Henri Codling bagged his second Club Record of the 2014 season to take the squads total for new Club Records in the 2014 season to 9 with an excellent 1500m race at the latest Watford Graded meeting. Henri who recently set a new club record for 800m which has stood since 1978, comprehensively beat the similarly long standing U13 boys 1500m club record from 1979 with a superbly paced race, Henri spent much of the 4:35 paced race at the back, but remained in contention throughout, and managed a superb sprint finish to take 8 athletes on route to finishing in 6th position with 4:43.54, and move to 17th in the UK national rankings.
Also enjoying the perfect conditions was U13 Emily Williams looking for her first sub 5 minute clocking, but falling short by an agonising 0.2 seconds with an excellent run of 5:00.23 to finish in 6th place and knock 8 seconds from her PB which takes her to 9th in the UK national rankings. Fran Ashworth also knocked over 6 seconds from her previous best for her less preferred distance with a solid run for 9th place with 4:47.14, and the Robinson Sisters Amy, Jennifer & Daisy all ran well to record time close to their PB.
Also running in the 3k was Claudia Nevett who enjoyed a fine run to set a new lifetime best of 10:30.58 with a superb evenly paced run to edge closer to the ES qualification time she has her sights set on for 2015. Also in a rare excursion to Watford for the sprint group, U13 Erin Healy enjoyed her first taste of the evening open meetings with a superb race to finish second with an electronic timed PB of 27.54 to maintain her position of 13th in the UK rankings.