Summer Term

Great to see a number of strong performances from DUAXC's finest over the exam period. While some athletes focused on training and aim to run quicker times later in the summer, others have begun the track season all guns blazing, with a plethora of Personal Best's and Season's Best amid the occasional club record.

Leading the way was double BUCS semi-finalists Tom Knight, who has run club records over 100m and over the rarely run 150m distance, along with an impressive victory (albeit in a guest appearence) at the North Eastern Counties.

Fresh from his 400m club record at BUCS, Marshall Hungwe has also continued his good form, competing at the prestigious Loughborough International, before runnning a windy 200m PB in York.

Elsewhere on the track, Michael Grimes followed victories over 1,500m and 3000m Steeplechase with a 3:57 1,500 PB at Jarrow, with Alex Robinson also breaking the 4-minute barrier in a marginal PB. Three solid performances at the Isle of Man Festival showed that Alex has put his injury trouble firmly behind him, while outgoing Athletics Captain Alice Robins is also back competing after long term injury.

Owen Walpole still leads the club 800m and 1,500m standings with his early season times, and has since clocked further victories over both distances without getting a real opportunity to better his times. Gareth Phillips is also firmly in PB shape and has had good performances over 100, 200m and the Shot Put, while Ed Hickman-Casey's victory in the Mackay mile shows that he is well on the way to a long awaited sub 2-minute 800m clocking.

Over the longer distances, Jack Hillier, Dan Jenkin and Chris Lowe have all run 16 minute 5km times, while the standard parkrun pros Ollie Cook and Pete Davison have also performed well. Elsewhere, Pat Vis has run well on the track and the roads (over 4 miles), Tori Wells and Emily Field-Lucas have both run 10km PBs, as have Yvonne Farrell, Bria Dickinson and Alice Lilley over the 5km distance.

22nd April:

A strong 4 mile PB for Patrick (and the obligatory win over brother Joe), while Alex ran 3 seconds quicker than in 2010 in a solid 10km PB.

Southport Good Friday 4 Mile

8th: Patrick Vis 21:43 (3rd Junior Man)

Isle of Man Easter 10km:

6th Alex Robinson: 33:09 (PB)

23rd April

Isle of Man Peel Hill Race

8th: Alex Robinson 22.07

24th April:

Alex finished 6th overall at the 3-day Isle of Man, as he helped his Hercules Wimbledon outfit to the win in the final day relay, while Chris also had relay success, with his Witney team finishing 4th.

Isle of Man 4 x 5km Relay

1st Team: Hercules Wimbledon and 6th fastest leg: Alex Robinson 16:12

Oxfordshire Road Relay Championships, (Hook Norton)

Leg 3: 2nd Chris Lowe: 18.18 (Witney 4th Team)

27th April:

Tom won the Junior 150m by 6/10ths of a second, with a PB over the rarely run distance, while Pat also clocked a 1 second PB although he is surely capable of faster over 1,500m.

North East Athletics League, Jarrow:

150m: 1st. Tom Knight 16.3 (PB)

1,500m: 10th: Pat Vis 4.17.6

30th April:

Two slightly rusty but nonetheless strong performances from Pete and Ollie, with each overtaking the other on several occasions before Pete claimed the braging rites.

Newcastle Parkrun 5km:

17th: Pete Davison: 18:41

18th: Ollie Cook: 18:43

58th: Nick Butler: 20:33

7th May:

Three strong performances by Gareth, missing a 100m PB by 5/100ths and a 200m PB by 4/100ths, while Chris broke 17 minutes impressively in his parkrun debut.

North of England League Div 2E (Middlesborough)

100m: 4th Gareth Phillips 11.70

200m:  5th Gareth Philips 23.70

Shot Put: 6th: Gareth Phillips 8:14

Newcastle Parkrun 5km:

3rd: Chris Lowe 16.49 (PB)

14th: Ollie Cook 18.23

14th May:

North East Counties Championships (Gateshead)

Running as a guest, Tom showed that he was back to his best as he equalled his 100m PB while also breaking Si Clarke's 100m club record from 1999. A slightly disappointing showing from Owen, but he still showed his raw pace over 400m.

100m: 1st Tom Knight 10.91 (PB)

200m: 2nd Tom Knight 22.37

400m: 6th: Owen Walpole 52.22

15th May:

Town and Gown 10km (Oxford):

476th: Tory Wells 46.06 (50th Female)

21st May:

A narrow defeat for Jack who held on well nonetheless after a blistering start, passing 2km in 6:10. Ollie also ran well while I/Nick ran along overdue parkrun PB, and while the official results said 20:00 it was definitely quicker! Definitely.

