Article on Caryl Jones - Carmarthen Harriers/ TROTS/ Swansea Harriers - written by Dr Hedydd Davies (Carmarthen Harriers Club President)
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Best Performances
400 63.67 (2010); 800 2.17.44 (2009); 1500 4.26.64 (2012); 3000 9.13.60 (2012); 5000 15.37.3 (2012); 10000 32.52.53 (2012); 1500 SCW 6.24.5 (2007); 2000 SCW 6.39.35 (2012); 3000 SCW 10.33.74 (2009)
10K 32.28 (2012); 10M 61.58 (2010); HM 71.18 (2012); Mar 2.34.12 (2017)
Coached by -2011 Delyth Brown (Carmarthen Harriers), George Edwards (Swansea Harriers) and Alan Storey
Competed for Great Britain in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championship in Kavama BUL in 2012
Competed for Great Britain in the Marathon in the European Championships in Berlin in 2018
Competed for Great Britain in the European Cross Country Championships in Budapest in 2012
Competed for Wales in the Commonwealth Games Marathon in 2018
UK 10000m champion in Birmingham in June 2012
13 times Welsh champion
Holder of two Welsh U23 records (3000m steeplechase and 10000m)
Caryl Jones now Caryl Edwards and a proud mother (August 2020) of four month old daughter Alis
She has had an eventful athletics career and has overcome many injuries to achieve considerable success at the highest level in cross country, road and athletics track competition
Lived on the family dairy farm in Tavernspite, Whitland, Carmarthenshire, fifteen miles from Carmarthen and the same distance from Haverfordwest
She went to the local Whitland primary school and then on to Ysgol Bro Myrddin in Carmarthen and then on to UWIC Cardiff where she studied accountancy
Caryl has worked hard on the family farm as well having a responsible post with a firm of solicitors in Whitland
She was always keen on running and finished 5th in the Carmarthenshire primary schools Y6 cross country race in Carmarthen
Caryl continued her athletics with the help of the PE teachers at Ysgol Bro Myrddin and competed for the school in Brianne and Dyfed cross country and athletics competition
She joined Carmarthen and District Harriers Athletics Club and was a faithful club member for seven years. At the Club she was helped and coached by Delyth Brown who guided her to win several Welsh championships
Caryl has had very many injuries during her career, and it is a credit to her that she has persevered and by sheer hard work and effort succeeded to achieve great success in athletics
It is a great feat for an athlete from a rural West Wales area to go on to represent Great Britain in major championships in cross country, half marathon and the marathon
Many thanks to many people who have helped Caryl along the way
Hedydd Davies
Caryl Jones’s milestones ( main events)
2001 U15 Carmarthen Harriers/ Taf Running and Orienteering (TROTS) (1 recorded performance)
800 2.54.8 3 Carmarthen Dyfed Sec Schools Relay Competition 9 May 2001
2002 U17 Carmarthen Harriers/ TROTS (1 recorded performance)
3000 11.38.37 4 Newport Welsh Championships 9 Jun 2002
2003 U17 Carmarthen Harriers/TROTS (1 recorded performance)
