After weeks and weeks of relentless action it was a little quieter over the last 7 days, but there was still plenty going on to fill a report on our exploits.
We’ll start with the University of Birmingham Track & Field Series last Wednesday where Owen Ulfig placed 4th over 1500 in 3.56.34, Theo Ulfig placed 7th and 2nd U15B with a shiny new PB of 4.37.27 and Seb Palmer was 15th in his heat and 1st U13B in 4.47.55.
There was more track action at Oakengates in Telford in the UK Youth Development League Midlands NE Division 1E, where Callum Hamilton was 3rd in 10.7 in the U13M A race, Willow Dixon was 1st in 10.3 in the U13W A race, and Biba Guest was 2nd in 11.2 in the U13W B race over 75 metres. Over 100m there was a win for Aupromeyo Mukherjee in 11.9 in the U15M A, Hugo Helmers was 2nd in 13.7 in the U15 B, Uriah Thompson was 2nd in the U15M nsA event, Samantha Agomoh won the U15W A in 12.3, Michelle Okafor won the B race in 13.0 and Thillana Owen won the nsA race in 13.1. Over 150 there was a 4th place finish for Callum Hamilton in the U13M A in 21.2, Willow Dixon was 2nd in 20.6 in the U13W A race, Retina Gordon was 4th in 23.3 in the U13W B.
Over 200 Hugo Helmers placed 3rd in 27.8 in the U15M A, Uriah Thompson was 2nd in 29.8 in the B race. Thillana Owne won the U15W A with 27.6, Rochee Gordon was 3rd in 31.1 in the B race. Over 300 Jonathan Yang placed 3rd in 43.5 in the U15M A race, Nahum Worrall clocked 46.2 in 3rd place in the U15M B. Kaleah Moulder took 3rd place in 47.8 in the U15W A over 300, Amira Moulder was 2nd in the same time in the B race. Over 800 metres there was a 2nd place finish in 2.15.4 for Jonathan Yang in the U15M A, Nahum Worrall was 2nd in 2.24.3 to take 2nd in the B race, Samuel Round was 4th in 2.43.1 in the U13M A race.
On the ladies side of things Kiki Guest was 4th in 2.35.3 in the U15W A, Clara Butler-Montero was 2nd in 2.50.9 in the B race, Erin-Mia Nash won the nsA race in 2.48.7 and Amiyah Kumar Pal won the nsA b race in 3.01.4 over 800. Also, over 800 there was a win for Biba Guest in the U13W A in 2.41.8, Adelaide Southall was 2nd in 2.53.9 in the B race.
Over 1200 Seb Palmer claimed a victory in the U13M A race in 3.41.1, he also won a lot of friends as we have received a wonderful email from the parents of a Telford AC athlete referring to Seb’s behaviour. I won’t give you the full email here, but they complimented Seb for “What a lasting impression he made in a moment!” They went on to explain that he rallied the rest of the boys who all started clapping their son who was in last place and congratulated him as he crossed the line prompting the others to follow suit. They said that “The leadership and true sportsmanship this young man showed in this moment will impact my son for a long time to come. He showed him not to be embarrassed or humiliated to come last but to be proud of himself for showing courage and determination to step out to compete and finish the race. In that moment he showed him kindness and most importantly respect.” I think she shows exactly what this club and the group he trains with is about.
Back to the action, over 1500 Theo Ulfig clocked 4.40.3 for 2nd place in the U15M A race, Harry Monkton won the U15M B with 4.44.9, Alive Cattell was 3rd in 5.25.2 in the U14W A race, Maya Rose Jelic Ramesh was 2nd with 5.38.0 in the U15W B. The U15 women won the 4 x 100 in 52.5 and the U13 women placed 4th in their 4 x 100 in 59.5. The U15 men were 3rd in 3.10.0 in the 4 x 300 and the ladies were 3rd in 3.20.6.
In the high jump Alice Cattell was equal 3rd with a clearance of 1.20 in the U15W A high jump with Grace Rogers clearing the same height for 3rd in the B competition. Retina Gordon was equal 4th with 1.10 in the U13W A high jump. Hugo Helmers leapt to 3.98 to take 2nd place in the U15M A long jump, Uriah Thompson won the B event with 3.45. Callum Hamilton was 2nd with 4.14. in the U3M A long jump, Grace Oluwajobi was 4th with 3.39 in the U15W A long jump and Rochee Gordon was 3rd with 3.23 in the B event. Retina Gordon was 5th in the U13W A long jump with 3.33.
In the throws Lewis Neilson was 3rd with 3.86 in the U15M A shot, Esi Djabanor was 3rd with 6.44 in the U15W A event, Grace Rogers was 2nd with 4.91 in the B competition. In the U13s Yonitse Djabanor won the shot with 6.26, Adelaide Southall was 3rd in the B competition with 3.83. Grace Rogers was 2nd in the U15W A discus with 3.16 and Charlotte Rogers was 2nd in the B event with a throw of exactly 10.00 metres. Esi Djabanor was 2nd in the hammer with 12.14 in the U15M A. In the javelin Jonathan Yang was 2nd in the U15M A with 21.23, Lewis Neilson was very proud of his PB in the U15B B javelin with a throw of 15.91, Esi Djabanor was 2nd with 21.15 in the U15W A completion, Charlotte Rogers won the U15W B javelin 13.10, Yonitse Djabanor was 4th with 13.19 in the U13W A.
And in the Run With The Wind Open Meeting in Cardiff there was another good showing from Ethan Muirhead who placed 6th over 100 in 11.09, and was 3rd over 200 in 22.65.
Dave Norman
