Chiltern Harriers U13s and U15s started their series of YDL league competitions at Bedford on Saturday. A small number of Chiltern athletes did very well in cool and blustery conditions and everyone gained useful early season experience. Athlete numbers meant that the club were seventh from the seven teams competing seven but bigger turnouts at subsequent matches will help to move Chiltern up the table. U13 Girls There was a double win in 1200m for Juliette MacDougall in the A string (4.07.50) and Emilia Ingham in the B string (4.35.99). Juliette also contributed in the A string long jump, fifth in 3.39m. Emilia also did B string long jump with 2.89m, and B string 75m. Holly Knott had a good day, winning B string 70m hurdles and third in both A string 150m and 800m. Bethan Lloyd was second in A string hurdles and was second in A string javelin. Bronwen Harman had a busy day running A string 75m and B string 150m and 800m. Bronwen, Holy, Juliette and Emilia combined to be sixth in 4 x 100m relay. U13 Boys Zac Taylor and Jack Dixon were the two U13 boys on show and both did well over a series of events, Zac in 75m, 1200m, and long jump, and Jack in 800m, long jump and javelin. U15 Girls Evelyn Wildman ran PBs in 300m (45.92 to be third) and 800m (2.27.08 to be second). Evelyn also did A string long jump. Maya Davis was second in B string 800m and helped in B string long jump. Newcomer Pia Walsh ran A string 100m and 200m and Anias Majekodunmi looked after A string shot and discus. Mimi Daley made her league debut in 1500m. U15 Boys Max King made a solid club debut, fourth in A string 800m and seventh in A string 300m. Luke Coultate was sixth in A string 1500m and Jacob McCall fourth in B string. Kit Dixon looked after B string 800m and Luke and Kit combined in long jump. Luke also did well to be fourth in javelin with a PB of 20.69m. Colin Miles gained useful points: third in A string 80m hurdles, third in A string high jump and third in B string javelin. Isaac Mcall was second in B string high jump, featured in non-scoring 800m, and was part of the 4 x 300m team, along with Max, Kit and Luke, that was fourth. A positive aspect of the match saw Chiltern’s officials score more points than any of the other clubs. Doug Smith as timekeeper, Sue Slade as track judge and James Charles as lead field judge were the senior officials. Newly qualified level 1 field officials Becky McCall, Jennifer Wildman, Nick Pinder and Graham Tranter completed the field team and gained great experience under James and were aided by ‘track groupie’ Ellie Bates. The second match is closer to home at Hemel Hempstead on Sunday May 19th where the club will hopefully see a bigger turnout and a higher placing. Bracknell Young Athletes Open Several Chiltern athletes turned out at Bracknell on March 30th for the popular Young Athletes Open. U13 Juliette MacDougall had a busy day winning 1200m in 4.03.53, and putting in good efforts in 150m 24.14, and 3.69m in long jump. Bethan Loyd was similarly active with three PBs - 11.48 in 75m, 12.76 in 70m hurdles and 16.49m in javelin. Bea Robinson got her season going with second place in her 600m race in 1.56.07. U15 Emile Morti showed his great potential with a win in 100m in a PB of 11.78, and another PB win with 12.72 in 80m hurdles. U17 Issy Robinson started her U17 career with second place in 800m in a swift 2.21.78. Also tackling 800m were