Three new club records and PBs galore at Biggleswade Track Fest
BAC athletes broke three club records and achieved 27 new or first PBs at this year’s Biggleswade Track Fest.
Around 30 BAC junior and senior members entered the event, held at our Sandy track on Wednesday evening, April 23, helping to boost the total number of entries to over 100, a new record.
The new club records on the track were set by Oliver Weddell for the U-17M 3,000m with a time of 9.25.10 (beating the previous record by nearly 18 secs); Nathania Lewis in the U-13G 200m with a time of 27.7 (beating her own previous record of 27.81); and Richard Bevan, M-40, with a new club best veterans time for the 10,000m, 37.16.40, which also saw him become the Bedfordshire senior champion over that distance.
Other notable BAC performances included Freddie Steele, U-20M, storming home to win the 100m A race in 11.00 and the 200m A race in 2.40; Henry Knox, U-17M, winning the 800m A race in 2.08.4; and Alim Aydin, U-17M, winning the 100m B race in 12.00 to equal his PB.
The new or first official PBs by BAC athletes included, in event order:
Oliver Weddell, U-17M, 3,000m (9.25.10)
Sidney Hammond, U-17M, 3,000m (9.51.10)
Alfie Shadbolt, U-20M, 3,000m (12.39.10)
Noah Buckley, U-20M, 100m (11.6)
Oran Blake, U-17M, 100m (12.40)
Donncha Blake, U-20M, 100m (12.2)
Harry Holmes, Sen M, 100m (12.4) and 200m (26.1)
Billy Barron, U-20M, 100m (12.5)
Matilda Barron, U-15G, 100m (14.50) and 200m (30.8)
Ariana Lewis, U-13G, 100m (15.20) and 200m (31.30)
Joanna Hardy, U-13G, 100m (15.30) and 200m (31.10)
Polly Lawrence, U-13G, 100m (16.30) and 200m (34.50)
Indiana Maguire, U-15G, 100m (20.00)
Olympia Maguire, U-13G, 100m (16.70)
Nathania Lewis, U-13G, 200m (27.7)
Nicholas Battarbee, U-20M, 800m (2.16.1)
Ross Bone**, U-13B, 800m (2.38.50)
Nathan Cornwall, U-13B, 800m (2.48.50)
Vanessa Cornwall, U-13G, 800m (2.58.40)
Ayla Akay, U-13G, 200m (30.40)
Isla Anderson, U-15G, 200m (31.50)
Richard Bevan, V-40M, 10,000m (37.16.40)
TRACK FEST RESULTS (Power of 10):
https://www.thepowerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=686922
**Congratulations to BAC Junior Ross Bone who has joined club mate Nathania Lewis (see previous News/Facebook report on the EYAL meeting at Norwich) in achieving a Power of 10 UK top four ranking in an individual age group field event. At the time of writing, Ross was ranked 4th in the UK U-13B javelin standings based on his club record throw of 34.67m at the Peter Lee Memorial Meeting in Stevenage on March 30:
https://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=JT400&agegroup=U13&sex=M&year=2025