DUNCAN Talbot continued his fine form to win gold at the South of England Masters Indoor Championships.
A week after claiming three medals at the Southern Counties event, the Abingdon athlete produced a season’s best of 1.41m to triumph in the high jump at Lee Valley.
Talbot also claimed silver in the 60m hurdles with 12.30secs.
There was more medal joy for Abingdon’s athletes in the British Masters Pentathlon Championships, as Pip Terry set a pb of 2,762 points to win the ladies vet 50 gold.
In the men’s event, Pete Stepney’s new mark of 3,077 helped him clinch silver in the vet 55 category, with Mark Juffkins claiming vet 50 bronze.
Meanwhile, clubmate Cordy Parker excelled at the ECCA Saucony English National Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill.
She crossed 96th to become the first Abingdon female runner to finish inside the first 100 in the senior ladies event, which was raced over 8km.
RESULTS
ECCA SAUCONY ENGLISH NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Abingdon AC: Men – Senior: 344 P Hughes 47.11, 345 O Stepney 47.11, 465 H Read 48.40, 1101 J Miller 54.55, 1761 J Bones 1.02.07. U20: 70 J Shayler 36.18, 200 A Klukowski 42.23. U17: 117 D Bunn 22.26. U15: 242 K Francis 18.22, 270 A Clay 18.33. U13: 219 S Lawton 13.36. Ladies – Senior: 96 C Parker 33.14. U20: 99 L Siddle 30.55. U17: 83 C Halfhead 21.21, 138 A Bromley 22.22, 165 K Harris 22.54, 219 M Darwent 24.11. Team: 19 Abingdon AC. U15: 141 M Bedlington 16.49, 188 B Darwent 17.13, 250 G Halfhead 17.45, 318 R Mullins 18.15, 371 I Jones 18.59. Team: 34 Abingdon.
BRITISH MASTERS PENTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Abingdon AC: Men – V50: 3 M Juffkins 2457pts (1000m: 3.33.44, 60mH: 11.92, high jump: 1.44m, long jump: 4.49m, shot: 7.71m). V55: 2 P Stepney 3077pb (1000m: 3.15.82, 60mH: 10.51pb, high jump: 1.35, Long jump: 4.64m, shot: 6.61). Ladies – LV50: 1 P Terry 2762 pb (800m: 3.09.16, 60mH: 11.52, high jump: 1.2, long jump: 3.57 pb, shot: 7.70).
BOURTON 10K
Abingdon AC: 108 D Smyth 40.24, 150 C Halfhead (1st JL) 42.48pb, 189 A Muir (V40) 44.19, 198 E McGill (LV40) 44.29, 278 S Cozens (LV45) 48.21pb, 418 S Davies (LV40) 56.36, 453 E Woosy-Griffin (LV45) 58.53.
THORPE PARK HALF MARATHON
Abingdon AC: 320 P Garrett 1.41.52, 443 M Taylor 1.46.04.
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