Alice Peckham (2.31.10) and Lydia Cross (2.34.47). Izzy McFetrich ran 5.42.26 in 1500m and newcomer Tyrell Gardner got his season going with 26.01 in 200m. Watford Open The first Watford Open of the season took place in cool but quite good conditions on April 3rd. There were numerous excellent efforts across the age groups in 1500m and 3000m. 1500m Race 1 Annie-Rose Quantrill U13 5.40.44 PB, Emilia Ingham U13 5.45.97 PB, Albert Rushton U13 6.00.72 PB. Race 2 Hector Gamblen U13 5.17.49 PB, Jacob McCall U15 5.26.09 SB, Bea Robinson 5.26.49 PB, Isaac McCall U15 5.35.93 SB. Race 3 Zac Taylor U13 5.08.53 PB, Maya Davis U15 5.09.63 SB, Lydia Cross U17 5.16.42 SB. Race 4 Emily Ford U17 4.52.29 PB, Luke Coultate U15 5.03.56 SB. Race 5 Issy Robinson U17 4.53.85 SB, Felix Danielli U15 4.56.23 SB. Race 6 Frankie Baxter U20 4.48.99 SB. Race 7 Edward Johnson U17 4.33.56 PB, Kara Gorman U15 4.38.78 PB. Race 8 Charlie Quantrill U15 4.35.78 PB, Rory Hilton U17 4.37.81 SB. Race 9 Callum Powell U17 4.24.95 PB. Race 10 Tom Ford U15 4.21.63 PB. Race 13 Isaac Jessop-Tranter U20 4.02.67 PB, Alex Hughes U17 4.04.78 PB. 3000m Maddie Hughes U20 10.16.60 SB, Aran Davidson SM 9.19.33 SB, Leon Doran U20 8.42.72 PB Lee Valley Open It was a mild, dry day but a very strong blustery wind caused havoc with times at Lee Valley on April 6th. In 800m U15 newcomer Rahael Tsolaki gained experience with 2.36.20 in 800m and followed that up with 47.10 in 300m. A quintet of Chiltern females tackled the awkward conditions in 800m with U13 Julliette MacDougall winning her heat in 2.38.23. Olivia Edwards (U23) ran 2.42.37, Alice Brown (U20) 2.43.89, Charlotte Docwra (U20) 2.49.14 and Emilia Ingham (U13) 2.58.82. Elsewhere Taye Awaku-Chan ran 12.90 in 80m hurdles just ahead of training partner Emile Morti in 12.91, and Taye added 12.71 in 100m. Chisom Nwafor ran 16.29 in 100m hurdles and Ffion Harman ran 52.82 in 300m hurdles despite a heavy fall on hurdle 1. There were five Chiltern Harriers taking part in the England Athletics indoor champs at the EIS, Sheffield at the weekend.
Euan Pinder and Isaac Jessop-Tranter tackled U20 800m, Archie Pinder U20 1500m, and Emile Morti and Taye Awuku-Chan U15 60m hurdles. Euan and Isaac were involved in 800m heats on Saturday. Issac was fifth in heat 2 in 1.59.21 and Euan ran a season’s best 1.56.82 to be third in heat 3. Unfortunately neither went through to the final. Emile and Taye both ran in heat 1 of the 60m hurdles on Sunday. Both gained PBs, Emile second in 8.96 and Taye fifth in 9.34. Emile made the final and improved his PB again to 8.92 to be a very good fourth. Archie Pinder was in a straight final in the U20 1500m on Sunday and ran well to be fifth in 4.10.48. All five did very well in this top level of indoor competition. Chiltern had four U20 men taking part in the 800m at Lee Valley at the weekend at the high level Southern Indoor Championships. In heat 1 John Nickless ran a season’s best to be sixth in 2.01.43. In heat 2 the Pinder twins battled it out with Euan winning the race in 1.58.25 pipping Archie who logged 1.58.62. Issac Jessop-Tranter was second in heat 3 in 1.58.11 but only the winner of each heat was guaranteed a place in the final. All three fastest non-automatic qualifier spots were in heat 1 so unfortunately Archie and Isaac missed out. In the final Euan ran well but was badly balked with 300m to go and finished sixth in 2.05.16.
