KEELEIGH Chapman beat a Swindon Harriers club record dating back 15 years at Yate Sprints & Hurdles Festival recently.

Competing in the under 17 women’s 300m hurdles, Chapman clocked 45.49 in abject conditions in South Gloucestershire.

That beat the previous record of 46.02 set by former Harrier and current skeleton bob world champion Shelley Rudman in 1997, and also ranks Chapman in the top two in the UK for her age group.

Five other Harriers competed in the wet and windy conditions, with George Baskerville running a 13.87 personal best in the under 15s 100m and narrowly missing out on the same feat in the 200m.

Johan Warensjo set a new PB of 13.87 in the under 15s 100m, and recorded another in the 80m hurdles after finishing in 13.87.

Danny Large clocked 24.12 in the seniors 200m while Isabel Cowdrey was timed at 14.40 in the 75m hurdles.

It was a slightly disappointing competition for Julia Cook, who recorded 13.10 in the under 17s 100m and had to withdraw from the 200m due to a hamstring injury picked up in the 100m.

l POPULAR veteran Pete Molloy grabbed second place at the recent British Masters Cross Country Championships.

Competing in the over 60s category, the former World Masters 1500m record holder beat all but one in Bath.

Elsewhere, Kate Jacobs celebrated her entry into the Masters ranks in fine style, finishing fourth in the W35 category and also staking her claim for international selection later in the year.

Brian Gardner, who has collected seven national and one international medal in the past 12 months, was fifth in M55.

There was a surprise team success for Harriers as Molloy, Gardner, Bernie Merron and Allan Webb were silver medallists in the M55-64 category.

Jacobs, Pauline Morgan and Shelley Johnson finished third in W35-44, with Morgan and Johnson both dropping down to the younger age group to ensure a full team.

Walter Featherstone and Charles Savage completed the course in the M35 division.