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Gold for Pryke in Olympic Stadium

by isleofman.com 9th May 2012

Manx athlete Harriet Pryke has won gold at London's Olympic Stadium.

As the lead runner for Loughborough University's 4 x 400 relay team at the British University & Colleges outdoor Track & Field event, Harriet left the other university runners standing, giving her fellow teammates a 30m start at the end of the first lap.

Lucy James, Laura Wake and Megan Beesley built on this lead over the remaining laps, giving Loughborough a decisive victory in a new Championship nest performance record of 3.34.75 – five seconds faster than the previous record set in 2005.

Harriet had also been in action on Sunday in the UKA select 400m event where she finished fourt in a season's best time of 54.69.

Harriet was delighted with this first performance of the outdoor season, which she hopes to better over the coming weeks.

Posted by isleofman.com
Wednesday 9th, May 2012 04:52pm.

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