Day 2 saw a great under 17 womens shot competition with Izzy McHattie leading into the last round only to be edged down in to bronze by just 9cm, her throw set a new club record with 10.77.

Oliver Cooper made his indoor debut for the club in the under 17 mens triple jump, he set a new indoor club record of 12.08 for 5th place. On day 2 Georgina Bradford just missed the 800m final by one place, she came 2nd in her heat with 2.29.41 again setting a new club indoor record while Carys Cox ran a superb race clocking a fast time of 2.35.93 for 5th place in her heat.

After last weeks success Millie Calkin started off well in the u15 girls 200, she won her first round in 27.57 then in the semi finals clocked anther fast time of 27.43 for third place not enough to go through to the final but another club record. Calkin managed 5th in her 60m sprint in 8.66 and only managed 10th place in the long jump with 4.59

Under 17 Yolanda Nicholson came 2nd in her 60m heat in 8.06 and came 3rd in the semi final in 8.08 again just missing out in the final, her long jump was a much below par of 4.79 for 9th place. Nathan Gillis found the going tough after running in the Berkshire Schools cross country the day before, he could only manage 8th place with 4.28.77 in the u17s 1500m.

1st – Isio Orogun          -            43.79     -       Dartford Harriers AC
2nd -Millie Calkin        -              43.82     -       Team Kennet AC
3rd – Rosa Prideaux   -              43.84     -       Chelmsford AC

It was a great race.  Bit difficult to get used to running the first 200 in lanes and then breaking into inside lane for last 100m.  Millie was just in second after the break and tried to take the winner on the bend but she just held her off.  As you can see 5 100^ths of a second between 1st, 2nd & 3rd, one of the closest races ever at the championships.

Team Kennet had other athletes taking part on day 1. In the u17 mens 400m Samuel Randall eased through to the final as he won his heat in 52.6 but could only managed 5th in the final with a slower time. Luke Conway ran a fast 800m in his heat of the under 20 800m in 2.01.96 for second, but still wasnt quick enough to reach the final. Justin Lakey took part in the Senior mens high jump to finish 6th with 1.85 his first competition for over 6 months.

Also competing at the meeting was Aidan Marshall who ran 7.66 in the 60m.

Izzy Mchattie was the clubs highest ranked athlete with 3rd in the Javelin 38.20 only 40cm off being number 1 and 6th in the Shot with 11.69 in the under 15 age group. She was also the English Schools Javelin Champion and UK u15 Champion. In the same age group Conlan Macdonald was ranked 9th in the UK for 200m 22.86 and 16th in the 100m 11.4. Oliver Cooper, who only joined the club in June, made it to 14th in the triple jump rankings with 12.23m in the u15 boys and George Hunter in the same event 73rd with 11.37m. Josh Willock was 44th in the 200m 23.65 and 25th in the long jump 5.86.

In the girls u15s Yasmin Ryder was ranked 16th in the 3000m 10.37.7, 21st in the 1500m 4.46.3 and 76th in the 800m 2.22.0, Georgina Bradford was ranked 55th in the 3000m 11.19.3, 90th in the 800 2.22.6 and 74th in the 1500m 4.56.1

In the under 17 section Yolanda Nicholson cleared 5.24m in the long jump to be ranked 34th, she made the top 100 in the 100m 95th 12.8 and 200m 75th with 26.1, Freya Eaton was 40th in the 300m hurdles 47.4. For the throwers Alishia Bradford was 52nd in the Discus 29.52m and Emma Seymour 66th in the same event 28.04m. For the boys Peter Saunders was 48th in the long jump 6.28 but the best placed was Samuel Randall in the 400m where he was 16th with 49.7. Matt Davies made 85th in the 100m hurdles, Luke Angell threw over 50m in the javelin for a 30th ranking with 50.47m.

The u13 section Adam Conway made it to 84th in the Javelin with 28.04 and Jordan Donovan was 78th in the Discus 18.79m.

Emma Seymour took part in the three throws in the under 17 girls her main event the Discus she threw 25.58, the shot 7.42 and Javelin 19.88

Sarah Saunders in the u15 girls recorded p.b. in the 200 27.99 and threw the javelin 22.69

in the same age group in the boys Tom Uden clocked 2.17.3 in the 800m and Jo Richardson taclked the long jump 3.30, 80m 12.68 and 2.06.9 in the 600 in the under 11 age group

Newquay 141
Team Dorset 134
Team Kennet 120
Radley 81

In a very close match Team Kennet claimed a double double win in the womens sprints, in the 100m Codie Burnett won with 13.3 and Brandy Funderburk won the B string 13.4, Brandy won the A string 200m with 28.6 and Freya Eaton taking the B string with 28.9, Eaton then went on to win 300m hurdles as well.
Yasmin Ryder kept her unbeaten run in the 1500m in the under 15 section where she was backed well by Rhea Walter winning the B string.

