Birchfield Open - 18/4/2021

18 April 2021

A successful day for Harriers at the Birchfield Open has seen 5 PBs and 6 top 3 places from only 5 athletes!
In the field events under 17 Sulaiman Ouiles built on his two PBs last weekend with 2 more this week in different events. Beginning with the Pole Vault Ouiles cleared 3.30 for a 2nd place finish and then went on to finish 7th in the Long Jump with a jump of exactly 5metres. Fellow under 17 Billy Buxton was also back in action after last weekend finishing 1st in the Triple Jump with a 10.17 jump and 2nd in the Discus with a PB throw or 33.54.
The distance events saw Isaac Henderson shave 22seconds off his previous best with an impressive time of 4:20.02 for 1st place. Over in the women's 1500m Kiya Dee also finished in 1st with a time of 4:46.38.
Running her first race since March 2020 Evie Henderson took 17seconds off her previous 800m best to finish in 3rd with a time of 2:30.19.