Youth Development League - Lower Age Group - Match 2 at Little Marlow

It was a special day for Chiltern Harriers on Sunday, with the club hosting it’s first YDL league match for ten years. It was a great success with many complimentary comments from other clubs, officials, parents and athletes.
 
A huge amount of work had been put in by Alan Hewson and his huge army of helpers at Little Marlow Athletics Track to get the venue into tip-top condition for the day. This was in the weeks leading up to the meeting and especially on the day before. Dozens of older athletes, parents and coaches also helped on the day with the smooth running of car parking, refreshments, results, equipment and so on.
 
Big thanks go to Nicky and Des Beckford, Sarah and Derek Lloyd, Adam Janisch, Ben Walsh, Sally Delgado, Tom Dixon, Sue Slade, Paul Goddings (PG Events) and Godstowe Prep.
 
Match 3 on June 29th sees Wycombe Phoenix hosting at the same venue, so hopefully it will be just as successful.
 
The match saw the Chiltern team move a up a place from match 1, finishing a creditable fifth, not far behind fourth. A good turnout of 43 athletes enjoyed some good competition.
 
U15 Girls
There was an A string win for Maya Davis in 800m in a PB of 2.24.25. Good support came in the B string where Alice Martin ran a PB of 2.33.12 to be second and Bea Robinson ran a season’s best 2.39.18 in non-scoring. The 1500m saw Juliette MacDougall third in A string in 5.05.89, a fraction outside her PB, and Nell Frost won B string in a PB of 5.08.17. The 100m saw good efforts from Bliss Bushay and Amariah Odogwu, and Bliss and Bronwen Harman took care of 200m. Bethan Lloyd, fifth in A string, and Holly Knott, fourth in B string, scored useful points in 300m.
 
Bethan and Holly were also in action in 75m hurdles, with Bethan fourth in A string in a PB of 12.91, and Holly third in B string. Bliss and Juliette contributed in long jump and Holly equalled her PB of 1.40 to be fourth in high jump. Anais Majekodunmi won A string hammer with 24.86m and also did well to be in fourth in A string discus and fourth in B string shot. Aliyah Haigh was fifth in A string shot and Lana Wahlberg second in B string discus. Juliette and Bronwen helped out with javelin.
 
The 4 x 100m team of Holly, Anais, Bliss and Bronwen were seventh, and the 4 x 300m team of Juliette, Bea, Bronwen and Maya were sixth.
 
U15 Boys
An improved team on the first match saw good efforts all round. Isaac Taylor was fifth in A string 800m and Kit Dixon fourth in B string. Isaac Brown and Jacob McCall ran well in non-scoring 800m. Josh Woodward made his YDL debut with third in A string 1500m, Harrison Lawrence third in B string. In 100m Isaac Taylor looked after A string, and Sam Findley did B string 100m and A string 200m. Oli Atkinson ran a PB in A string 300m with John Rooney in B string.
 
High jump saw Harry Reeder fourth in A string in 1.45m and Alex McCloy third in B string. John Rooney and Kit Dixon did long jump, and Harrison Lawrence helped out with A string discus. Harry Reeder again did well with fourth in 7.65m in shot, Isaac McCall doing B string. Harry completed his field events with a good second place in A string hammer. Alex McCloy was third in A string javelin and Isaac McCall again helped with B string.
 
The 4 x 100m team of Isaac Taylor, Harrison Lawrence, Isaac Brown and Josh Woodward were fifth, as were the 4 x 300m team of Isaac Taylor, Harrison Lawrence, Harry Reeder and Kit Dixon.
 
U13 Girls
Nia Beckford had a successful match, winning A string high jump, second in A string 150m and third in A string 70m hurdles. Darcey Dutton and Ella Banks made their debuts with good efforts in 75m. Darcey was also fifth in B string 150m and fourth in A string long jump. Aura Lue Fong also had a good debut, second in A string 800m in 2.39.80. Lottie Monnington was third in A string 1200m, with Emilia Ingham second in B string. Lottie added a win in B string javelin with Emilia Harriss third in A string. The 4 x 100m relay team of Darcey, Nia, Lottie and Ella were fourth.
 
U13 Boys
Toby Moore had a good debut, fourth in A string 75m, sixth in A string 150m. George Callow provided backup in B string 75m, and Charlie Yeoh was 75m non-scoring. In 800m Barnaby Williams was third in A string and Jonathan Kalibbala was third in B string. Jack Dixon and Oliver Harrison ran well in non-scoring 800m. Thomas Cooper made his 1200m debut, running well to be fourth in A string.
 
Max Hall had a good day, second in A string 75m hurdles, second in A string shot, and third in A string long jump. Nicholas Janisch was second in A string javelin with a PB of 26.72m. Jack Dixon had a rare off day in javelin but did well to win B string shot. Jack Dalton was third in A string high jump and Thomas Cooper helped out in B string long jump. The 4 x 100m team of George, Toby, Thomas and Max was fifth.