Five ‘On Camp with Kelly’ athletes set personal bests despite pouring rain at the BMC Nike Grand Prix in Watford on Saturday 30 June.
Three of those personal bests came over 1500m. In the A race, Charlotte Best (Crawley AC), who will compete in the 800m at the European Athletics Under 23 Championships, took six seconds off her best with 4:16.57 for fifth place. She finished just ahead of Emma Pallant (Aldershot Farnham & District) who clocked 4:16.91. In 11th place Jess Coulson (Stockport Harriers), who will compete at the European Athletics Junior Championships over 3000m, was delighted to dip under 4:20 for the first time with 4:18.75. Linzi Snow (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies) finished 14th in 4:26.31.
In the B race, Hannah Brooks (Crawley AC), who will race over 800m at the European Juniors, also ran under 4:20, taking five seconds off her best to finish third in 4:19.56. Rachael Thompson (Liverpool Harriers) took 12th in 4:29.00.
There was an ‘On Camp with Kelly’ 1-2-3 in the 800m B race. Tara Bird (Woodford Green with Essex Ladies) won the race in a sprint finish by just three hundredths of a second from Rachel Stringer (City of Norwich). Tara’s time of 2:08.43 is her fourth personal best of the season and Rachel’s time of 2:08.46 equalled her personal best set the previous weekend. Lucy Dowsett (Cambridge & Coleridge) finished third in 2:09.24. Alex Turner (Amber Valley) finished third in the C race in 2:13.76.
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