Traditionally the London Marathon is preceded by mini-marathons for younger age groups. Rosie Johnson`s winter record, culminating in an English international schools appearance led to an invitation to compete in the 3 mile event. There is terrific competition in her Under 15 category but again she delivered with an outstanding third place. This will almost [...]
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Lauren quick at Wavertree
Liverpool Pembroke Sefton track and field athletes gathered at Wavertree for the Liverpool Harriers Open meeting, the first outdoor opportunity to test themselves for the imminent summer campaign. Victories are welcome but times were all important and Under 13 Lauren Lewis provided two stand-out results. She easily took the 75m in a scintillating 11.1 and [...]
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Stunning international debut for Rosie
Rosie Johnson, Liverpool Pembroke Sefton`s cross country star, has really come of age this winter season. Her impressive efforts carried her to an English Schools selection for the Home Countries International at Carmarthen. While most of the country was under snow the conditions here were clear with the course firm, well grassed and slightly undulating. This [...]
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Rose of England
Rosie Johnson, Liverpool Pembroke Sefton`s star cross country runner, has had a somewhat up and down season but came out of the starting pen for Merseyside in the English School`s Championships in Derbyshire ferociously determined to seal the season with a good result. The mud sections were not to her style but she quickly covered the [...]
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Inter County Cross Country Championships
Ten LPS athletes competed for Merseyside or Lancashire at a very muddy Cofton park in Birmingham. The best individual performance came from Rosie Johnson (U15G)who was 29th & the first Merseyside runner home, but conditions didn’t suit Rosie and although in contention in the first half of the race she couldn’t maintain her position. Toby [...]
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Super-controlled Rosie
There was only a scattering of Liverpool Pembroke Sefton athletes prepared to trek to Sunderland for the National Cross Country Championships. Rosie Johnson produced the best performance. Running a completely controlled race she finished fifth in the Under 15 event. After a relatively poor result in the Northern Championships her expectations might well have been [...]
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Nail biting result for LPS Junior Men
While the South postponed their cross country championships because of inclement weather the Northern version went ahead at Knowsley Safari Park. It was a triumph of organisation for the Merseyside hosts, delivered in style. The venue, accessibility and organisation drew plaudits all round and only a handful of clubs failed to get there. From a [...]
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Treble silver in Northern Indoors
The Northern Indoor Championships at Sheffield provided Liverpool Pembroke Sefton with three runner-up medallists. Under 15 Joe Milton grows in stature and here ran a superb 200m in 23.95, co-incidentally taking him to second overall in the UK rankings. Adam Thompson replicated this performance collecting silver in the senior 400m with 49.67 behind training partner, [...]
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Double joy for LPS
Liverpool Pemboke Sefton pulled off an unusual sporting double taking the same cross country title in two different locations. The club’s Merseyside Under 20s were at Arrowe Park and were led by a rampant Jai Vernon-McGuigan who stormed to victory. Ben Costello, as sound as ever, took the silver and with excellent performances from Warren [...]
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