Belgrave stars Astin and Axford 5th and 7th at British champs
Photo: Geoff Lowe
Sarah Astin and Kate Axford both did the club proud at the UK Athletics Championships in Manchester.
Sarah’s fifth place was her best ever placing at a national track champs, while Kate’s seventh was a seriously impressive debut.
The race was won by Olympian Jess Warner-Judd, who’d sat in with a cautious pack that went through 3k in 10:03 before accelerating away and crossing the line in 15:53.
Only two athletes went with Judd’s scorching pace, and Sarah and Kate held off some big names to finish high up in the chasing pack in 16:09 and 16:17 respectively.
Sarah would go on to smash her PB just three days later with a 15:36 in Liege, Belgium.
Also at the British champs the day before, new Belle Jessica Scheriff just missed out on a medal with a 10:11.21 clocking for 4th in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. US-based Scheriff had won gold at the Welsh champs a few weeks earlier.