It was a busy weekend for Manx athletes competing across the UK this weekend, with many picking up fast times and strong results.
Ollie Lockley (Leeds City/Manx Harriers) finished in 13th place in the Great Manchester 10km race in a time of 29:26, while his wife Erika (Northern AC) ran a solid time of 41:24.
Corrin Leeming (Western AC) won the Chester Half Marathon in a time of 1:07:21 in a field of around 6,500 competitors – a fantastic run as he continues his comeback from injury.
Loughborough International
Regan Corrin (Manx Harriers) was in action representing the Great Britain U20 team at the Loughborough International, and finished fifth in the long jump with a best jump of 7.26 metres.
That is an outdoor pb and only two centimetres short of his indoor pb set in February.
Also competing at the Loughborough International was Meghan Pilley (Manx Harriers), who followed her new 200 metres pb at the Northern League on Saturday with 12.23 seconds for 100 metres, just outside her pb.
She finished just behind Scotland international Taylah Paterson who will be Orkney’s big star of this year’s Island Games.
Ultra Trial Event
Orran Smith and Emily Mylchreest (both Manx Fell Runners) were both competing in the Ultra Trail event in Snowdonia in extremely warm conditions.
Orran completed the 100 mile race in an amazing time of 30 hours 38 minutes and 58 seconds, another incredible feat of endurance. He finished 14th out of 240 starters.
The nature of the mountain terrain is so tough that for once Orran failed to finish this race two years ago, so was delighted to get this one ticked off this time. He was the leading 45-49 finisher.
Emily Mylchreest was competing in the 25km race, and finished in an excellent sixth place in the women’s race and 61st place overall in a time of 3:10:37. She was third in the women’s 20-34 category.
Youngsters
Dropping down to the younger age groups, Maisy-Jo Faragher (Manx Fell Runners) contested the second round of the English Junior Fell Championships, held on the Howgill fells and based in Sedbergh.
She finished in 12th place in the Year 6 race on a tough course that was on a hard and unforgiving surface.
A great effort, and Maisy has two more rounds to complete to count for the series.
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