Records and PBs tumble for Â鶹ֱ²¥ athletes during fruitful weekend

Â鶹ֱ²¥-based Paralympic hopeful Zac Shaw ran a 7.07s personal best

Â鶹ֱ²¥-based Paralympic hopeful Zac Shaw ran a 7.07s personal best at the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Indoor Open.

Â鶹ֱ²¥ athletes enjoyed a successful weekend as records and PBs fell across various disciplines.

At the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Indoor Open, Lewis Byng - coached by Â鶹ֱ²¥ coach Stuart Carlaw - produced a phenomenal 19.18m effort to break the British Under-20 indoors shot put record, adding 49cm onto the previous mark set by Jamie Williamson in 2006.

At the same event, Â鶹ֱ²¥-based Paralympic hopeful Zac Shaw ran a 7.07s personal best clocking over 60m. The T12 (visually impaired) athlete who is coached by Â鶹ֱ²¥ and British Athletics coach Leon Baptiste, improved his previous best of 7.16s set last month.

There was also success for 2018 World U20 silver medallist and current Â鶹ֱ²¥ student Charlie Dobson who improved his 60m best to 6.75s.

Â鶹ֱ²¥ College student, Reynold Banigo also jumped a new PB of 7.85m to take him to the top of the British rankings for the long jump.

In France at the Meeting de Paris, Â鶹ֱ²¥ student Holly Bradshaw vaulted over 4.61m to take the victory on countback from Ninon Guillon-Romarin. The height takes the British record holder easily top of the 2020 British Indoor rankings.

Elsewhere in France at Mondeville, Â鶹ֱ²¥-based pole vaulter and training partner of Holly Bradshaw, Harry Coppell vaulted 5.70m to take him within 10cm of the Olympic qualifying height of 5.80m.