Forrester on the come back trail
by Tom Gayle
City of Stoke A.C Commonwealth 100m finalist Amanda Forrester made a welcome
return to action at the National AAA championships which double as the World
Championship trials.
Despite enduring a three month injury lay off,
she jumped in at the deep end to mix it with the country’s best sprinters in
her first competition of the year.
Although Forrester was unable to progress
beyond the semi final, she was pleased to walk away from the event injury free
and will probably now set her sites on qualification for next year’s Olympic
Games.
Hurdlers David Brackstone’s and Nicholas
Gayle ran well despite the poor conditions, but couldn’t make it beyond
their opening heats.
While Brackstone came within a tenth of his
personal best despite the wet and blustery conditions clocking 51.77, Gayle
defied a stiff headwind to equal his personal best of 14.95.
Morris Fox endured a technically frustrating
day in the shot putt and had to settle for ninth with a throw of 14.73m.
Stoke AC Results
Men
110m hurdles
Heat 1 (-1.7)
5. Nicholas Gayle 14.95
400m hurdles
Heat 1
4. David Brackstone 51.77
Shot Putt
9. Morris Fox
Women
100m
Heat 1 (-1.9)
2. Amanda Forrester 11.96
Semi Final 1 (+1.1)
6. Forrester 11.92
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