Team Kennet Juniors were in action again in the Wessex Young Athletes League in the final match of the season at Abingdon, The West Berkshire club secured a top 8 league finish out of 26 clubs finishing second on the day.
Basingstoke 576
Team Kennet 379
Abingdon 337
Fleet 263
Woking 146
Andover 130
All the Girls age groups finished 2nd places in their age group matches, making sure that all the girls finished also in the top 8 of their own age groups, in the under 17 women’s age group on the Field a double win came from Zoe Allen throwing a massive 39.78 to put her in 7th in the UK rankings and backed by Evie Lewis in the B string javelin. Lewis earlier won the Discus with 27.95, Both Girls teamed up again in the Shot with Allen only just winning with a throw of 10.53 and to make it another double Lewis won the B with 8.42.
Second places rolled in from the High Jump with Leilah Gaye 1.40, on the Track Isla Clare ran the double of 800m 2.40.2 and 1500m 5.23.1 to finish 2nd in both, Ellie Ross came 2nd in the B string 300m, in the A string Sophie Moores stepped up the distance to try it with a 4th place 48.0.
The 4 x100m Relay quartet of Moores, Gaye, Ross and Clare came home in 3rd place.
The under 15 girls were without several key athletes but the squad kept up their consistency through out the season, on the Field 2nd places came from the Shot Daisy Downer 7.48 and Anna Hall 5.22, same again in the Javelin as the two paired up again, and in the Discus Downer had to settle for 4th place in the A string. The High Jump Ella Cronk came 3rd with 1.30m, this was matched in the Long Jump with Emerald Hill Sawyer 4.35 and Amelie Tayton 3.65.
On the track, Hall tackled the 1500m to come home in 2nd place 5.32, in the shorter 800m Cronk was placed 4th 2.47.9 and 2nd in the B string from Tayton, Hill Sawyer was consistent in the 300m with 3rd place 45.6 and 2nd place came from B string Chloe O’Riordan 49.6, The 200m saw full turnout in the A string Hill Sawyer was 5th 28.6 and Cronk 29.3 in the B string for 3rd place, in the 100m O’Riordan came 6th in 14.8.
The 4x100m Relay team of Hill Sawyer, Hall, O’Riordan and Cronk came home in 3rd place.
The under 13 girls had several wins, in the Javelin Ella McDonald won her first ever event with a throw of 17.19, Penelope Lyth had a go at the Discus and was rewarded with a 2nd place 13.53, another win came in the High Jump with Jessie McCurtin leaping 1.32, McCurtin came 2nd in the B string Shot 5.24 with team mate Affra Bailey 4th A string 5.32, Earlier on McDonald came 4th A string in the Long Jump 3.60 and Olivia Bentley 2nd B string 3.54.
The Track saw good points coming from the Distance races, in the 1500m McCurtin came 2nd 5.29.2 and a great run from Lyth winning the B string 5.30.80, in the 800m Bentley ran a superb race to come home winner with 2.34.7 and Affra Bailey just missed out on winning with 2nd place 2.50.2, Bentley tackled the shorter 200m with a fast 28.8 to finish 2nd A string which was matched by Isla Ladds in the B string 31.4, Lyth clocked 14.9 in the B 100m for 2nd place in the A string Ladds came 5th 15.4, Ladds also came 3rd in the sprint hurdles with 15.7.
The 4 x100m relay team were convincing winners in 58.7 Ladds, Lyth, Bentley and McCurtin.
The Boys Sections couldn’t quite match what the girls did, but some outstanding performances came from the under 17 two athletes, Firstly Theo Nightingale winning the High jump in 1.79, a Double win from Nightingale 5.48 and Kennechi Akosa 4.76 in the Long Jump, where both boys just made it with seconds after a car crash on the A 34 delayed them getting to the match, Akosa was fired up after just running and jumping in the long jump pit to secure one legal jump managed to warm up and went out and won the 200m in 22.7, he later went on and won the 400m in 51.7.
The under 15 Boys came 2nd in their match, again missing some of the squad, the field team racked up the points, in the Javelin Will McDonald came 2nd 34.53 but team mate Noah Lauder-Clarke won the B string 30.57, in the Discus Rueben Kuijten was 3rd A string 21.98 and a B win came from McDonald 20.57, The Shot Ben Daley came 3rd 6.62 and Kuijten came 2nd B 6.61 matching his team mate. The long Jump Daley was 4th and Josh Ladds 3rd B, on the track best of the results came in the B 300m with Josh Brian 47.0, and 100m Josh Brian and Josh Ladds both came 3rd in their strings.
Finaly the under 13 Boys were looking for a top 3 finish in their age group, that soon went as the competition was tough, as the boys had to settle for 3rd place in a close match, Oskar Larkin secured a superb 2nd place in the high Jump with a leap of 1.40 and Malik Gaye won the B string 1.20, The Javelin Euan Jones had to settle for 2nd place 30.22 and Larkin made it a win with 23.33 in the B string, on the Track the 1500m saw a superb race Harry Smith could only get 3rd place with 4.52.6 and Sam Atkins in the B string came 2nd in 5.32, Larkin came 3rd in the 800m 2.39, this was matched in the 200m from Harry Smith 30.0 and JJ Mercer 31.9, Connor O’Riordan added points from his events 100m 4th B 15.3 and Long Jump B string 3.39.
The Relay team of Larkin, Gaye, Mercer and O’Riordan came home in 3rd place.
