Athletics: Sheffield pair impress in city's Open Meeting
Gisborne, a talented 800 metres runner, was a convincing winner of the under 17 1000 metres in an outstanding 2:30.86.
Adebayo, an excellent all rounder, was a class above the rest in the under 15 shot with a throw of 11.60.
Winners included:
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Hide AdMen Pole Vault: G Heppinstall (City of Sheffield and Dearne) 4.80 Under 20 Men 150: D Daka (City of Sheffield and Dearne) 17.27
Shot: N Langley (Doncaster) 12.36 Under 17 Men 150: J Vernon (Hallamshire) 16.84 1000: G Gisborne (Hallamshire) 2:30.86
Pole Vault: A Edwards (City of Sheffield and Dearne) 3.60
Under 15 Boys Pole Vault: W Lane (City of Sheffield and Dearne) 3.20 Under 13 Boys Pole Vault: R May (City of Sheffield and Dearne) 2.30 Under 15 Girls Shot: D Adebayo (City of Sheffield and Dearne) 11.60
Meanwhile, in the Rother Valley Festival of running over the weekend, Rotherham's Steph Burns was in top form with a win in the women's race over 10K in a time of 36:57 whilst Hallamshire's Matthew Craig was runner up in the half marathon in 1:13:01.
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