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| Harriers represent GB in Kamloops - 7th March Update | by: Martin Rowe 5th Mar 2010 07:48:35 |
 Colin Oxlade during his Cross Country Race in Kamloops, Canada  Opening Ceremony at Kamloops, Canada - World Indoor Masters  Colin Oxlade and Linda Harrison in the World 2010 Centre proudly displaying their medals  Colin Oxlade (centre) with two British team-mates - post Half Marathon Friday evening, Linda Harrison once again took up the gauntlet in her Weight Throw event where she came 6th place in her age group with 6.79m. Scores: 6.66m 6.75m 5.78m 6.66m 5.22m 6.79m An hour later, Linda changed discipline with the Triple Jump final with a best of 5.52m. Scores: 5.23m 5.38m 5.42m 5.39m 5.39m 5.52m Yesterday (Sat) saw a plenty field, mostly made up of Canadians in the Half Marathon. Therefore it came as no surprise that Canada claimed all team wins for every age category. However there were four Brits contesting within 4 age categories; one of them being Colin Oxlade where he came 4th out of 14 in his age group with a time of 1hr 24m 57s Although Colin did not beat his PB of 1hr 18m 39s, he did manage to almost cut 2 minutes from his 2008 best performance of 1hr 26m 27s ! The competition has now concluded and a closing ceremony was held last night (Sat) where I am sure both Linda and Colin celebrated their achievements. Update: 7/3/10 - 19:38 - I received an email from the chief official photographer a few moments ago who confirmed the priority was to get the photos displayed on boards in the '2010 Center' in Kamloops before publishing on the website. He confirmed the photos will be available on-line to view and order by Wednesday or Thursday next week. (11/3/10 - These photo links have now been added below ). 5-3-2010 The Hammers (not FC) were in full swing yesterday afternoon in Canada when Linda Harrison took up her slot and fought valiantly with the 3k weight. Amongst the Americans and Germans, it was like World War III as missiles were launched in the air and stormig back to ground level. Linda achieved 7th overall in her age group with a best of 18.07m Linda's scores were:- 17.97m 17.59m 17.44m 18.00m 18.07m 17.05m 4-3-2010 Colin Oxlade continued his quest with a successful 3,000m this afternoon. He finished 5th in the Final in 10mins 32sec.12 Linda Harrison is lined up for the Hammer Throw (3k weight) this evening (21:45 GMT) along with 12 other international athletes; 3 from Germany, 7 USA, 1 Ireland and 1 from Switzerland. The World Masters Indoor record is 51.73m for the W50-59 Record is 51.73m Go for it Linda !! Linda has a busy schedule tomorrow (Friday) evening where she contents the Weight Throw and Triple Jump. Colin finishes his last competition with a Half Marathon on Saturday where he competes with a field of 119, including 6 Brits. Sadly there are no further photos to reference on their site mentioned below. We wish them all the best. 2-3-2010 Linda Harrison and Colin Oxlade attended the Opening Ceremony on Sunday amongst sixty two other GB athletes. The 2010 World Indoor Masters in Kamloops, Canada opened it's first day of competition yesterday where Harrier, Colin Oxlade was in full swing in the 8k Cross Country where he finished 17th overall but 6th in the V50 category with a time of 28mins 30secs. Thursday will see Linda compete in the Hammer Throw Final whilst Colin takes on the 3,000m Final. The Official website will keep track of the champsionships up to 6th March. Kamloops 2010 Website The following events are being contested by Colin and Linda:- Colin Monday 1st March - 13:00 (20:00 GMT) EVENT: #436 - 8k Cross Country Thursday 4th March - 10:25 (17:25 GMT) EVENT: #272 - 3,000m - FINAL Saturday 6th March - 10:00 (17:00 GMT) EVENT: #438 - Half Marathon - FINAL Linda Tuesday 2nd March - 12:30 (19:30 GMT) EVENT: #152 - Discus - FINAL Thursday 4th March - 14:45 (21:45 GMT) EVENT: #162 - Hammer - FINAL Friday 5th March - 12:30 (19:30 GMT) EVENT: #129 - Weight Throw - FINAL Friday 5th March - 13:30 (20:30 GMT) EVENT: #94 - Triple Jump - FINAL Saturday 6th March - 12:30 (19:30 GMT) EVENT: #182 - 4 x 200m Relay Daily Updates will be provided each evening after the day's competition has been concluded. DailyReports You can stay updated with the latest Results Photos have already been located of the Harriers with the proud displaying of the Croydon Harriers Union Flag. Click on the below links for each photo. Sadly there is something that is changing the end target to the photos - so many photos you will bring up someone's photo - first photo on the first page. Spent a while adding all these links to save you time. Will investigate in the meantime. If someone elses photo appears, please click on the link above to view the main menu and select the Day and Event according to Linda and Colin's schedule of events detailed above. Linda looking very sheepish preparing her TJ Jump Lovely Hairstyle Linda - preparing takeoff Another different Hairstyle - preparing takeoff Takeoff in the Triple Jump Linda is Airbourne Linda is Airbourne 2 Linda likes throwing weights Linda likes throwing weights 2 Linda likes throwing weights 3 Linda likes throwing weights 4 Linda likes throwing weights 5 Linda likes throwing weights 6 Linda releases her Hammer Linda hurls her Hammer Linda swings her Hammer Colin getting dizzy in the 3,000m 3 Colin getting dizzy in the 3,000m 2 Colin getting dizzy in the 3,000m Linda takes the Baton in the 4x200m Relay Leading a few of the British Team into the arena Colin and Linda with the Harriers Union Flag once again | |