Yeovil and Wells athletes give themselves an outside chance of promotion.
Despite a number of good performances by the Yeovil Olympiads and Wells City Harriers team in the third British Athletics League match in Derby, the team only managed to finish 6th, in what was the most competitive match this season.
With only two matches remaining leading in to the weekend, YOAC and Wells City Harriers were 3 points off promotion knowing a big performance was required, but other teams followed suit with some high quality athletes on show.
Glenn Etherington continued his good form in his debut season for the club finishing 2nd in both the 100m and 110m hurdles A string races, running 11.06 and 14.63 into head winds.
Despite running a personal best in both the 800m A string (1.56.87) and 1500m B string (4.18.18), Sam Harding only managed 7th in both events in which were very high quality fields. Felix Rusby also produced a PB of 4.11.76 in the 1500m A string, meaning he has so far nearly shaved 13 seconds off his PB this season.
Brendan England-Frost also produced a PB over the 110m hurdles B string (15.54) with one of the only three wins in the day for the team.
YOAC and Well City Harriers were much stronger in the field with a number of top three finishes. Ben Gibb won the Pole Vault A string (4.00m), and came 3rd in the Javelin A string (55.40). Dan Huntley came 3rd in the Pole Vault B string jumping 3.60m.
Lewis Guest had a strong day winning the B string Long Jump (6.38m) and coming 2nd in the A string Triple Jump with 14.23m. Ben Thompson and Nick Clements both achieved 3rd place finishes over the day with Ben finishing 3rd in the Javelin B string (50.16m), and Nick jumping to 3rd in the A string Long Jump (6.52m).
The result leaves the club sat in 4th place four points behind Bedford in 2nd. With the fourth and final match being held at the Bill Whistlecroft Arena in Yeovil, the club wants to finish with a strong performance and achieve their highest placing in the clubs history with the outside chance of promotion.