Southern Athletics League - Match 4 at Bracknell

The Wycombe and Chiltern team went into the fourth and final SAL match in sixth place from the full division 1 list of eighteen clubs. The match was at Bracknell and the home club, Basingstoke, Reading, and Southampton occupied the bottom four league places so were up for a relegation battle. Wycombe and Chiltern were tenth last year so there was hope that we could improve  our overall standing this time.
 
The match was won by second in the table Windsor, but the Wycombe and Chiltern team battled hard, and in a very close match, finished second. The team ended up a brilliant fourth in the league overall.
 
Conditions started dry and with a light blustery wind, but by 3pm there was persistent drizzle.

Women
Christina Poulsen and Eva Carsberg did well in short sprints with Christina second in both A string races in excellent times, 12.49 and 25.37. Amy Hogbin ran A string 400m and in B string Evelyn Wildman made a good debut at the event, running 59.06 to be second, a new U17 club record. Alice Brown was second in non-scoring 400m. There were good points in middle distance with Liv Brown second in A string and Tash Taylor winning B string in a PB 2.19.77. Soraya Lockwood was second in A string 1500m in 4.54.98 and Zoe Doyle won B string. Bev Whitfield was second in A string 5000m and Roxie Jones was third in B string. In non-scoring Jess Orr was second in 800m, and Alex Whitfield (PB of 5.09.33) and Jinaan Lockwood both ran well in 1500m.
 
Florence Lee-Rubis and Lisa Fitzgerald had good runs in 100m hurdles and Lisa ran well over 400m hurdles. Issy Robinson was just pipped to the A string win in 1500m steeplechase and Ivy Uhart was third in B string.
 
Chloe Zmuda won A string discus, and added third in A string javelin and third in A string shot. Also in throws Katrina O’Brien was third in B string discus, Genevieve Cole was third in A string hammer, and Sarah Cross was second in B string javelin. Sarah also won A string pole vault, and was third in A string triple jump. Florence was third in A string long jump and fifth in A string high jump. Lisa added fourth in B string high jump, and fourth in B string long jump.
 
The 4 x 100m relay team of Sarah, Christina, Lisa and Florence was second.
 
Men
Kieran Shah and Kai Tin Fung Man ran 100m and 200m with Kai Tin winning B string 100m. James Twallin ran A string 400m and Euan Pinder won B string. Euan had earlier been second in A string 800m with Isaac Jessop-Tranter second in B string. In 1500m Rowan Fuss was third in A string, with Dean Childs winning B string. The 3000m saw Aran Davidson third in A string, and Callum Powell second in B string.
 
Ryan Wells was third in A string 100m hurdles and Marko Stankovic was third in B string. Marco added fourth in A string 400m hurdles. Dan Cogan was third in A string 2000m steeplechase.
 
Ryan Wells and Fraser Kilsby covered many bases in the field - Ryan third in A string high jump, fourth in A string pole vault, third in A string triple jump, second in A string hammer, third in A string discus, third in B string shot; Fraser fifth in B string high jump, fifth in B string pole vault, second in A string shot, third in B string discus, and second in B string javelin. Jack Wallwork was A string long jump and Ryan Allbrook was B string long jump and triple jump. Oliver Dorrell was A string javelin and Ben Coughlin second in B string hammer.
 
The 4 x 100m team was fourth. The mixed 4 x 400m relay saw the team record holders Isaac Jessop-Tranter, Evelyn Wildman, Amy Hogbin and Euan Pinder reunite to be third in 3.45, and the B team of Rowan Fuss, Zoe Doyle, Tash Taylor and James Twallin were second in 3.52.
 
The team will look to keep up these high standards next year.