Silver for Luke and top-10 for Senna at national Combined events

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.