U20 Women's Pentathlon
This was Senna's first U20 Combined events competition, and she acquitted herself superbly amongst an incredibly strong field in Sheffield. A small PB in the hurdles kicked things off nicely, before Senna really stepped it up. A 2nd time clearance at 1.56m was an indoor PB and equalled her outdoor best, and she followed this with a huge final throw in the shot put of 9.03m, to ensure she was on the bubble of the top 10 heading into the final events. A knee niggle was starting to hamper her progress, but she dug deep to score a solid long jump result to keep her on the cusp of the top 10. By now, the knee was a real issue and a trip to the physio just before the start of the 800m was in order. Senna elected to race the 800m, and took it our hard in her usual style. Although she was unable to maintain her usual pace, she dug deep to make it to the finish and secure a brilliant 10th place finish overall in the field of 24. U20 Men's Heptathlon Luke Pichler's 2 day campaign started in fine style with a big PB of 7.21s in the 60m. Long jump was next, and whilst Luke was unable to find the board, a 6.67m leap in round 2 was the 2nd furthest of all in the competition. Luke made his move in the 3rd event - shot put. On paper, this was a weaker event for Luke but he absolutely nailed a massive 12.80m in the first round, to score massive points and add well over a metre to his PB. Day 1 concluded with the pole vault, with a very solid 3.60m ensuring that Luke finished the day well placed in the bronze medal position. Day 2 began with another supreme performance from Luke. After a slightly sluggish start in the hurdles, he came through strong to record the fastest time of all, moving him up into 2nd place. The high jump was always going to be make-or-break for the competition, and after a 3rd time clearance and a relatively modest 1.84m, Luke then went on the smash his PB with 1.90m, outscoring his medal rivals, and meaning he went into the final event with a shot at gold. In the 1000m, Luke gave it absolutely everything and made it 3 events wins out of 3 for the day - but despite a 24s PB, it wasnt quite enough to win gold. Nonetheless, a total points score of 5105pts is one of the highest ever for a 1st year u20, and secured a fantastic silver for Luke. He will now compete abroad for the first time, and become the clubs first ever U20 England International at next months Swedish CE Champs as he forms part of England's guest team.
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Icy conditions greeted our team off 11 juniors at Wrekenton on Sunday as the harrier league returned. In the U11 girls race, Eliza put in a fine performance, whilst in the boys race Alex Fielding was the leading boy, followed closely by Tom, Jack and Henry. Oscar Valentine-Beech was our sole U13 boys, and he recorded a top 50 finish. In the girls race, there was a fantastic best ever result for Amelie as she finished a brilliant 7th, just ahead of Liliana who took her best finish of the season in 9th. In the U15 boys race Jamie Floyd finished a fine 8th, with Dexter recording the 11th fastest time running from the fast pack. Beth Munro ran in the U17 race, recording her first top 20 finish.
Saturday
Despite these champs being Indoors, it was still bitterly cold inside the arena for the athletes warming up early in the morning. Senna was first up in the U20 60m hurdles, as she looked to build sharpness ahead of next week's national combined events. Goal was achieved, as she set a new PB of 9.90s, showing real improvement. Luke was involved in a straight final in the U20 men's 60m hurdles, and he took a thrilling silver with a new PB of 8.25s to start his day in style. Talia Green recovered from early run-up issues to leap to a final round 4.17m, before a strong run in the 60m. Alfie Ward also ran in the 60m, and was not far off his PB. Senna Gorvett went into the 400m heats just looking to build experience over the longer sprint, and she produced a strong run that was rewarded with a place in the final as a fastest loser. Before the final, she threw 8.69m on her first attempt with the 4kg shot. In her 400m final, she was drawn in tricky lane 1 thanks to some strange seeding in the heats. Nonetheless, she produced a gritty performance to come from last place and pick off several athletes to finish in a fine 4th with a new personal best. Millie Train was involved in a dramatic triple jump, as she started with 2 no jumps to put the pressure on. She secured her place in the to- 8 thanks to a clutch 3rd round jump, however there was further drama as she nailed her round 5 jump only for the official to put up the red flag in error, with the sand being raked over before the mistake was rectified. The apologetic officials gave Millie and extra jump, but despite improving to 10.75m, she knew that her best jump by far had not counted. Finally Luke was in action in the pole vault, and he made a huge technical breakthrough, resulting in a massive 40m PB as he cleared 3.70m to take bronze. Sunday Sunday was a quieter day, but the medals kept on coming as Long jump took centre stage. First up were Sadie Parker and Amber Wright in the U20 long jump. There was early drama for Sadie Parker as she fouled her first two attempts, before getting a mark on the board in the 3rd round to stay alive. Amber Wright was consistent throughout, and her 5.03m effort in the 2nd round was enough to send her into the final 8, and she eventually finished a fine 7th. Sadie finally found some board accuracy in the final round, sailing out to 5.47m to take silver. Alfie Ward went in the senior mens comp, and his 6.61m effort in the 1st round was enough to secure a fine bronze medal. |
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