SEAA XC Champs Kara Gorman gained yet another medal, placing third in the Under 13 Girls race at the Southern Cross Country Championships in Beckenham Kent. Kara will hope for more at the National and Inter Counties, and will be making her debut as a first-year Junior in the English Schools in mid-March. New Year Open U15 Owen Dersley opened his account with 44.72 in 300m indoors at Lee Valley. U20 John Nickless ran 53.43 for 400m and Isaac Jessop-Tranter 2.02.46 for 800m. Brunel Opens U17 Florence Lee-Rubis competed in the new Bunel Indoor Open on Jan 10th and jumped 4.72m in long jump and 9.81 in triple jump. SEAA Indoor U13/15/17 Champs U17 Abi Masters made a good start to her season by running 8.47 in 60m and 28.47 in 200m at the Southern Indoors at Lee Valley on Jan 13/14th. Ffion Harman ran 2.39.12 in 800m. Florence Lee-Rubis did a 4.85m long jump. London Games, Lee Valley On Jan 20/21st In the U20/Senior indoor meeting John Nickless and Toby Radbourne ran 800m. John ran 2.06.88 and Toby, making his debut, 2.27.12. In the U13/15/17 meeting on the 27/28th Juliette MacDougall ran 2.37.24 for U13 Girls 800m on debut and Holly Knott won her heat in 2.40.06. The girls did further events, and Bronwen Harman and Bethan Lloyd also competed, but results are sketchy currently. Several Chiltern athletes took part in the England Athletics U15 and U17 Track and Field Championships at the weekend.
This high level meeting, second only to the English Schools in terms of prestige and quality, is hard to qualify for and a good test against the best in the country. Saturday Lucy Wilkinson ran in a straight final of the U17 1500m and continued her superb season with fifth place in yet another strong time of 4.39.94. In the U15 Boys 1500m heats Isaac Collier front ran a new PB to win the heat in 4.19.82. In the 300m hurdles heats Ffion Harman had another good run to be fifth in 49.55, not enough for the final and a little off her best of 47.55. Aidan Suleyman continued his great recent form to be seventh in the U15 Boys 3000m in 9.27.61. Sunday Issac was eleventh in the 1500m final in 4.37.70. Alex Hughes was 13th in the U17 3000m in 9.07.86 and Ryan Allbrook was eighth in the U15 Boys triple jump in 10.44m, slightly off his recent best of 11.31m. South Bucks took an unexpected win at Winchester on Saturday in the penultimate match in the Southern Athletics League series and are in a promising position to achieve promotion to the top division for next season. In a very closely fought match, the Wycombe Phoenix and Chiltern Harriers athletes worked hard all afternoon and came out victors with 269 points to Winchester on 266, Crawley 255, Bournemouth 205, Reading 186 and Croydon 180. The South Bucks team featured 16 men and 16 women across the age groups from U17 to V55. Men Kieran Shah was third in A string 100m and second in B string 200m whilst Josh Parry was third and first in the B string races. Raihan Lenoire won A string 400m with Jean-Louis Plaatjies third in B string. Alex Aldred had a successful day winning both A string 800m and 1500m. Myles Caddell won B string 1500m and A string 2000m steeplechase. In 5000m Ash Finch was fourth in A string, Dean Childs second in B string. Barrie Marsden was second in A string 400m hurdles. Ryan Wells, Fraser Kilsby and Ed Morris got through a massive workload in the technical events. Ryan won A string discus, long jump and triple jump, and was second in B string high jump, third in A string 110m hurdles. Fraser was second in A string pole vault, fourth in A string shot, first in B string triple jump, second in B string long jump, fourth in A string javelin. Ed was second in both B string 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles, fifth in B string shot, third in B string discus, and third in B string javelin. Kesegan Suthakar was fourth in A string hammer, Alex Wells third in B string. Ian Parkinson was second in B string pole vault. The 4 x 100m team of Ben Sharpe, Josh Parry, Fraser Kilsby and Kieran Shah were third in 46.10. Ben Sharpe ran in non-scoring 100m and Jean-Louis did non-scoring long jump. Women Christina Paulsen was second in A string 100m, fourth in A string 200m. Sarah Cross was third in B string 100m, Sian Vico second in B string 200m. Carys Vico was third in A string 400m, Amy Hogbin second in B string. Liv Brown won A string 800m and 1500m steeplechase, Zoe Doyle was second in B string 800m and won A string 1500m, Ivy Uhart third in B string. Tilly Firth ran 1500m non-scoring. In 5000m Ellie Shield made a good debut at the event, second in 19.16 with Jenny Roberts winning B string and Ellie Bates running well in non-scoring. Lisa Fitzpatrick was fourth in A string 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles. In the field Lisa was fourth in A string high jump, triple jump and long jump, Sarah Cross was second in B string triple jump, fifth in A string shot, fourth in B string high jump. Hannah Wells was third in B string shot, fifth in A string discus, second in A string hammer, third in B string javelin. Lyla Griffin was third in B string discus, and third in B string hammer. Melody Ball was third in A string javelin and did non-scoring hammer. Mixed The mixed 4 x 400m races were great fun with A string and B string wins for the South Bucks quartets. The A team of Cerys Vico, Fraser Kilsby, Sian Vico and Raihan Lenoire ran 3.48.6 and the B string of Ivy Uhart, Alex Aldred, Amy Hogbin and Jean-Louis Plaatjies 3.58.3. The final match is at Ashford, Kent on Saturday September 9th with all to play for. South Bucks had a great result at the final YDL Upper Age Group match at Perivale on Sunday, winning a close fought contest in very challenging heavy rain. The match began in reasonable conditions but by three o’ clock heavy rain meant that all steeplechase races and triple jump had to be cancelled.
