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Athletics Report 17

with a win in the U20. And so
to the 400s, for which we have
high hopes. South of England
champion, Louise Evans, has
had a fine first season with the
Club and it’s about to get even
better with a convincing win,
backed up by Grace, with anoth-
er medal, this time silver, in the
B race. It’s almost a repetition in
the 300m with SIAB champion
Holly Mpassy winning and
Natasha Bennett taking bronze
in the B string. And they’re no
sooner off the podium than
our two 80m hurdlers, Ruby
Bridger and Zoe Austridge, are
stepping up to receive a silver
medal apiece.
Yasmin Austridge on her way to a silver medal and new Steeplechase
Last year we got the Final off to record in Castellon
a great start with two firsts and
a runner-up in the javelin. Can tion. Bekah improves her PB more hurdles out on the track
we replicate that this year? Not once again and fails by just and it’s time for our indoor and
quite, but Bekah Walton and 6cm to reach the magic 50m outdoor National champion and
Eloise Locke are the two best target. But it’s nevertheless a Team Captain to show us how
throwers in the U20 competi- CBP! Meanwhile, they’ve got it should be done. If it’s possible
to stroll to a sprint hurdles
victory, Anastasia does just
that. An honourable mention
also for U17 Ella Brown, who
rises (quite literally and more
than once!) to the challenge to
take bronze in the B string. In
the U17 3000m we repeat this
result, so almost a White-wash
with Ava winning and Zoe in
3rd. Bethany Panton moves up
an age group to win the U20
B string.

A clean sweep in the stee-
plechase
It had to happen at some stage
and if it was going to it would
probably be in the High Jump,
Natasha Bennett moving smoothly to a 300m bronze at the YDL final in which, it has to be said, we’ve
at Bedford struggled for most of the season: