The sixth and final meeting of the NEGP Track and Field series of 2026, was held at Jarrow’s Monkton Stadium on Wednesday 2nd September.
Fourteen athletes from Morpeth Harriers & AC were involved in the action, and the club managed three event winners on the night.
Alistair Douglass won the fastest 800m event, posting a time of 1m58.18s.
Posting a personal best time of 2m30.90s, Under 14 athlete Hector Ford Hutchinson won the seventh fastest 800m, just outsprinting his fellow Morpeth Harriers colleague William Fawcett, who posted a time of 2m30.97s, also a new personal best.
In the fifth fastest 800m, Fawcett’s slightly older brother Joseph, also produced new figures of 2m23.75s, when finishing third.
Alisdair Beasley of Morpeth finished seventh in the second fastest 800m, where he posted a time of 2m11.98s.
Under 18 athlete Charlotte Marshall finished fifth in the ninth fastest 800m, in a time of 2m48.94s.
An excellent result for Morpeth in the fastest 3000m event, saw James Tilley win in 8m25.54s, which was a new personal best.
There was also a new personal best for his club colleague Matthew Walton, who was second in 8m30.29s.
Another Morpeth Harriers finisher in the 3000m A Race, was Bertie Marr, who finished ninth in 8m57.93s.
In the second fastest 3000m, Morpeth Harriers Under 16 Girl Heidi Wilkinson finished eleventh in 10m55.10s.
Ellie Wickens rounded off her hard-working Summer Track season, being very much part of Morpeth Harriers successful Track and Field squad, who won Division 2 of the NESDL, and helped her team to promotion to Division 1 for next season.
She finished sixth in the fourth fastest 200m, posting a time of 28.28s.
Morpeth Harriers had two athletes competing in the Field Events.
Under 16 Boy Daniel Vermaas produced a best of 5.44m in the B Final of the Long Jump, which saw him place fourth.
In the B Final of the Shot Putt, Under 16 Boy Lucas Townsend placed sixth with his best effort of 7.14m, which for him, was a new personal best.