3000 11.08.34 1 Cwmbran Welsh Championships 22 Jun 2003
2004 U20 Carmarthen Harriers/TROTS (2 recorded performances)
3000 10.59.67 2 Colwyn Bay Welsh Championships 20 Jun 2004
5K 19.21 2 Carmarthen Welsh Championship 12 Apr 2004
2005 U20 Carmarthen Harriers/ TROTS (4 recorded performances)
1500 5.05.0 1 Neath West Wales Championships 14 May 2005
3000 10.47.26 1 Cardiff Welsh U20 Championships 18 Jun 2005
3000 10.56.56 1 Brecon Welsh Schools Championships 2 Jul 2005
3000 11.21.10 1 Derby U23 Inter Territorial Cleveland Cup 14 Aug 2005
2006 U20 Carmarthen Harriers/TROTS (2 recorded performances)
3000 11.07.90i Cardiff Welsh Indoor Championships 29 Jan 2006
3000 11.17.3 Brecon 3 Jun 2006
2007 U23 Carmarthen Harriers/ TROTS (1 recorded performance)
5KXC 27.07 12 Cardiff Welsh inter Regional Championships 9 Dec 2007
2008 U23 Carmarthen Harriers/ TROTS (8 recorded performances)
HM 88.42 13 Cardiff Cardiff Half Marathon 19 Oct 2008
ZXC 26.20 3 Swansea Cross Country International 15 Nov 2008
ZXC NT 1 Wrexham Welsh inter Regional Championship 13 Dec 2008
2009 U23 Carmarthen Harriers / TROTS (32 recorded performances)
3000 9.56.09 1 Swansea Welsh Inter Regional Championship 30 Aug 2009
3000 10.06.25i 5 Cardiff Welsh Senior Open Championships 24 Jan 2009
10000 34.46.07 1 Neath Welsh Championships 5 Aug 2009
2000SCW 7.02.95 1 Cardiff Welsh Senior Championships 13 Jun 2009
3000SCW 10.33.74 2 Bedford England U23 Championships 28 Jun 2009
3000SCW 10.41.62 8 Birmingham Aviva British Championships 12 Jul 2009
5K 17.36 13 Prague CZE Tesco Grand Prix 5K 12 Sep 2009
10K 36.23 24 Manchester Bupa Greater Manchester Run 10K 17 May 2009
HM 76.52 2 Cardiff Cardiff Half Marathon 18 Oct 2009
HM 83.04 1l LLANELLI Llanelli Waterside Half Marathon 8 Mar 2009
ZXC 24.17 7 Bangor Home Countries International 28 Mar 2009
ZXC 24.30 2 Builth Wells Welsh Championships 1 Feb 2009
ZXC 26.11 1 Builth Wells Welsh Inter Regional Championships 13 Dec 2009
2010 SEN Carmarthen Harriers/ TROTS/ Cardiff University
5000 17.01.55 14 Sportcity BMC Nike Grand Prix 29 May 2010
10000 35.48.08 3 Bedford BUCS Championships 2 May 2010
10000 36.31.64 1 Cardiff Welsh Senior Championships 12 Jun 2010
10000 DNF Birmingham Aviva British Championships 26 Jun 2010
3000SCW 11.00.86 4 Loughborough Loughborough International 23 May 2010
10K 35.42 19 Manchester Bupa Greater Manchester Run 10K 16 May 2010
10M 61.58 1 Lampeter Teifi 10M 4 Apr 2010
2011 SEN Carmarthen Harriers/ TROTS (13 recorded performances)
3000 9.56.1 1 Wrexham Welsh Senior League Division 1 21 May 2011
KXC 27.09 8 Cardiff McCain UK Cross Challenge 16 Jan 2011
KXC 27.21 15 Antrim NI Home Countries International 26 Mar 2011
10K 34.56 5 Cardiff Cardiff 10K 11 Sep 2011
10K 36.35 25 Manchester Bupa Great Manchester Run 10K 15 May 2011
HM 76.44 2 Barcelona ESP Mitja Maralo de Barcelona 30 Jan 2011
ZXC 25.19 1 Builth Wells Welsh Inter Regional Championship 10 Dec 2011
2012 SEN Swansea Harriers TROTS (26 recorded performances)
5000 15.37.3 1 Solihull BMC Grand Prix 21 Jul 2012
