The Tamworth AC Under 13 Javelin girls see off the opposition

Report and photos by Allen Cook

Under 11 Boys

Tom Reid came 6^th in the Howler A with a throw of 22.64m.  In the long jump A Tom was 4^th with a jump of 3.49m, he also ran in the 75m B and came 3^rd in 11.7secs

Ashley Johnson was 4^th in the Howler B  with a throw of 20.35m and in the Long Jump B Asley came 2^nd with a jump of 3.29m.  In the 600m B he came 6^th with a time of 2:13.3mins

Luca Bradley ran ibn the 600m A finishing 5^th with a time of 2:00.2mins.  Luca also ran in the 75m A  finishing 7^th in 11.8secs

Under 11 Girls

Madison Rose was 7^th in the Howler A with a throw of 7.88m.  In the 600m B Madison was an excellent 2^nd in a time of 2:16.0. She also ran in the 75m B coming an excellent 2^nd in 12.1secs.

Daisy Smith in the Howler B came 5^th with a throw of 7.51m. Daisy came 3^rd in the 600m A with a time of 2:10.1mins and in the Long Jump B Daisy was 3^rd with a jump of 2.9m

Saiorse Au came an excellent 2^nd in the Long Jump A jumping 3.7m and in the 75m she came 3^rd in a time of 11.4secs

In the Under 11 4 x 100 mixed relays the team of Daisy Smith, Tom Reid, Madison Rose and Saiorse Au did themselves proud finishing 3^rd with a time of 63.9secs

Under 13 Boys

In the High Jump A Daniel Aston jumped 1.15m to come 6^th   and in the Shot Putt B he came 3^rd with a putt of 4.25m Daniel also ran in the 1500m B race finishing 3^rd in 5:51.6mins

Caydon Fairburn ran in the 800m finishing in a time of 3:01.9mins. In the Shot Putt A he came 7^th with a putt of 4.67m and in the Long Jump B he came 5^th with a jump of 3.13m

In the 800m B Harry Chesterton took 3^rd place with a time of 2:48.3mins and in the 200m B race he came 7^th in 31.4secs.

James Stretton in the Javelin A came 3^rd with a throw of 20.52m. In the Long Jump A James was 7^th with a jump of 3.65m. He also ran in the 1500m A race finishing 3^rd with a time of 5:19.1mins

 

Oran Au ran in the 100m A race to come 4^th in 14secs, he also ran in the 200m A race finishing in 29.5secs

Daniel Pearson in the 100m B race came 6^th in 15.1secs

In the 4×100 relay the Tamworth Under 13 boys team of Oran Au, Caydon Fairburn, Daniel Aston and James Stretton came 6^th in 62.6secs

Under 13 Girls

Tegan Vickery ran in the 1500m A race finishing 3^rd in 6:01.5mins and in the Shot Putt B she had a putt of 2.84m to finish 7th

Emily Pearce came 3^rd in the 1500m B race with a time of 6:08.9mins

In the 800m A race Alice Mason finished 5^th in a time of 2:53.4mins and in the Shot Putt A she had a putt of 4.81m to finish 7^th.

Ellie Gauntlett running in the 800m B race came 3^rd in 2:54.8mins she also ran in the 100m B race with a time of 17.2secs

Sian Hubbard in the High Jump came 4^th with a jump of 1.20m and in the Long Jump B she finished 4^th with a jump of 3.38m

Amy Cook demonstrated her strength in the Javelin A throwing a personal best of 24.9m, which at the time of writing puts her in the top 30 in the country.  Amy also ran in the 100m A race finishing in 15.3secs and in the Long Jump A she came 4^th with a jump of 3.74m

In the 200m A Beth Winstone finished 6^th with a time of 32.1secs

Georgina Weal in the 200m B race finished 5^th in 33.4secs she also ran in the 800m NS finishing in 2:59.6mins

Javelin specialist Ruby Spencer won a well-deserved 1^st place in the Javelin B event with a throw of 19.97m

The 4×100 Girls Under 13 relay team of Alice Mason, Beth Winstone, Emily Pearce and Sian Hubbard were just beaten in 4^th place with a time of 61.9secs

Under 15 Boys

In the 800m race James Walker came 4^th with a time of 2:35.5mins and in the Shot Putt he took 7^th place with a putt of 5.79m. He also ran in the 200m A race coming 7^th with a time of 29.4secs

James Sherriff came 4^th in the Javelin with a throw of 19.18m and in the 100m A race he came 4tyh in a time of 13secs. In the 1500m B race James took a well-deserved 1^st place in 4:53.4mins

Max Kent in the 100m B race came 4^th in a time of 13.6secs and in the 300m A race he took 3^rd place with a time of 43.9secs. In the 1500m Max finished an excellent 2^nd place with a time of 4:46.8mins

Dan Cartwright came a convincing 1^st place in the 300m B race with a time of 41.5secs and in the 200m B race he finished 1^st in a blistering 24.0secs.

Under 15 Girls

Charlotte Perry ran in the 1500m A race finishing 6^th with a time of 5:43.7mins, in the Long Jump she had a jump of 2.25m

In the High Jump Lauren Swindell came 4^th with a jump of 1.25m and in the Javelin she came 6^th with a throw of 18.39m. Lauren finished 6^th in the 200m B race with a time of 30.7secs

Sian Lewis came a good 2^nd in the 800m A race with a time of 2:35.9mins and in the 300m A race she finished 6^th in 46.2secs

In the 800m B race Katie Stretton came a good 2^nd with a time of 2:45.6mins and in the 100m B race she finished in 15.1secs

Hannah Evans ran the 100m A race in 14.7secs and in the 200m A race she finished in 31.1secs

Sophie Perry came 5^th in the 300m B race with a time of 52.3secs and in the Shot Putt B event she finished 6^th with a putt of 4.42m. She also ran in the 800m NS finishing with a time of 2:56.7mins

Alice Jones in the Javelin B event came 5^th with a throw of 12.02m. In the Shot Putt A Alice came 2^nd with a putt of 9.35m

The 4×100 relay team of Sian Lewis, Hannah Evans, Katie Stretton and Charlotte Perry finished in a time of 60.2secs

Under 17 Women

Charlotte Bush came an excellent 2^nd in the 1500m A race with a time of 5:14.9mins.  Charlotte stole 1^st  place in the 800m A race with a brilliantly timed run for the line. Her time was 2:35.3mins

In the 1500m B race Laura Lewis came 2^nd in a time of 6:10.6mins, she also ran in the 300m finishing 5^th in 50.3secs

Izzy Spencer came 3^rd in the Javelin A event throwing 23.30m and in the Shot Putt Izzy was 5^th with a putt of 5.63m

In the 80m Hurdles A Emily Findlater came 4^th  in a time of 14.5secs. In the 300m Emily came an excellent 2^nd with a time of 44.0secs. She finished in 6^th place in the Long Jump with a jump of 3.66m

In the 80m Hurdles B Bethany Devonshire took 1^st place with a run of 14.6secs and she took 5^th place in the 100m race with a time of 13.6secs. In the High Jump Beth finished 3^rd with a jump of 1.25m

With this being the last event of the Heart of England League the Tamworth AC team started in a difficult position at the bottom of the table and in spite of the best efforts of all the athletes the opposition proved to be too strong.  The last YDL match next week will give the athletes another chance.