Posts by Jim Rowley

August and September 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN A selection of previously unclaimed records was claimed by the Murray family, proving that it is never too late to get those claims in and see your name in lights! Declan Murray claimed the 800m Indoor and 1500m Outdoor records on the track in the U20 and…

July 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN Dave Smith continued to build on his 400m record captured last month, and is reaping the benefits of work with the Sprints Group. Dave improved his own V35 200m record with a time of 23.60 seconds in the Northern League. In addition to this, Dave claimed two…

June 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
TRACK – MEN The Northern League (West 2S) event in Macclesfield in June 2024 was particularly favourable for our male veteran athletes. Jasyn Savage eclipsed the previous 100m record in the V45 category by 0.10 seconds! A record that had stood for over 9 years. In the V35 category, David…

May 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Congratulations to both John Carr and Matthew Lynas this month for setting new 5K road records in the V50 and V55 categories respectively. John improved his time by a further 10 seconds to 16:09 in the Mid-Cheshire 5K, while Matthew set a previously unclaimed V55 record with a time…

April 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Congratulations to Matthew Lynas on claiming three V55 Road records in the last month! Matthew improved both the 5-Mile and the Half-Marathon records that had stood for over 21 years! In addition, Matthew improved his own Marathon record time in April 2024 by a full 9 minutes in Manchester!…

February & March 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Congratulations to John Carr on breaking the previous 5K record of 16:46 for the V50 category with a time of 16:19 in Leicester. This record had stood for almost 25 years! TRACK Jasyn Savage claimed yet more records Indoors at the Manchester Indoor Open events. Jasyn claimed the 200m…

January 2024 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
ROAD Harry Newton has claimed the 5K and 10 Mile records in the V85 category this month. Harry continues to shatter records, and is now the proud holder of 21 club records on the Road for Macclesfield Harriers! Truly remarkable. INDOOR (FIELD) Hayden Blunn achieved an excellent 2nd place and…

Winter (November / December) 2023 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
Happy New Year Record Breakers! Road On the Road, Mark Walker claimed both the V40 10K & 15K records. The previous 10K record of 33:14 had been set back in the year 2000! Mark set a new record of 33:01 at Trafford in March 2022, and also claimed a new…

October 2023 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
Congratulations to Charlie Bird this month for recording a new female V35 Hammer record of 38.52m set at the Bury AC Spring Throws event. Charlie was the current record holder with 37.18m, and now improves this even further! Will we see Charlie go over 40m perhaps in 2024?! The V55…

August and September 2023 Club Record-Breakers

Jim Rowley
Several Track and Field records were records claimed during the summer months of August and September 2023. It was a particularly successful summer for the Savage family, as Jasyn Savage claimed V45 Field event records including shot, hammer and discus, while Samuel Savage secured a previously unclaimed record for the…