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Competing in the 100 mile South Downs Relay from Eastbourne to Winchester the Lewes AC women’s team were not only the winning team but broke the previous course record set in 2009 by the team of Hailsham Harriers. Finishing in a time of 11 hours 52 mins and 09 seconds for the 100 mile course this was not only a winning time but smashed the…

Rob Mullett a Lewes AC athlete since he was a young athlete aged 11 is on course to compete in the Rio Olympics this year. Aiming to make the British team to compete in the 3000m Steeple Chase Rob is required to run twice under the Olympic qualifying time of 8mins 30seconds. On the first of May when running in the USA he just missed…

Day one at Withdean in the Sussex champs. A limited number of Lewes vests on show, however with most making it onto the podium a good day for the club. Day two starts at 11am on Sunday a full report of medalists and pbs will follow.

Ollie Hopkins recorded one of his best performances to date to take the silver medal in the British and UK 5K race for under 17 walkers on the 23rd April. In blustery conditions at the Heathrow Cycle Track he finished the multi-lap 5K course in a time of 26mins 31secs. Attacking from the start he finished ahead for the first time of the race walker…

The Lewes AC team of under 13 and under 15 athletes made an early start to travel to Maidstone to compete in the first match of the UKA Youth Development League. With seven teams competing against each other the Lewes team with 452 points came away with a very creditable second place behind the strong home team of Medway and Maidstone with 684 points. In…

With club athletes competing in a range of UK events and travelling to France to compete in the Loire Valley trail races it has been a hectic week of so for the club. The leading performance must be Lewis Sida who came 24th overall in Manchester Marathon and the first over 45 runner. His time of 2hours 36mins 27secs has now ranked him the second…