Newcastle Parkrun 5km:

2nd Jack Hillier 16.37

17th: Ollie Cook 18.27

41st: Nick Butler 19.58 (PB)

22nd May:

Down on his 48 second BUCS clocking, but still a good display by Marshall, who showed his class purely by being invited to compete in this standard of competition.

Loughborough International:

400m 'C' Race: 6th: Marshall Hungwe 50.07

24th May:

Held in windy conditions, a breakthrough performance by Ed saw him overtake Jack in the final 200m for a memorable victory. Jack followed by Ed had opened a gap in the first 400m, with Pat and Chris forming a chasing pack throughout. Further down, Ollie ran some 8 seconds quicker than last year while Ciaren, Bria, Alice and Helena all ran well.

Mackay Mile (Maiden Castle)

1st: Ed Hickman-Casey 4:42.0

2nd: Jack Hillier 4:49.0

3rd: Patrick Vis 4:54.0

4th: Chris Lowe 4:56.0

6th: Ciaren Costello 5:05.0

10th: Ollie Cook 5:25.0

15th: Nick Butler 5:42.0

25th= Bria Dickinson 6:18.0

Alice Lilley 6:18.0

32nd: Helena French 6:54.0

25th May:

After a pedestrian 59 second first lap, Owen finished well for a solid win.

North East Athletics League (Jarrow)

800m: 1st: Owen Walpole 1.56.0

28th May:

A 1 second PB for Chris, as Ollie continued to get closer to his PB.

3rd: Chris Lowe 16:47 (PB)

12th: Ollie Cook 18:19

29th May

Another strong run by Tom, just missing out on the semi-finals, and just 1/100th of a second off his club record time.

CAU Inter Counties Championships

100m: Heat 3: 7th: Tom Knight 10.92s

30th May:

BUPA London 10km:

192nd: Emily Field-Lucas 49:26

4th: June:

In windy conditions which affected all the sprinters, Marshall ran a 200m PB and was back under 50 seconds in winning the 400m. Solid runs by Gareth (with an excellent 200m victory) while Mike also claimed back to back wins with a Steeplechase PB. Elsewhere, great to see Alice competing again after long-term injury, even if the expected first-race-back rustiness inevitably affected her performances. Another good 1,500m win for Owen, after a narrow defeat over 800m despite his second quickest run of the season. There were also some good parkrun displays, by the girls (Yvonee, Bria and Alice) on debut, by Ollie who ran a long awaited PB, and by Dan who won in Pontefract.

North East Athletics League 2E (York)

Men 100m: 'A' 5th: Gareth Phillips 12.3

200m: 'A' 2nd: Marshall Hungwe 23.1 (PB)

'B' 1st: Gareth Phillips 24.5

400m: 'A' 1st: Marshall Hungwe 49.9

800m: 'B' 4th: Fred Hamlin 2:18.1

1,500m: 'A' 1st: Michael Grimes 4:10.1

3000m Steeplechase 'A' 1st: Michael Grimes 9:51.0 (PB)

Shot Put: 3rd: Gareth Phillips 8:24

4 x 100m Relay 2nd: Durham City Harriers (inc. Gareth ) 48.5

4 x 400m Relay: 1st Durham City Harriers (inc Marshall) 3:31.4

Women  100m: 3rd Alice Robins 13.9 (SB)

200m: 4th Alice Robins 28.7 (SB)

4 x 100m Relay: 2nd: Durham City Harriers (inc Alice) 54.0

British Athletics League (Exeter)

800m: 2nd: Owen Walpole 1:55.31

1,500m: 1st: Owen Walpole 4:02:07

Newcastle Parkrun 5km:

11th: Ollie Cook 18:08 (PB)

Pete Davison 19:35

Yvonne Farrell 21:37 (PB)

Bria Dickinson 21:44 (PB)

Alice Lilley 21:51 (PB)

Pontefract Parkrun 5km:

1st: Dan Jenkin 16:38 (PB)

6th June:

A great performance by Mike, who ran his first PB of the outdoor season and confirmed his good shape (dispite his somewhat pessimistic predictions!) while Alex showed that he is back in top shape with a marginal PB.

North East Athletics League (Jarrow)

BMC 1,500m: 1st Michael Grimes 3:57.2 (PB)

3rd: Alex Robinson 3:59.0 (PB)