LWAC - Various races - 3/4 Nov 2001

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Report from various events - 3/4 November 2001

Also breaking news on 2001 national rankings

A fine 3rd placing for Lincoln Wellington’s Matt Bowser on his debut run in an England vest was more than sufficient to justify his selection for the National team. Competing in the junior men’s race in the first Belgian Cross-Cup race of the winter season in Ghent he was always well in contention among the leading group. And although not quite able to peg back the two leaders in the closing stages he was only four seconds adrift at the finish in a very good time of 21 minutes 3 seconds for the 6830 metres course. He also had the added bonus of being the first of the England quartet to cross the line.

Four more of Wellington’s distance squad were in action in a match at Hinchingbrooke Country Park where the Eastern Counties team was opposed by teams from the RAF and Cambridge University. Simon Bell wore the RAF vest on this occasion and had a pretty good run over the 10 kilometre course to finish in 6th place in 33.12 against some very useful opposition. A little further back Dean Houlton representing the East also ran well to finish 19th in 35.02 and fully justified his initial selection at representative level. The women’s race was over a shorter six kilometre circuit and Wellington’s Annette Bell and Kathy Warhurst both turned out for the East. The former finished in 9th place in 29.14 and the latter crossed the line 12th in 29.56 helping the Eastern Counties to secure a team victory in the event.

After a curtailed track season Tommy Doe is now back in full training and made his winter debut in the top class Reebok Challenge race at Sennellys Park, Birmingham. This was something of a baptism of fire but in a massive field over a testing course he was very pleased to finish in 49th place (10th junior) and only just behind one or two big names in his age group. If his training continues to go well he should be in top form for the major races after Christmas.

The National rankings for the recently concluded track and field season have now been confirmed with several prominent Lincoln Wellington performances among them. In the under 17 girls listing 15 year old Rachael Nathan is clear top ranked at 3000metres with her best time of 9.31.69 and this also places her a remarkable 4th in the under 20 age group. She also appears in 4th spot in the 1500 metres with 4.27.5 and in 12th place in the 800m with 2.12.8. Mathew Bowser’s best 1500m time of 3.51.09 placed him 12th in the under 20 rankings for that event and his 8.29.53 gave him the same position in the 3000m list. Multi-eventer Jenny Pacey’s top score of 4017 points in the heptathlon placed her 15th in the rankings for that event in the under 20 age group.

The under 17 men’s rankings are not yet official but 1500 metre steeplechaser Jason Hall, who only took up his event last season, is known to be in 12th place with his best time of 4.34.77 and it is also certain that high jumper James Gilbert will be prominent in the listings with his best effort of 1.95m.

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