There has been a delay with this one as we’ve been waiting for some results for older fixtures but thanks for Noel McKakly we now have them and he’s also come up trumps with the Traingular League results, which as you read on will be something worth celebrating.
We’ll focus firstly on who did what at the ESAA English Schools Championships, in Birmingham. You may have already seen details of our exploits on the Express & Star website but for completeness we’ll start there. There were some fantastic performances at what is seen as the pinnacle of the sport for the age group and a proving ground for many athletes who go on to even greater things just appearing at the championships is an achievement. Aisha Abdullah finished 9th in the hammer final with a throw of 44.63, only single figures away from medalling, Ethan Kendrick claimed a bronze medal in the hammer with 57.13. Isobelle jones won her heat in the Senior Girls 1500 in 4.28.45 and then ran 4.25.6 in the final to bag a silver medal. Samantha Agomoh ran a new PB of 24.64 in her 200 heat to qualify for the final where she lowered her PB again with 24.51 to claim a bronze medal, good enough to place her 3rd in the UK in her age group. Samantha also formed part of a bronze medal winning mixed 4 x 100 relay. Joshua Welford was 5th in his heat of the Senior Boys 200 in 22.31. And Aupromeyo Mukerjee was 6th in 12.11 in the Junior Boys 100 heat. Over 3000 Grace Hendy placed 18th in the U17W final in 10.35.58.
Elsewhere on the track, and much further afield Miguel Francis ran 10.40 to win his heat and then ran a seasons best of 10.30 to win the final in the Antigua & Barbuda National Championships. And closer to home there was more midweek track action at the Birchfield Games where James Crust was 8th over 400 in 54.20 and Josh Welford placed 3rd over 100 in 11.20.
The Sexarathon Series organised by Telford AC moved on to race 5 with the Ironbridge 4, a lovely race out and back on either side of the River Severn. James Neilson ran a superb race to place 6th in 22.19, Luke Maskew was just behind in 7th claiming 1st M35 in 22.26 and Dan Turner was 8th in 22.30. Dylan Illidge was 16th in 23.39, Steve Newman was 17th in 23.51, Alex Kelly was 18th in 23.52, Paul Marson was 35th in 25.9, Zak Sandhu-Whitton was 37th in 25.11, Dave Newport was 46th in 25.31, Sundeep Sunar placed 65th in 26.36, Tony Cheema was 74th in 27.01, Andy Horton placed 82nd in 27.16, Carl James 95thin 28.13, Rob Edwards 98th in 28.19, Darren Owen-Jones was 116th in 28.50, Mark Illidge was 132nd in 29.41, Emily Simmonds was 134th in 29.50 to claim 2nd F40, Rob Edwards was 141st in 30.12, Maria Calleia 154th in 30.37, Ian Thursfield 173rd in 31.36 and Mark Perry 176th in 31.45.
On Sunday we had the final fixture in the Triangular League where it was confirmed that the club finished top of the table and are league champions. Dave Perkins stated that “the kids were amazing over all three events, totally dominant. If we keep this cohort together and add to it in the next few years who knows what they can achieve for the club. Think big.”
In the final meeting of the season at Tipton Harriers there was a 2nd place finish for Ocean Schloss in the 75m U11G A in 11.6, Isla Gaunt won the B race in 11.7, Chloe Cashmore-Jones won the NS race in 12.3 and Holly Doody was 3rd in 13.4 in the second NS race. In the U11B 75m there was a win for Farrell Sogbesan in 10.8 in the A race, a win for Jenson James Bowen on 11.7 in the B race, a win for Samuel Worrall in 11.6, a 2nd place for Mason Trevatt in 12.3 in the first NS race, a 2nd place for Joseph Blunt in 12.6 in the second NS race and a 3rdplace for Edison Bowden in the third NS race. In the U9G 50m NS there was a win for Naveah Maxwell in 8.3, a 2ndfor Isabelle Bowden in 9.0, in the second NS race Edan Gray was 1st in 8.3, Harper Williams placed 2nd in 9.1, Ruby Petford was 3rd in 9.4 and Phoebe Tett was 4th in 9.7. There were an additional two NS race for U9B where Bertie Dixon placed 1st in 8.6, Henry Shaw was 2nd in 8.9 and Noah Oxley was 3rd in 9.2. In the second race Luca O was 1st in 8.4. In the U13G A over 100m Esme Gray took 1st in 14.6, Orlia Ouli was 3rd in 15.3. In the B race Martha Harris was 2nd in 16.2, Adelaide Southall 3rd in 16.2, Sophie Pilsbury 5th in 17.2 and Anaiya Patel 6th in 17.6. In the U13B A race Callum Hamilton was 2nd in 14.1 and in the B Gabriel Quintine-Morris was 1st in 14.5, in the NS race Ryan Lovegrove placed 3rd on 15.1.
Over 600 metres there was a 1st place for Alba Jones in 1.48.8 in the U13G, Ocean Schloss was 2nd in 1.58.3, Chloe Cashmore-Jones 3rd on 2.01.3 and Isla Gaunt 4th in 2.06.6. In the U11B race George Shaw placed 2nd in 1.59.0, Isaac Heinke 3rd in 2.01.3, Sam Worrall 4th in 2.02.2, Bertie Dixon 5th in 2.03.1, Edison Bowden 6th in 2.04.1, Joseph Blunt 7th in 2.05.1 and Mason Trevatt placed 13th in 2.18.7. Over 800 there was a win for Adelaide Southall in the U13G in a time of 2.43.4, Martha Harris was 4th in 2.59.1, Sophie Pilsbury 7th in 3.08.1 and Anaiya Patel 11th in 3.16.5. In the U13B there was a 3rdplace for Ryan Lovegrove on 2.48.1 and a 6th place for Jameson Gotsall-Jones in 3.27.2. The U11 girls placed 2nd in the 4 x 50 in 36.4, the U11boys were 1st in the same event in 33.5 and the U13 boys were 2nd in the 4 x 100 relay in 62.4.
