St Helens Sutton A.C.s members continue to set new Personal Bests (PBs) and Seasons Bests (SBs) in track competitions and the County Championships saw many outstanding results.

Sisters Rachel andMaria McGoldrick struck gold and silver at the Cheshire championships with their PBs.

Rachel competed in the 1500m finished 1st in 5min to take gold and Maria followed in her sister’s footsteps to take silver in the 800m. in 2 min.27.6 secs..

The Merseyside Championships at Bebington saw probably the best overall performance by club members ever with nine gold medals, 12 silver and 8 bronze. In some events the club had a clean sweep.

Golds were won by Katie Lang Under13years Women, 3.92m. long jump, Jacob Beesley U17M. 35.1m. discus, Peter Davies U15M, 13.94m. discus, Patricia Spark SW, 37.95m hammer, Adam Woosey U17M, 2 min.3.9 secs. 800m, Charlie Roberts U13M, 2 min.26.2 secs 800m, Christopher Lamb U17M, 3.55m. pole vault and 5.31m. long jump, and Jessica Leonard U17W, 26.3secs. 200m..

Taking second places were Matthew Lamb U17M, 11.5secs. 100m., Erin Makin U17W, 28.9secs. 200m. and 4.48m. long jump, Thomas Griffiths SM, 4 min.0.7 secs. 1500m., Megan Lang U17W, 10.38m. triple jump , Imogen Harwood-Moss U13W, 1.15m. high jump, Stephen Winn SM, 8.00m. shot put, Matthew Fairclough U13M, 7.24m. shot put and 17.28m. javelin, Laura Fairclough U17W, 9.59m. shot put, Taya Farrag-Jones U15W, 9.11m. shot put, Nathan Orr SM, 27.35m. discus, and Christopher Lamb U17M, 44.23m. javelin.

Third placings went to Jonathan Causer SM, 2 min.8.3secs. 800m., Lauren Marshall U15W, 4.46m. long jump, Peter Davies U15M, 8.06m. shot put, Stephen Winn, 20.03m. discus and 22.53m. hammer, Kirsten Bottom U15W, 17.26m. discus, Laura Fairclough, 26.71m. hammer, Megan Lang, 4.40m. long jump. and Zoe Pye U17W, 29.4secs. 200m. Athletes outside the winners, who achieved PBs were Alex Moore, Kaye Sparrow, Hannah Seabrook, Steve Anders, Ian Costello, Rachel Fairclough, Alex Moore and Daniel Lamb. In addition to those named above, Erin Makin, and Daniel Dobson achieve SBs. It was truly a weekend which rewarded the hard work put in by both athletes and their coaches.