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ON TRACK ATHLETES SUCCESS AT SEAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
On Track athletes competed at the South of England Athletics Championships held at the Julie Rose Stadium, Ashford on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th May winning a total of 3 medals.
U17 athlete Rachel Hanagan won 2 bronzes in the space of 45 minutes, qualifying 3rd fastest for the 300m final with 40.55s, Rachel stepped up to the triple jump 25 minutes before the 300m final and recorded a distance of 11.43m (her second best jump ever) to go into silver medal position. Rachel then passed the next 3 jumps to be able to focus and run the 300m final in a great race Rachel came off the final bend in contention for the title finished strongly to take the bronze medal in 40.1s behind 2007 English Schools & UK School Games Champion Lucy James (39.1s) and Victoria Ohuruogo (39.3s). Rachel then picked herself up and managed the 5th & 6th round jumps but couldn’t improve on her first round jump and was pushed down to Bronze medal position in the last round.
 Ryan Harris won Silver in the U17 Men’s Triple Jump with a new personal best of 12.40m nearly half metre better then his previous best. Ryan also finished 5th in the Long Jump with a best of 5.75m.
Eleanor Campbell competed well in both 100m and 200m events. As first year U17 Eleanor made the final and finishing 7th in the final with a new personal best of 25.98s.
Full Results available here
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