In the field events Adelaide Southall finished 4th with a throw of 9.63 in the U13G javelin, Callum Hamilton won the U13B long jump with 4.34, Gabriel Quintine-Morris was 3rd with 3.91 and Jameson Gotsall-Jones was 11thwith 2.95, Jameson also placed 5th in the shot with 3.99. In the U11G howler there was a 3rd place for Holly Doody with 16.34, a 4th place for Isla Gaunt with 10.27. In the U11B long jump George Shaw claimed the win with a leap of 3.61, Farrell Sogbesan was runner up with 3.59, Jenson James Bowen was 6th with 3.16, Seth Owen-Stuart was 11th with 2.78. In the U11G high jump Edison Bowden won with 1.10 and the the U13G event Orla Ouli placed 3rdwith 1.15. George Shaw won the U11B howler with 37.20, Seth Owen-Stuart was 4th with 24.14, Jack Hendy 7th with 18.96, Jenson James Bowen 8th with 18.14. Callum Hamilton took 2nd place with 1.20 in the U13B high jump, Gabiel Quintine-Morris won the U11s event with 1.20, Farrel Sogbesan was 6th with 1.10 and Mason Trevatt 8thwith 1.05. And in the U13G long jump Esme Gray placed 3rd with 3.27 and Orlia Ouli was 4th recording a leap of 3.15.
So, to finish off we’ll go back to the 6th July and to Stourport and tidy up those YDL results where the club finished in 4th place. In the U20 mens there was a 3rdplace over 100 for Theo Ricketts with 11.5, James Crust was 1st in 23.8 in the 200 A race with Roshane Gordon placing 1st in the B race in 24.2. Yaw Osei-Asabere was 2nd over 400 in 52.4 with Roshane winning the B race in 53.6. There is no list of who was involved in the 4 x 100 relay but it’s safe to assume it was Theo, Roshane, James and Yaw who finished 1st in 46.6. In the ladies events the results are showing a blank for the W&B athlete who finished 3rd in the 100 U20 W A race in 13.1. Amelia Hancock took part in the long jump, finishing in 4th place with a leap of 2.75, Amelia won the shot with 5.06, won the hammer with 36.24, with Georgina Neilson winning the B event with 35.76, Amelia was 3rd in the javelin with 11.89.
In the U17s competition Chyloh McKenzie won the 100 in 11.2 and also placed 1st in the 200 with 23.7. There are more gaps in the results for W&B although I’m guessing here that it was Chyloh who won the shot with 10.82, also won the discus with 33.33 and the javelin with 40.13. And in the ladies side of the competition there was a 4th place for Elissa Rukweza over 200 with 29.5, Elissa was 3rd in the long jump with a leap of 4.39. Ronni Read was 2ndover 800 in 2.34.8, In the throws Aisha Abdulla was 1st in the shot with 10.78, and claimed another win in the hammer with 47.25.
To catch up on the other missing details from the Seniors Metting in Tamworth where the club found themselves in 6th place in the division. Kyle Astley-Weah finished 3rd in 11.9 in the 100 A with Connor Blincoe placing 4th in 12.5 in the 1st B/C race with Nacardo Lewis 3rd in 12.6 in the 2nd B/C race. Over 200 Kyle was 6th in 23.8 in the A race with Connor placing 4th in 24.9 in the B event. Connor then placed 2nd in 54.7 over 400 with Greg Asbury running 56.5 to take the runners up spot in the B race. Tom Pryor placed 3rd with 2.01.8 in the 800 A with Gary Worrall taking 2nd in 2.08.2 in the 800 B and Jagtar Singh Bopari taking 3rd in 2.11.4 in the same race. Tom was 6thin 4.46.0 in the 1500 A with Jag taking 7th place over the same distance in 4.43.3 in the B race. The club finished 4th in the 4 x 100 in 48.2 and 3rd in the 4 x 400 in 4.12.9.
In the field events Greg Asbury placed 4th in the long jump recording 4.52, with Joe Deans measuring 3.19 for 4thplace in the B event, Greg was 3rd in the triple jump with 10.18. In the throws Joe placed 5th with 8.55 in the shot, Dave Baggot was 2nd in the B event with 7.93, Matt Sutton placed 3rd in the discus with 28.20, with Dave recording 18.95 to take 6th in the B discus, Matt was also 2nd in the hammer with 51.54 with Dave placing 2nd in the B competition with 23.99 and finally in the throws Joe was 6th in the A javelin with 20.67.
In the ladies side of the competition Louise Webster placed 7th over 100 with 15.3, Veronika Foster was 6th in the 200 with 31.8, Veronika also placed 2nd in the 400 clocking 70.7. Millie Williams was 2nd over 800 with a time of 2.28.2 with Ronni Read winning the B race with 2.30.7. Megan White bagged a win in the 1500 with 4.50.2, Zoleka Mzuka was 2nd in the B race with 4.59.3. Over 3000 there was a 4th place finish for Sabrina Thomas in 11.51.1.
In the field events Veronika Foster placed 8th in the long jump with 3.25 metres. In the throws Louise Webster was 4th in the shot with 8.58, 6th in the discus with 17.63, 5th in the javelin with 20.78, with Georgina Neilson taking 1stplace in the B event with 16.91, Louise was 2nd in the hammer with 40.43, with Georgina placing 2nd in the B competition with 35.71. To finish things off we also had a couple of athletes running as guests with Nacardo Lewis clocking 25.4 and Panos Agiannitis recording a time of 32.0 both over 200 metres.