South Bucks won on 626 points with Portsmouth/Winchester and 603 and Brighton on 578. The deciding factor was officials with South Bucks scoring 28 more points than Portsmouth/Winchester in that category. After four matches Portsmouth/Winchester won the division on 26 points with Brighton and South Bucks both on 23 from the seven teams involved. The team had by far their best turnout of the year (forty-four athletes) and there were some great performances despite the weather. RESULTS POWER OF 10 RESULTS U17 Women The U17 Women have been the strongest part of the team all season and Sunday was no exception. Olivia Edwards and Lailah Pope ran well in short sprints, third in all four races. Lucy Wilkinson tackled her first 300m in two years and predictably ran a big PB to be third in 44.53. Yasmin Warnes ran well for 45.58 and second in the B race. Lucy gained a win in a competitive 800m in 2.17.95 with Ivy Uhart winning the B string. In 1500m Lily Jessop Tranter was second in A string, Sophia Lomas second in B string and Libby Sutton won A string 3000m. Ffion Harman and Ellen Taylor did well in 80m hurdles and there was a double win in 300m hurdles from Ffion and Florence Lee-Rubis. Rebecca Lawson was unlucky to have both her events, triple jump and steeplechase, cancelled but was able to have a good run in non-scoring 800m. Florence was third in long jump with a strong 5.08m and Mila Luker was second in B string. Yasmin Warnes was second in high jump and Charlotte Hewson won the B string. Ellen Taylor and Melody Ball looked after shot and Jasmine Smith and Ellen discus. Melody was third in A string hammer with Jasmine winning the B string. Melody was also second in A string javelin with Ffion second in B string. The 4 x 100m team of Lailah, Olivia, Lily and Mila was a good second in 54.61, and the 4 x 300m team of Ffion, Yasmin, Florence and Lucy took a great win with a season’s best 3.02.47. U17 Men Harrison Sears and Oscar Freemont ran well in short sprints, both logging 11.95 in their 100s. Dayo Akinjobi ran non-scoring 100m and 200m. Isaac Jessop-Tranter ran a season’s best 53.79 to be third in A string 400m and Tom Jordan and Daniel Cogan looked after 800m. Daniel Munn had a good run to be third in 1500m A string in 4.32.77. Finn Walsh jumped 4.91m in long jump and Euan Pinder scored a PB of 1.55m in high jump. Archie Pinder threw a PB of 17.75m in discus. The 4 x 100m team of Harrison Sears, Oscar Freemont, Daniel Cogan and Tom Jordan were third, and the 4 x 400m team of Finn Walsh, Archie Pinder, Euan Pinder and Isaac Jessop-Tranter won convincingly in a season’s best 3.39.63. U20 Women The team had far more athletes available than usual which helped the overall points. Christina Poulsen did her usual great job in 100m and 200m, second in both. Amy Hogbin was an excellent second in A string 400m in 60.50 with Alice Brown third in B string. Amy had another good run in A string 800m with Holly Henderson winning the B string. Ellen Cooper was third in A string 1500m and Jinaan Lockwood was second in B string. Charlotte Docwra won A string 3000m with Emma Caddell winning B string. Olivia Brown won A string 400m hurdles. Abbie Henderson won high jump and Jasmine Smith was fourth in long jump. Orla Williams scored useful points in A string discus and javelin and had a good run in non-scoring 800m. The 4x 100m team of Abbie, Christina, Ivy and Amy was third, and the 4 x 400m quartet of Olivia, Jinaan, Alice and Ellen was fourth. U20 Men Devonte Johnson ran 11.74 to be fifth in A string 100m, Caleb Akinsipe third in B string in 11.84. Caleb ran 24.32to be third in A string 200m with Finn Walsh second in B string. Raihan Lenoire won A string 400m with Tom Askey winning B string. John