Athletics: Island trio claim medals at British Masters

Success for Manx Harriers competitors in London

Three Island athletes have come away with multiple medals from the latest British Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley in London.

A Manx Harriers trio Ewelina Hand, Sarah Halligan and Daniel Stewart-Clague claimed five medals between them during the meeting held 

Hand claimed gold in the age 40 group for the women's high jump with a leap of 10.05m and also bagged bronze in the women's long jump for the age group, managing a distance of 4.51 metres.

Elsewhere, there was bronze in the women's 40 age group for Halligan in the 400 metres where she clocked 66.88 seconds.

Meanwhile, Stewart-Clague came away from the meeting with double success in the Men's 35 age group.

He claimed silver in the 60 metres with a time of 7.21 seconds whilst his time of 23.07 seconds in the 200 metres was enough for bronze.