ERRA Men’s 12 Stage and Women’s 6 Stage Road Relay Championships 2022, Sutton Coldfield, 9 April

Tonbridge and Salford Harriers sealed the senior men’s and women’s titles at the Road Relay championships this weekend.

Tonbridge finished 13 seconds ahead of Highgate Harriers to claim the men’s 12 stage title, with Bedford and County taking third position overall.

Nick Goolab (Craig Winrow, Belgrave) was the fastest athlete over the long leg, clocking a time of 25:23 with Alexander Leprêtre (Highgate) next with 25:25. As for the short leg, Thomas Keen (Mark Vile, Cambridge and Coleridge) was the quickest overall in a time of 15:10, over nine seconds faster than Arlo Ludewick (Herne Hill) who clocked 15:19.

In the women’s six-stage, Salford Harriers took a convincing victory as they won by nearly four minutes ahead of Highgate Harriers, with Basingstoke and Mid Hants in third.

Such was Salford’s dominance, unsurprisingly two of their athletes were the quickest over the long leg; Eleanor Bolton [29:20] and Anna Bracegirdle (James Thie) [29:49], while over the short leg, Charnwood’s Gemma Steel was fastest in 17:17 and Sinead Bent (Duncan Mason) – who anchored the Salford team to the top spot on the podium – was ran the second best time over that leg in 18:00.

Results: https://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2022/

Brutus Hamilton Invitational, Berkeley, CA, USA, 9 April

Anna Purchase (Rob Careless) moved the second on the UK all-time list in the women’s hammer throw as she became only the second British woman to throw over 70 metres in the event.

The Notts athlete achieved the outstanding mark at the competition in California, her longest throw measuring at 70.63m. It was a big improvement as her previous best stood at 67.77m which she threw in Stanford last week.

It continues a fantastic period for British women’s hammer throwing after Katie Head and Jess Mayho have achieved 69m marks in the last eight months.

Results: https://www.tfrrs.org/results/62339.html

Bermuda Games, World Athletics Continental Tour Gold, 9 April

Naomi Metzger (Trafford) opened her 2022 outdoor campaign with a solid 14.00m effort in the women’s triple jump which saw her take second place in the event.

In windy conditions, Alex Haydock-Wilson (Benke Blomkvist, Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow) made a great start to his outdoor season as he ran a UK 400m lead with a time of 46.05.

Results: https://results.usatf.org/BermudaGames22/

Atlanta Track Club Grand Prix, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 10 April

Running his fastest time in over four years, Ojie Edoburun (Steve Fudge, Shaftesbury Barnet) posted a time of 10.07 (-1.3) over 100m at the meet in America. The time earned him third place in the race, but more importantly, a European Championships qualifier, and the time was also 0.02 seconds outside the Worlds qualifying standard.