June 2025: Performance round up
Kicked off in style by the Pickering Memorial International, June has been a great month for England teams competing in the field, on the track, on the roads and in the mountains. Catch up on all the athletics and running action in our latest performance round up.
Pickering Memorial International
The 2025 edition of the Pickering Memorial International saw excellent performances from a 19 strong England team. Every athlete delivered on the day with podium finishes for across the board alongside seven meeting records, four personal bests and two season’s bests.
Moyo Stumpenhusen (Rugby & Northampton, Garry Herrington) was voted most outstanding performer of the day as he threw a PB of 62.36m to set a new meeting record and climb the European and World rankings.
WPA Paris Grand Prix
A strong team of seven England athletes headed to Paris to compete against some of the world’s best para athletes at the WPA Paris Grand Prix. The team performed well with 3rd place finishes secured for Euan Murray (Team Bath, Graham Mattacks) and Adam Rutter (Worcester, Lydia Church) in the T64 100m and F44 discus respectively. In the sprints, India Oates (Darlington Harriers, Joseph McDonnell) achieved a season’s best in the T35 200m as did Rosie Porter (Herts Phoenix, Catherine Walker) in the T38 100m.
U18 Mountain Running Cup
120 young athletes from 18 nations travelled to Donovaly in Slovakia for the International U18 Mountain Running Cup, including a team of eight England athletes. They put in strong performances on the challenging uphill course as the girls secured an 8th place finish and the boys secured 7th as a team. There was also a top ten individual finish for Jay Hutchinson (Trafford AC, Mike Hutchinson).
Masters Half Marathon
The England Masters team took on teams from Wales and the UK Armed Forces over the half marathon distance this month at the Swansea Half. The competition was fierce between the three teams right from the start. The England team came away with clean sweeps in six age categories (M40, M55, M60, M75, W50 and W65).