Last Saturday the Spanish Club Championship Finals were held in various cities of Spain.
The most important final, that for the title, was held in two locations, in Soria (for males) and in Castellon (for females).
In Spain the finals of the Track Club Championships are held on the distance of 5,000m run on the track.
Soria (ESP) - 5.000m track walk men
A quiet victory that of Alvaro Martin (ESP) in 20:37.84 which boasts a personal best of 18:39.65 (Gijon, ESP - Jul. 25, 2015). The strong Spanish athlete was on his first race in 2018 on this distance.
Second place to Diego Garcia Carrera (ESP) in 20:49.40. Also for him a fairly quiet result considering his personal best of 19:03.16 (Plasencia, ESP - Jun. 24, 2015), and in line with the other two performances he obtained on the same distance this season:
- 20:46.18: in Getafe, ESP on Apr. 28, 2018
- 20:49.19: in Pamplona, ESP on May 19, 2018
Third place to Mario Sillero Mesonero (ESP) in 21.21.55
Castellon (ESP) - 5.000m track walk women
Great competition this of women.
Victory in this race to Maria Perez (ESP) who gets the new record of the club championships in Spain with the time of 20.59.79 which besides representing the new personal best of the athlete (previous of 21:25.25 established in Cartagena, ESP on May 6, 2017) is ranked first in the season's world list on this distance, improving the result obtained by Qieyang Shenjie (CHN) in Turin on May 26, 2018 by 36/100 of a second.
Second place to Julia Takacs (ESP) in 21:20.98 which with this performance is currently the third athlete in the world on this distance.
Third place to Raquel Gonzalez (ESP) in 21:33.04 in front of Inna Kashina (UKR) who competes for a Spanish Club and ends in 21:42.20.