5000 15.44.54 1 Cardiff Welsh Senior Championships 2 Jun 2012
10000 32.52.53 2 Birmingham Aviva British Championships 23 Jun 2012
5K 16.03 2 Cardiff Welsh Championships (short) 4 Mar 2012
KXC 28.29 15 Budapest HUN European Cross Country Championships 9 Dec 2012
10K 32.28 1 Cardiff Cardiff 10K 9 Sep 2012
10K 32.31 1 Brighton Brighton 10K 18 Nov 2012
10K 33.08 2 London Bupa London 10K 27 May 2012
HM 71.18 8 New- South Sh Bupa Great North Run 18 Sep 2012
HM 71.52 10 Kavama BUL IAAF World Half Marathon Championship 6 Oct 2012
HM 74.04 2 Marrakech MAR HM International de Marrakech 14 Oct 2012
HM 76.45 6 Cardiff Cardiff Half Marathon 14 Oct 2012
ZXC 24.35 2 Cardiff McCain UK Cross Country Challenge 15 Jan 2012
ZXC 25.58 1 Bristol McCain UK Cross Country Challenge 28 Oct 2012
ZXC 27.13 1 St Fagans Welsh Cross Country Championships 18 Feb 2012
ZXC 27.52 6 Birmingham UK Inter Counties Championship 10 Mar 2012
ZXC 28.15 4 Liverpool McCain UK Cross Challenge Series 24 Nov 2012
2013 SEN Swansea Harriers / TROTS (5 recorded performances)
10K 34.25 8 London Bupa London 10K 27 May 2013
ZXC 18.00 2 Pontypool Gwent Cross Country League 19 Oct 2013
2014 SEN Swansea Harriers/TROTS (11 recorded performances)
ZXC 26.44 6 Cardiff British Athletics Cross Challenge 19 Jan 2014
ZXC 28.37 19 Liverpool British Athletics Cross Challenge 29 Nov 2014
HM 82.37 1 Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire Half Marathon 28 Sept 2014
2015 SEN Swansea Harriers/TROTS (5 recorded performances)
5M 27.50 2 Alsager Brooks Alsager 5 1 Feb 2015
10K 37.11 1 Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil 10K 9 Aug 2015
ZXC 25.30 5 San Vitore ITA Cinque Mulini 15 Feb 2015
2016 SEN Swansea Harriers/ TROTS (8 recorded performances)
KXC 26.06 1 Swansea Welsh cross country championships 27 Feb 2016
KXC 26.52 1 Cardiff British Athletics Cross Challenge 24 Jan 2016
HM 74.32 1 Wokingham Wokingham Half Marathon 21 Feb 2016
2017 SEN Swansea Harriers/ TROTS (15 recorded performances)
5K 17.03 1 Cardiff SSAFA 5K 24 May 2017
KXC 29.11 5 Middefart DEN Cross Nationale 11 Nov 2017
KXC 29.16 22 Liverpool British Athletics Cross Challenge 25 Nov 2017
10K 35.18 6 Cardiff Cardiff 10K 3 Sep 2017
10K 35.36 2 Reading Royal Berkshire 10 21 May 2017
HM 74.22 9 Newcastle Simplyheath Great North Run 10 Sep 2017
HM 75.24 6 Cardiff Cardiff Half Marathon 1 Oct 2017
HM 77.52 3 Swansea JCP Swansea Half Marathon 25 Jun 2017
Mar 2.34.12 11 Amsterdam NED TCS Amsterdam Marathon 15 Oct 2017
2018 SEN Swansea Harriers/ TROTS (8 recorded performances)
10K 33.18 1 Telford Telford 10K 7 Jan 2018
10K 35.58 21 London Vitality London 10K 28 May 2018
HM 73.28 5 Greenwich The Big alf MarathonHalf Marathon 4 Mar 2018
HM 74.22 1 Llanelli Llanelli Half Marathon 18 Feb 2018
Mar 2.40.41 30 Berlin European Championships 12 Aug 2018
Mar 2.43.58 8 Gold Coast AUS Commonwealth Games 15 Apr 2018
2019 SEN
Swansea Harriers/ TROTS 95 recorded performances)
5K 16.58 8 Cardiff Cardiff Race for Victory 5K 5 May 2019
10K 33.30 1 Beachley Speedway 10K 20 Jan 2019
HM 77.05 1 Llanelli Llanelli Half Marathon 10 Feb 2019