Nickless was third in A string 800m, Isaac Jessop-Tranter winning B string. Archie Pinder was second in a high quality 1500m with Finn Heron looking after B string. Laurie Gawne won A string 3000m. Ryan Wells had a good day across his five events, winning 110m hurdles and shot, second in long jump and javelin, and third in high jump. Andrew Partridge made a good contribution winning A string hammer, B string shot and javelin and third in A string discus. This has been a good season for the South Bucks composite with two third places, a second and a win. A lot of hard work has gone into putting the matches on from host clubs, officials, team managers, coaches and parent helpers. The league continues to be a great place for all the track and field disciplines to come together and for athletes to be part of a team. There was good representation from Chiltern Harriers at the 92nd English Schools Track and Field Championships at Birmingham on Friday and Saturday. Most competed for Buckinghamshire Schools but there were also two in the Hertfordshire Schools team and one in Middlesex Schools.
Conditions were cloudy and a bit drizzly on the Friday but mild for the most part across the weekend in the recently revamped, state-of-the-art Alexander Stadium. Senior Girls Towards the end of the second day Chisom Nwafor took part in Long Jump. Chisom was recently third in the England Athletics U20 Championships where all three podium places saw great jumps but all with strong following winds. Conditions were similar in Birmingham but Chisom put in a colossal jump of 6.53m with a +3.1 m/s wind to win gold this time. Senior Boys Tom Emery wrapped up his school running career in the heat of the 1500m. Tom, running for Middlesex Schools, was ninth in heat 2 in in a good time of 4.03.33 but didn’t make the final. Tom leaves in August on a running scholarship at university in the US. Inter Girls Chiltern had several athletes in the Intermediate age groups. For the girls Frankie Baxter, despite having a light competition season, had a great run in 1500m steeplechase to be fourth in a great time of 5.14.79. Lucy Wilkinson has had a breakthrough season and had qualifying times in 800m, 1500m and 3000m. In heat 2 of 1500m in her first big championships, Lucy put in a strong time of 4.41.70 but was tenth and therefore didn’t progress to the final. Emily Ford recently acquired the 3000m qualifying time and, running for Hertfordshire Schools in the straight final here, ran 11.06.41 to be 18th. Inter Boys Euan Pinder was involved in 1500m steeplechase. Although a newcomer at the event, Euan was highly ranked going into the champs with the distinct possibility of a medal. With many qualifiers this year there had to be two races to determine the medals. Euan was in final 2 and with a strong last 100m finished second in the race and logged 4.33.15, the bronze medal winning time. Archie Pinder ran in the 1500m heats on Friday and was an automatic qualifier in 4.03.50. Leon Doran was also running 1500m, but for Hertfordshire Schools. Leon was running well in his heat but was badly baulked with 200m to go and was therefore promoted to the final as a 13th runner. In the final Leon was tenth in 4.12.25 and Archie 13th in 4.21.05. Isaac Jessop-Tranter recently ran a PB of 1.57.48 in 800m. In heat 1 Isaac ran another good race of 1.59.26 but was sixth and didn’t progress. Alex Hughes was in a straight final in 3000m and was 20th in 9.14.82. Junior Boys Taye Awuku-Chan is a first-year junior and gained great experience here to jump 1.64m in high jump to be equal 16th. Isaac Collier was also in his first big championships and ran 2.08.43 in heat 4 of the 800m to be seventh. |
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