Outstanding success for Kelly Denyer

She was competing at the Surrey and Sussex Indoor Championship a Sutton on Saturday March when she won her sixth gold in as many years.

It was achieved with a time of 7.88 secs ,clocking just 2 one hundredths outside her personal best in the Senior Woman's final.

Hot on her heels are the U15 Harriers Sprint Girls, four of which are running faster times at a comparable age. This was the head to head that every one was waiting for!

The girls are all ranked in the top eight in the South East came to be queened at the short sprint distance.

Only an official mistake prevented the four favourites from lining up in the four lane final , three of which were taken up with Worthing Harriers after the quartet had posted the fastest times of the day.

It was Georgie Hook that had to sit it out despite protests from the Harrier coach. Beth Close the oldest of the four finally secured the Gold despite Sophie Spinner a year younger breaking the County Best Performance time in the heats.

It was left to Beth to put behind the disappointment of failing to make the National Finals last week at Birmingham to smash the County Best Performance, set a personal best and break her own club record in 8.04 secs.

Sophie Spinner got silver and Anna Short who earlier in the day had finished second in her debut at 60M Hurdles came third making it a 1,2,3 for Worthing Harriers.

There were other medals for the Type2B Sprints stable, Andy Millen 60m senior silver, Archie Isted Under 15 bronze, Sophie Hind 60m U15 Hurdles bronze, Megan Close 60m U13G bronze and Harry Ballantyne U13B silver, along with 11 Personal bests.

Alan Denyer, Sprints coach, Worthing Harriers

Photo ref 099 '“ Sophie Spinner (left) Beth Close (middle) and Anna Short (right)