Saturday
Despite these champs being Indoors, it was still bitterly cold inside the arena for the athletes warming up early in the morning. Senna was first up in the U20 60m hurdles, as she looked to build sharpness ahead of next week's national combined events. Goal was achieved, as she set a new PB of 9.90s, showing real improvement. Luke was involved in a straight final in the U20 men's 60m hurdles, and he took a thrilling silver with a new PB of 8.25s to start his day in style. Talia Green recovered from early run-up issues to leap to a final round 4.17m, before a strong run in the 60m. Alfie Ward also ran in the 60m, and was not far off his PB. Senna Gorvett went into the 400m heats just looking to build experience over the longer sprint, and she produced a strong run that was rewarded with a place in the final as a fastest loser. Before the final, she threw 8.69m on her first attempt with the 4kg shot. In her 400m final, she was drawn in tricky lane 1 thanks to some strange seeding in the heats. Nonetheless, she produced a gritty performance to come from last place and pick off several athletes to finish in a fine 4th with a new personal best. Millie Train was involved in a dramatic triple jump, as she started with 2 no jumps to put the pressure on. She secured her place in the to- 8 thanks to a clutch 3rd round jump, however there was further drama as she nailed her round 5 jump only for the official to put up the red flag in error, with the sand being raked over before the mistake was rectified. The apologetic officials gave Millie and extra jump, but despite improving to 10.75m, she knew that her best jump by far had not counted. Finally Luke was in action in the pole vault, and he made a huge technical breakthrough, resulting in a massive 40m PB as he cleared 3.70m to take bronze. Sunday Sunday was a quieter day, but the medals kept on coming as Long jump took centre stage. First up were Sadie Parker and Amber Wright in the U20 long jump. There was early drama for Sadie Parker as she fouled her first two attempts, before getting a mark on the board in the 3rd round to stay alive. Amber Wright was consistent throughout, and her 5.03m effort in the 2nd round was enough to send her into the final 8, and she eventually finished a fine 7th. Sadie finally found some board accuracy in the final round, sailing out to 5.47m to take silver. Alfie Ward went in the senior mens comp, and his 6.61m effort in the 1st round was enough to secure a fine bronze medal.
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