A handful of Heanor RC juniors were in action in the second Derbyshire Track & Field Mini League fixture of the season on Saturday.

At the Mount St Mary’s track in Spinkhill, Danielle Smith won the U15 girls’ 1500m. Danielle, who ran 2:37.8 for 800m to finish second in the opening fixture last month, followed that up with a clear three-second victory in 5:15.5.

Phoebe Winfield competed in the 600m and long jump. Phoebe finished an impressive fifth in the more unfamiliar long jump, jumping out to 2.77m whilst she finished eighth over the one and half lap distance in 2:38.0.

Emily Deeming dropped down in distance to compete in the 200m. Emily clocked a new PB of 31.2 to finish 7th.

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Alastair Hobday was flying the yellow and blue flag in the Capitol Hill Classic in Washington DC, USA at the weekend. In his first race since the Derbyshire XC Championships in January, Alastair enjoyed the run despite the heat and humidity and finished 2nd V40 in 39:12.

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Chris Rainsford was in action on the track in his first 3000m race for six years. Chris ran at the Southern Athletic League fixture at Parliament Hill and finished second in 8:49.2.