for the 10km course.