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With a rush of competitions over the weekend there came a rush of medals for Lewes AC young athletes. Reaching for new heights was James Shackleton who in the Sussex Schools Championships on Saturday 14th June won a gold medal in the U20M Pole Vault with a vault of 4.00m. The other gold medal won at this event was by Livvy Connor in the U17W…

Having had a bad day at the office in the under 13 and under15 Youth Development League (YDL) match at the end of May the young athletes bounced back with great performances over the following four days. In the under 17 and under 20 age group YDL at Gillingham one day later the team secured second spot behind a strong Ashford side and in the…

Up against 50 teams from across the South East Region the Lewes AC team of six runners comprehensively beat all other teams to complete the tough 100 mile relay in 10 hours 29minutes 30seconds. The 100 miles relay along the South Downs National Trail from Eastbourne to Winchester is divided into 18 legs with each runner completing 3 legs each. Not only did the Lewes…

Three club records fell at Last weekends Sussex T & F championships. Emilie Blackwell on her return to the club added 15cm to the U20 W Pole vault record by clearing 3.20m. Livvy Connor smashed the U17W 300m Hurdles record by 1.9 seconds winning in 45.8 more than 1.5 seconds below the English school qualification mark. The third record came in the 4 x 100m…

Lewes medal winners at the Sussex T & F Championships. Ben Walters U13B Minithon Silver Ben Martin U15B 1500m Bronze Ben Martin U15B 800m Bronze Jay Sinden U15B Long Jump Silver James Linington U15B Discus Gold Bill Saunders U15B Pole Vault Silver Bill Saunders U15B Javelin Bronze Bill Saunders U15B 4 x 100m Bronze Samson Page U15B 4 x 100m Bronze Jay Sinden U15B 4…