England Call-up for Andrew Wiles, New Marske Harriers and Up&Running Super-Hero! Andrew was teamed with Richard Weir {leg-1}, Steve Fennell {Leg-2} Andrew {leg-3} , Ben Harding{Leg-4} against the above teams, with France attempting a new World Lead for the 1500m x 4 relay event. With an aggressive start by the French, and with Poland and Germany battling for 2nd and 3rd, Andrew was given the baton in 4th position, France were out of sight but Andrew was determined to pull back lost ground, which he did, sitting in on the Polish and German athletes for 3 laps, with 400m to go Andrew made a decisive move and over-took with a killer kick to drop the German and Polish athletes, taking England from 4th position to 2nd and leaving the opposition in his wake and handing over to Ben with a 10 meter advantage over Poland and then Germany - Ben held 2nd place until the last lap but couldnt hold off a strong charge from the Polish athlete and was just beaten at the line, giving England and the guys a well deserved bronze medal. Speaking afterwards with Andrew, he commented that he was very happy to have represented his country for the first time, and over-joyed that he helped bring back a bronze medal. Andrew has just started his winter training proper and is looking forward to the up coming Cross Country season and Team Road Relay's. We wish Andrew a injury free winter!
Mic Doughty Manager, Up&Running, Darlington
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