A STRONG squad of 25 turned out for Halton and Frodsham Harriers at the Young Athletes’ League meeting in Macclesfield.

The Harriers were looking to maintain their place in Division One of the Northern YAL.

The club ended up finishing fourth – and another fourth-placed finish in the next round at Salford on June 17 would secure the Harriers’ Division One status.

Team manager Paul Rudkin handed out Athletes of the Match awards to Charlie McDaid for her personal best performance in the 75m (11.4 seconds, 0.1s away from a Grade 4) and Christopher Larkin for personal bests in the 75m hurdles (15.3s, 0.1s off a Grade 4) and 1,500m (five minutes 10.1 seconds, a Grade 4 performance).

The teams were – U13G: Alex Hurst, Charlie McDaid, Olivia Church and Eleanor Jones; U13B: Tom Price, Christopher Larkin, Luke Southerton, James Ennis, Jacob Birtles and James Whittaker. U15G: Beth McCarthy, Michaela Campbell, Molly Clarke, Kiera Grady, Ellie McCarthy, Emily Ross, Jenny Pyatt and Katie Dinsdale. U15B: Mark Knight, Sam Cox, Adrian Bennett, Bradley Philips and Ben Sutcliffe. U17G: Emma Scott. U17B: Connor Travis.