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English Schools T&F Championships
Sheffield
11-12 July 2003


A phenomenal performance by Lincoln Wellington athlete Tom Duffield has won him the gold medal in the junior boys 400m race at the English Schools Track and field Championships at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield. A blistering start in his heat soon had his rivals under pressure and despite a fierce headwind down the back straight he was clear at halfway. He never looked likely to be caught and was able to ease down in the closing stages to cross the line in 52.75 - a new personal best by over half a second and comfortably the fastest time of the three heats. He ran the first half of the final much more judiciously and did not hit the front until after halfway. In the final 100metres there was only one in it and he burst clear to win by almost a full second in a remarkable time of 51.08. He went into this meeting ranked joint eighth in his age group and virtually unknown outside Lincolnshire. He has emerged someway clear in the number one spot in the rankings and will have to defend his position when he contests the AAA's championships back at Don Valley in August.

There was another top class Wellington performance from Rachael Nathan who won the silver medal in the Senior girls 3000m. She tracked pre-race favourite Laura Kenney for most of the race but was just outpaced over the final 600m. She was a long way clear of the 3rd athlete and after a late start to the season her time of 9.39.34 was a big step back to her best form. She will represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the European Youth Olympics in Paris in two weeks time and this run should have helped her back to peak fitness for that event.

In the 2000m steeplechase, Jason Hall had to contend with some very tough opposition. He was just unable to get to the leading group but kept going well to finish 8th in 6.18.76. Lydia Chamberlin was the 4th Wellington athlete to compete at the championships. She found some very hot competition in her heat of the intermediate girls 200m and finished in 8th place in 27.12.


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