Team Kennet Juniors Athletics competed in the first round of fixtures in the Wessex Young Athletes Track and Field League at the weekend, at Andover.
In a close match the Yellow/Blue and White Vests narrowly missed out on a match win but secured 3 out of the 6 age group wins.
Match Score
Waverley AC 366
Team Kennet 354.4
Radley 320
Fleet 310
Andover 180
Poole AC 161.5
The Girls section made the best of the team starts, Under 13 Girls showed the depth with a convincing age group win, day started on the track with the 70m hurdles with Elodie Burdett coming 4th A string 18.1, in the B string a great win from Ella Parsons in 16.4, next up was the 1500m this saw a great solo run from Penelope Lyth to win in 5.33.6 and team mate Elodie Burdett secured a B string win in 5.45.1, the 800m Affra Bailey came home in 4th 2.49.4 and Alice Stratford secured 2nd B string in 2.48.3, the Sprints fared well for the club, Matilda Clare came 2nd in the 200m with 29.4 and Orlagh Stratford taking 3rd in the B string 30.9, the 100m Isla Ladds clocked 14.2 for 4th A and Sophia Mahoney took 3rd place in the B string 15.4, The 4 x 100m Relay quartet of O. Straford, Clare, Lyth and Ladds ran a superb relay to come home in first place in 58.6, while in the Non Scoring 4 x 100m the quartet of A. Stratford, Millie Barlow, Ayla Wyvill and Mahoney won their race in 65 seconds.
On to the Field Isla Ladds showed her strength to win the Long Jump with a leap of 4.09 and Clare made it a double with a b win 3.97, the High Jump both girls cleared 1.10 Orlagh Stratford taking 2nd A and Masie McCurtin winning the B string. The Throws always secure TK high points, this was so in the Shot as another double win came from Affra Bailey 5.59 and Ayla Wyvill 4.61, Clare won her Javelin with 20.47 and two good second places came from Isla Ladds 18.19 and Penelope Lyth 9.58 in the Discus.
The under 15 girls will be strong for the club this year, they also took a convincing win in their age group on the Field a Double win came in the High Jump with Jess McCurtin 1.30 and Ella Cronk 1.25, Cronk surprised herself by steeping in the Shot and secured a 2nd place with 8.47 and in the Long Jump Isabel Payne lept 4.68 to finish 3rd place and in the B string Emerald Hill Sawyer won this string in 4.45.
The Track picked up massive points, Harriet Saunders won her 1500m by just over 100m in 5.05.20, in the 800m a double win came from Olivia Bentley 2.31.4 and Jess McCurtin 2.40.7, the shorter sprint races first in the 300m Hill Sawyer clocked 47.9 for 3rd place, and a good second came from McCurtin 48.4 in the B string, in the 200m Bentley came 3rd A string 28.3 and Cronk 4th B string 30.7, and in the 100m Payne was 3rd A string 13.4 and Hill Sawyer taking 2nd place in the B string 13.9
The 4 x 100m Relay team of Payne, Hill Sawyer, McCurtin and Bentley saw them finish in second place 56.4
The under 15 Boys are also very strong this year, and TK boys showed their strength in the Field events, In the Shot Berkay Altuntas won this event with a throw of 9.09 and new comer Oscar Hook took the B string with 9.07, Both boys teamed up for another double win in the Discus Altuntas 33.35 and Hook 27.00 and Noah Lauder-Clarke won the Javelin with a throw of 39.19 and Josh Ladds taking 2nd B string 26.95. Josh Brian took part in the long jump finishing 2nd
On the Track, new comer Matias Huelgas came 4th in the 100m 12.9 and Brian won his string 13.6, the pair teamed up in the 200m with Huelgas 3rd A string 26.6 and Brian taking 2nd B string 28.8, Lauder Clarke secured another win in the 300m 43.3 with Ladds taking 2nd B string 48.6, Harry Smith came 2nd in his 1500m with 4.59.4 and the 4 x 100m relay quartet of Lauder-Clarke, Ladds, Brian and Hueglas ran a superb relay to be clipped right on the line and had to take 2nd place 54.2
The under 17 mens age group saw only two boys turn up for the club Turkay Altuntas won his Shot with 11.68 throw and in the Discus threw 30.97 for 2nd place, Theo Nightingale came 2nd in his High Jump 1.70 and was 4th in his Long Jump 5.35
The under 17 Girls were 3rd in their age group, mostly specializing in their own events, a double win came in the High Jump with Leilah Gaye 1.40 and Amber Stiles 1.30, in the Shot Zoe Dickson was 2nd A string 7.44 and Suki Humphreys winning the B string 6.72, The Discus saw the same results with Dickson throwing 23.17 and Humphreys 19.85, Dickson came 2nd in her Javelin 15.48, Amelie Tayton came home in 2nd place in the 800m 3.00.8
Finally the under 13 Boys saw only 3 boys turn out due to other sports over the weekend, Jenson Nichols made his mark by winning the 100m in 13.4 and also winning the Javelin with 33.63, Alfie Cronk had a good day in his throws coming 2nd in the A string Discus 14.08 and winning the B string Shot 6.57, with Nichols taking 2nd A string 7.83, Josh Bailey came a good 2nd in the 1500m 5.38.3 and 4th in his 200m 36.1.