Peter Kaneen continued his domination of the years
local racewalking fixtures with another accomplished
performance in the 10k walking championships on Wednesday
evening at the N.S.C track, adding another sub 46 minute
clocking to his C.V.
Home on a break from University, junior Neil Bates
was first out of the blocks and led the field for a couple of
laps, Peter then took over and gradually eased away over the
remaining distance, lapping the rest of the field in the
process.
Neil in turn was a clear second, ahead of Allan
Callow who despite illness earlier in the week, raced
well.
There were some terrific performances further down
the field also, David Griffiths walked a faster second half
to record his best ever 10k and a delighted Marie Latham was
a very worthy
womens winner, chopping a huge chunk from her best
with a breakthrough performance. She will be hoping to
maintain this sort of form in Dublin next month and
similarly reduce her 20k best.
Bringing home the field was Alan Kinvig, who was
well rewarded for making the trip from the North of the
Island, also recording a lifetimes best.
In the 3k event, Robert Moore showed an
encouraging return to form with a much sharper
race.
Callum Taylor in second, impressed, with a stylish
walk ahead of Ciara Kaneen who also looked smoother
and recorded a personal best. Ciara’s younger sister Bronwen also walked an
even race in her second attempt at the
distance.
The 1k was dominated by the talented Lauren
Whelan, she was unpressed to record an easy victory in a
fine time.
The race for the minor placings resulting in a
close scrap between Sinead Kaneen and Kirsty Taylor, Sinead
just getting ahead at the finish. Abbie Moore finished
in fourth after suffering a little from her blistering
pace at the start.
Manx Harriers would like to thank Peter Clague for
timekeeping, George Callister, Steve Taylor and Maureen Cox for
judging the races and Paul Jackson for lap scoring and
remembering the milk for the tea afterwards.
Results.
10k walk Men
1. Peter Kaneen (MH) 45.54
2. Neil Bates (MH) 48.32
3. Allan Callow (MH) 52.43
4. David Griffiths (MH)
53.55
5. Marie Latham (MH) 55.03 (1st
Lady)
6. Alan Kinvig (IOMVAC) 63.42
3k walk
1. Robert Moore (MH) 15.25
(u17)
2. Callum Taylor (MH) 17.27
(u15)
3. Ciara Kaneen (MH) 18.09
(u15)
4. Bronwen Kaneen(MH) 21.19
(u13)
1k walk
1. Lauren Whelan (MH) 5.35
(u11)
2. Sinead Kaneen (MH) 6.32
(u9)
3. Kirsty Taylor (MH) 6.34
(u11)
4. Abbie Moore (MH) 7.25 (u9) |