Bakare is Luton AC's golden girl
Athletics round-up
Talented young sprinter Sabrina Bakare competed at the Aviva English Athletics Indoor Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham and triumphed.
The Luton AC athlete came away with gold with a resounding victory in the U15 200m as she clocked a time of 25.18 secs.
Active Luton Sports Development Team has helped to hone the Barnfield West Academy Year 9 student's abilities.
Coach Catrina Lewis tutored a group of Year 7 students from the school three years ago and took many of them, including Bakare, to the Regional Athletics Sportshall competition as part of the Bedfordshire team.
Bakare showed her talent by medalling at the event and Lewis eventually managed to convince her to attend Luton AC where she started high jump sessions with Fred Wooding and sprint training with Jane Dixon and from there she has excelled.
Sophie Billington, in her first indoor championship, placed an excellent third in the 800m in 2.17.8mins and John McDonnell also finished third in the 1,500m, behind an Irish duo, in 3.53mins.
>> Plenty of PBs for Boxfit Triathlon Club runners
Athletes from Boxfit Triathlon Club started the season off on a high this weekend.
First home for Boxfit at the Milton Keynes half-marathon was Craig Palmer, who finished in a cracking time of 1.15hrs for 11th place.
Most of the Boxfit crew registered personal bests, while Craig Halsey, Paula Nicol and Dave Coard gave up their own race times to pace members around the route.
Palmer was followed by Paul Halford in 1.27hrs, Steve Morales, 1.28.20hrs, Pete Geraerts, 1.28.21hrs, Janette Walster, 1.38hrs, Matt Rushton, 1.39.48hrs, Gav Scott, 1.39.49hrs, Noel Keenan, 1.39.53hrs, Michlea Harwin, 1.43hrs, Sarah Deed, 1.43:46hrs, Steph Cooper, 1.52hrs, Becky Hinksman, 1.53hrs, Deb Johnson, 1.57hrs, Emma Maggott, 1.57hrs, Craig Woodfield, 2.00hrs, Alex Franjeh, 2.01hrs, Donna Thomas, 2.07hrs, Haley Bewley, 2.22hrs, and Anglea Hickey, 2.26hrs.
In the 10km race, Danielle Scott clocked 1.01hrs in her first-ever race, while in the 5km run Calie Pedder and Liam Timmon came home in 32mins.
Paul Cooper, Graham Briggs and Martin Beare, meanwhile, took on the Gizzly 20-mile cross-country race, with Cooper clocking 3.23hrs, Briggs, 3.28hrs, and Beare, 3.30hrs.
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