Our first competitive competition kicked off on the 20th November with the team making the short journey over to Sport City in Manchester, for the Manchester Cup. The University of Manchester were excellent hosts in providing a smooth day which was packed full of PBs and SBs.
Bringing a healthy squad of 19 athletes, our Edge Hill team kicked off the day on the track with the 60m. All athletes produced some excellent performances with each athlete setting a new PB! (Quinton Mahoney, Thomas Henshaw, Olivia Fowler, Carla Teece). A special mention to Olivia Fowler for setting the fastest time overall in the women’s 60m with a speedy time of 7.60s! The speed from the sprinters continued in the 200m and 400m with Steph Jones, Amelia Large and Thomas Henshaw tearing up the track.
Moving to the longer events, our 800m crew of Louie Clark, Lucci Baker and Hannah Swales produced some fine efforts. Two PBs were also set by Josh Minihan & Heidi Wild in the 1500m!
Swiftly moving to the field, our team boasted a strong squad with Shot Putt being the most represented with 5 athletes from Edge Hill. Notable performances from Holly Benson (finishing 2nd overall), Alex Slater (5th overall) and Paul Greenway (new PB) capped some excellent performances in the shot putt. Jumping into the sand were Basit Kareem (new PB), Toby Nicholson (new PB), Amelia Large, Alyssia Dixon and Sophie Warden (SB) who all put in valiant efforts and where again, the PBs were tumbling. Capping off an excellent field performance were Georgia Barrett and Izzy Morgan (joint 4th overall) who were flying over the high jump bar!
With all these notable performances, and finishing 4th overall at Manchester cup, its clear that Edge Hill in 2024/2025 are a team that are still on the rise and raising eyebrows amongst other universities!
Written by Dan Evans (Treasurer)
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