ST Helens Sutton AC finished in 5th place in the first Northern Senior League match on Sunday at a very windy Wavertree.

The Under17s athletes who competed for the first time in this league should be very proud of themselves.

Christopher Lamb pole vaulted 3.10m (PB) then long jumped 5.77m.(PB) and high jumped 1.60m.

Daniel Lamb long jumped 5.59m to win for the B team.

Zoe Pye ran the 100m in 14.2secs and the 200m in 30.3secs.

Abbie Roberts ran the 200m in 30.9secs.

Samantha Price ran the 800m in 2 min.42.6 secs. and then the 400m in 69.8secs.

Olivia Harwood Moss ran the 800 in 2 min.33.5 secs. Laura Fairclough won the B team shot putt with 6.97m, she threw the hammer 16.47m and the discus 14.00m.

Emily Smith long jumped 4.16m, then set a PB in the high jump with 1.50m and a PB in javelin with 22.45m.

Hannah Seabrook bravely took on the triple jump and managed 8.35m then high jumped 1.35m and Alex Bottomley threw the javelin 23.71m.

There were some other outstanding performances from Jessica Leonard who ran the 400m in 58.6secs which smashes her PB and gained her a new club record, she also ran the 100m in 12.9secs, Rachel McGoldrick ran the 3000m in 11 min.31.8 secs. (PB) then went on to run the 1500m in 5 min..24.5 secs.

Maddie Williams ran the 1500m in 5 min.32 secs.

Amy Hughes ran the 100m Hurdles in 20.4secs, long jumped 4.07m and then tripled jumped 8.89m.

Trish spark returned to form throwing the hammer 39.83m, the shot putt 8.58m and then discus 17.78m.

For the rest of the men’s team, new to St Helens, athlete (and world record holder) Darren Scott ran the 400m hurdles in 60.6secs, the 100m in 11.7secs, the 200m in 23.7secs. and also managed to triple jump 10.27m and high jump 1.40m.

Matthew Lamb ran the 100m in 12.7secs, the 200m in 25.4 and managed to triple jump 9.29m.

The 400m was run by Adam Woosey 55.1 and Jonathan Causer 56.4secs., they then both ran the 800m Adam in 2 min.04.01 secs and Jonathan 2 min.12.4 secs.

Tom Griffiths ran a great 1500m winning in a time of 4 min.06.4 secs.

Ste Anders also ran the 1500m in 4 min.27.6 secs.

Peter Code ran the 3000m steeplechase in 13 min.49.5 secs.

Ian Costello ran the 5000m in 18 min.50 secs and Barry Graney in 18 min.55.6 secs.

The throwers were Mike Hughes who threw the hammer 27.33m, shot putt 7.29m and discus 25.79m. Stephen Winn threw 21.13m in the hammer and 8.14m in the shot. Nathan Orr threw the discus 28.37m and the javelin 16.91m.

Tom McKeever threw the javelin 48.08m.

On Saturday the competition was fierce at the monthly Merseyvend 5k in Halewood. Competing for St Helens Striders this month with some impressive running were Kev Outten 18.53 PB, Gary Clare 19.13 PB, Jonjo Kirkman 20.01 PB, Brian Middleton 20.29, Martin Farrar 23.23, Chris Middleton 24.14.

Daisy Ward ran home in the Under 9 category, accompanied by mum Charlotte, in 37.32. Roger Haslett went off road competing in the Yarrow River Bluebell Trail 10k nr Chorley finishing in 55.00 mins.