Charlotte Clare returned to form with a two-second personal best in the 800m at the U17 Scottish Champs today at Grangemouth finishing just outside the medals in 4th in a time of
2.17.44. Three rounds of 800m in two days was a first for all the young
athletes, but Charlotte belied the fact that she is a young first-year U17 and qualified
like a veteran from her heat and semi-final on the Saturday to give herself
every opportunity of a good run in the final. Seventh ranked going into the
event she had her usual sensible steady start in Sunday’s final, not getting
dragged into the enthusiastic fast early pace. She went through the bell in
last place and ten metres off the leaders but was bang on schedule for her own
PB pace. Into the back straight she had moved through to fourth and set her
sights on the front three. But as Charlotte pushed the pace so had the leaders
and off the final bend the gap to the medal positions was still a good five
metres. However the leaders were starting to suffer from their early pace and
Charlotte’s determined strong finish saw her finishing fastest of all and closing
the gap to the medals all the way to the line. But the third placed runner managed
to muster a final effort to hold on, denying Charlotte a medal but being
rewarded with her two-second PB.
Watch it here http://www.runjumpthrow.com/fixtures/12022-scottishathletics-national-senior--u17-championships
Great effort CC the train!
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