Youth Development League - Lower Age Group - Match 1 at Eton

It was a very positive match for the Chiltern Harriers U13 and U15 team at Eton on May 3rd at the first YDL lower age group match at Eton.
 
Although it was a small team, all athletes gained great experience and there were numerous PBs and event debuts to enjoy.
 
It was a well organised match under a mild, sunny spring sky.

U13 Girls
Lottie Monnington and Nia Beckford both made their YDL debuts and had a great match. Nia was second in A string 150m, second in A string long jump, and second in B string hurdles. Lottie was second in A string 1200m, fifth in A string javelin, and sixth in A string hurdles.
 
U13 Boys
Jack Dixon had an excellent match, second in A string shot and javelin, fifth in A string 800m. Thomas Cooper was second in B string 800m, second in B string javelin, and sixth in A string long jump. Jake Seabrook was fifth in A string 75m, sixth in A string 150m, and fourth in B string long jump. Jack Dalton was third in A string 1200m, third in A string high jump, and the four lads combined to be fifth in the 4 x 100m relay.
 
U15 Girls
This was our most complete team and featured many very promising performances. In the sprints Amariah Odogwu was sixth in A string 100m and Bethan Lloyd sixth in B string 200m. Maya Davis ran a PB to be second in A string 800m in 2.25.74, with Nell Frost third in B string.  Lana Wahlberg had a good run in non-scoring 800m. Juliette MacDougall was also in PB form to be third in A string 1500m in 5.05.18, with Alice Martin second in B string.
Maya followed up her 800m with a PB to be sixth in A string 300m. Holly Knott was third in B string 300m, and was also fourth in B string hurdles and fourth in B string high jump. Bethan ran a PB 13.13 in A string hurdles to be fourth and was fifth in A string high jump. Lauren Dwyer had a busy day, fourth in A string hammer, sixth in A string shot and seventh in A string long jump. Juliette was second in B string javelin and sixth in B string long jump. In an exciting 4 x 300m relay the quartet of Holly, Bethan, Lauren and Juliette was fourth.
 
U15 Boys
Sam Findley ran A string 100m and 200m with Isaac Taylor providing excellent back up in 100m. John Rooney and Oliver Atkinson ran well in 300m and Isaac Taylor, fifth in A string, and Isaac Brown, third in B string, did well in 800m. The 1500m saw good efforts from Colin Miles and Oliver Atkinson. John Rooney and Isaac Brown looked after long jump and Colin threw an excellent PB of 31.49m to be fourth in A string javelin. The 4 x 300m foursome of Colin, John, Isaac T and Issac B were an excellent second.
 
With much better availability at match 2, the team will hope to move up the finishing order.
 
This match, at Little Marlow on Sunday June 1st, sees Chiltern hosting for the first time in several years.
 
Any volunteers willing to contribute to the club effort on the day please let Alan Hewson, Sue Slade and Steve Perkin know.