YOUNG Bolton Harriers Jamie Greenhalgh and Alfie Dodds both recorded new personal-best distances in the under-15s shot put at the third Sale indoor meeting.

The pair, who are training partners and good friends, did some last -minute technical work on the Bolton indoor track on Thursday which paid dividends with Jamie coming out on top with a best of 7m 34 to Alfie’s 7.12.

There were other fine displays from their young team-mates at the event.

Matilda Hall was once again Bolton’s only jumper and her best long jump was 4.24 which she followed up with an equal PB of 1.35 in the high jump.

She was really close to clearing 1.40 and it bodes well for her target to break the club’s u13 high jump record of 1.42.

U17 men Mark Lintott and Jake Harwood lined up in the same race in the 60m and both executed their starts well and stormed through the line with Lintott recording 7.51secs and Harwood 7.56.

Both of these performances are inside the EA U17 qualifying standard, so both athletes hope to compete in the national championships next month.

Harwood followed with a strong 24.64 time in the 200m.

U17 Poppy Dunne recovered from a difficult start in the 60m but ran strongly to record 8.77 and then competed in her favoured 200m event, finishing fourth in 28.93.

Last season’s u13 sprint sensation, Summer Eden, continued her development as an u15.

She dominated her 60m race and smashed her PB with a time of 8.26. Summer will compete in the Northern Championships in February and then the EA national champs later in the month.

U13s Allyssia May and Matilda Hall also competed in the 60m, running against girls up to two years older than them.

Matilda came third in her heat, equalling her PB in 8.63, while Allyssia built on her last race and once again smashed the club’s u13 record with a time of 8.36.

Multi-eventer Herbie Kay competed in two events in his preparation for his next combined event competition.

In the 60m hurdles, the u15 athlete ran 10.28 and then he cleared 1.45 in the high jump - just below his PB.

Seniors Hannah Kelly and Olivia Kimbowa both dropped down a distance to compete over 200m and get some valued speed work before next weekend’s Northern Championships, where they both race over 400m.

In the first women’s race, Kelly started strongly and finished in 24.92.

Kimbowa followed this up with a third-placed finish in heat three in a time of 26.41.