Millie Calkin added two wins in the 200m 27.8 and leaping to 4.44 in the long jump, she was just pipped in the 100 for second 14.0, both Georgina Bradford and Chloe Scaplehorn were second in their 800m strings with Scaplehorn clocking a new p.b. 2.34.8, which she matched in places in the 200m 30.7.

Back to the seniors in the middle distance captain Jenny Eaton took third in her 800 and again in the 1500 and a well deserved second in the 3000m, Mary Allan ran in the B strings coming second in the 800 and won the B string 1500.

Codie Burnett stepped up to tackle the 400m where she came second A string 68.6 and Allan ran the B string for anther fine second place.
in the long jump Burnett could only manage 3rd with 4.59 while Funderburk came 2nd in the B string.

the throws saw better points, Alishia Bradford came second in the shot 8.10 with Emma Seymour winning the B string 7.29, Seymour matched this win in the B string Discus 24.14 while Bradford again came second A string 27.50.
the javelin Bradford threw 18.56 for third A string and Seymour came second B string 16.27
the relay team of Funderburk, Eaton, Burnett and Seymour came away with a good second place.

The under 15 high jump saw Harriet Allan in 4th place 1.20 and Walter 3rd B string 1.15.
all the under 15 throwers were away, but the step in girls still did well, Amelia Wenlock and Rebecca Allan both coming third in the Shot, Allan matching that in the A string Discus with Bradford 2nd in the B string and in the javelin Bradford coming 4th A string and Allan second in the B string. The relay quartet of Calkin, Bradford, Scaplehorn and Allan were second.

Oliver Hewitt continued his rapid improving by winning the u13 boys Shot 7.69 and throwing the Javelin 22.96 both being p.bs. Peter Saunders struck gold twice as he won the under 17 200m in 24.1 and the long jump 6.01, he also picked up a Bronze in the 100m 11.79. In the same age group Alex Roue came 3rd in the 200m 24.2 while Luke Angell just missed the 50m mark in the Javelin to claim Bronze with 49.20m. Daniel Collis picked up the other Gold in the u15 boys 1500m with a 4.53 win.

New comer David Calder took part in the 10 step champs for u9s, he was rewarded with a silver medal for 2nd place, winning the Vortex 25.49 and Standing long jump 1.56 outright. The under 17 women took their share of medals as Alishia Bradford won two silvers in Discus 26.59 and Shot 7.70, while Emma Seymour came 3rd in shot 6.44 and just missed out in Discus 24.55 and Javelin 15.30 for 4th places.

The under 15 girls saw the biggest club turnout as it has been all season, Georgina Bradford picked up the only medal a silver in the 800 2.29.2 with Chloe Scaplehorn just behind in 4th 2.35.9. In the 300m Millie Calkin clocked 45.0 while Georgina Bradford 48.5 and Chloe Scaplehorn 48.6. Calkin just missed out on bronze in the 200m 27.9 for 4th place with Sarah Saunders 28.5 and Sophie Barton 29.3. Barton also took part in the 100m 14.1 and the 75m hurdles 15.3. Rebecca Allan had a go at the throws where she threw 14.69 in the Discus and 6.02 for the Shot and Tom Uden in the u15 boys cleared 1.40 for the high jump, 4.70 in the long jump and ran 2.22.0 in the 800m.

The under 13 girls Harriet Allan lept to a bronze in the high jump 1.20, Natasha Roue came 9th in the 70m hurdles 13.78, in the 200m she clocked 33.7 and threw the shot 5.87. Antonia Richardson ran in the 800 3.23 and tackled two throws Shot 4.56 and Javelin 14.06 and in the boys age group Max uden cleared 1.15 in the high jump and clocked 16.6 in the 100m.

Kira Angell tackled the 55m hurdles in the u11s, coming 7th 12.59 with Rachel Allan 13.1. New comer Eleanor Krefting ran 25.07 in the 150m, came 7th in the 600m 2.12.4, Angell clocking 2.21.8. Allan was the only clubs competitor in the Vortex 16.54, while in the Long Jump Angell jumped 2.63. Jo Richardson was the only u11 boy from the club running in the 150 24.9

Kira Barton took part in the u9 10 step coming 14th but won the Vortex outright 17.94, but had to withdraw from the 800m but for which she would of up there in the medals.

Nathan Gillis ran anther superb race gaining confidence at each race came in 6th place in the 1500m with another p.b. of 4.18.2 to take him into the top 25 UK rankings in the under 15 boys. Josh Willock in the same age group qualified for the 200m final coming 3rd in the heats 23.65, he then clocked 23.74 to come 7th in the final later in the day.

u17 Samuel Randall also took part in the 200m clocking 23.36 in the heat for 4th then 23.65 in the final for 8th place.

Millie Calkin came 9th in the u15 girls long jump with 4.61m