There were some excellent early season performances by Wells City Harrier juniors at the early season Super 8 competition at Millfield track held on March 31^st .

The well organised event attracted teams from far and near with each team of 4 boys and 4 girls having to cover all the track & field events and two relays. All the athletes were drawn from Year 6 or 7, and this event acts as a stepping stone to serious team competition when the League and Championship season gets underway in a few weeks time. Teams were drawn from North Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, Yeovil, Taunton and the two local Clubs.

For the girls there was drama when Louise Rusca volunteered to cover the hurdles event and ended up with a lengthy trip to hospital and a broken bone in her wrist as a result of a tumble. This was such a blow for Louise who has been running really well during the cross country season. Louise had volunteered to cover the hurdles event so as to help when a team-mate was a late withdrawal, and the replacement athlete wasn’t used to hurdling. We wish Louise a speedy recovery.

Emily Richards competed well at Javelin and the 200m, whilst Lucy Baldwin was 4^th at the 800m with 2.45 and 5^th in the Long jump with 3.54m. Lucy Harding also ran well at the 100m sprint and Shot put.

For the boys Corey Taylor looked good at Javelin, finishing 2^nd with a 20m plus effort, and also ran well at the Hurdles. Lewis Blannin was 3^rd in the Long jump with 3.75m and also had a good 100m sprint. Josh Taylor, one of the Harrier’s middle distance athletes was 3^rd in the 800m with his 2.44 before going on to compete in the shot. Freddie Gummer achieved a joint 2^nd at High Jump with 1.20m and finished off the evening when, despite Louise’s injury, the 7 remaining team members managed a spirited performance in the medley to be 2^nd in their race.

Super 8 Team manager Graham Goldsmid was well pleased with the evening’s effort: “ Every single Harrier and all of the other youngsters taking part seemed to really enjoy the event, and hopefully many of them will go on to compete at Schools and Harrier events throughout the forthcoming season.” Club Chairman Paul Chadwick commented “There was a great spirit amongst the 8 Harrier athletes and great to see them all stepping up to the mark against some tough opposition.”

The Harriers are holding competition evenings for local youngsters on Monday April 11th, May 9th & June 13th at Millfield Track starting at 6.00pm, and ending at 7.15/7.30pm.