It was off to Blackburn for the final lower YDL match of the year. The final match date is never a great one as it always falls at the start of the summer holidays, meaning that turnout is a challenge. Nonetheless we pulled together as many as we could for one last push and managed to see some fantastic performances.
U15 Boys
In the sprints, it was the Henrys who both ran PBs in the 100m. Henry McCleod improved his previous best by 1 second running 12.7s (A) for fifth. Henry Morris also ran a PB as the B runner finishing in 13.5s for sixth. Henry McCleod then went on to run his first competitive 200m finishing the A race in 5th (26.3s), whilst Josh Roberts won the B race in 25.3s.
In the 300m Josh came third in the A race (40.1s), whilst Alexander Glenn made an impressive 300m debut winning the B race in 41.6s.
To conclude the sprints, Sam Hodgkinson ran a fantastic 80m hurdles PB (13.8s) to finish fourth. From starting the season with 17.4s that is a massive improvement – well done Sam!
In the distance races, it was back to Alexander Glenn in the 800m finishing the A race in 02.17 for fourth, whilst Zak Manir Jolley came fifth in the 1500m with 04.54.
Some impressive PBs were seen in the jumps. First saw Josh Roberts increase his long jump PB by 7cm to place fourth with 5.11m. Henry McCleod finished sixth as the B with 2.34m. Then it was over to Sam Hodgkinson again, this time with a whopping 10cm high jump PB to clear 1.60m and finish second on countback. I mean, why not just skip 1.55m Sam and go straight to 1.60m?! Alexander Glenn also PB’d as the B coming third with 1.35m.
In the throws it was Sam’s third PB of the day as he added a metre to his javelin PB throwing 24.40m for fourth. What is your mum feeding you Sam? Meanwhile Henry Morris threw a shot PB of 5.39 for sixth and made his discus debut throwing 10.20m, also for sixth.
Relays:
4x100m – Henry Morris, Henry McCleod, Alexander Glenn, Josh Roberts – 3rd (51.8s)
U15 Girls
In the sprints, it was fifth for Chloe Skett in the 100m A race (14.4s) and fourth for Lily Grace Earles (14.9s) as the B, whilst in the 200m Evie Hampson ran 30.0s for sixth in the A race, with Chloe finishing the B race in fourth with 30.2s. Grace Harris ran the 300m in 50.7s for sixth, whilst Lauren Hewitt won the 75m hurdles close to her PB in 12.1.
In the distance races it was all about the 3 second PBs, as Grace Harris knocked three seconds off her 800m PB running 02:50 for fifth, whilst Holly Nicholls improved her 1500m PB by three seconds also, running 05:25 for fourth.
In the jumps, Lauren won the long jump with 4.88m (working on some technical adjustments before next week’s England champs), whilst Evie Hampson jumped a huge 16cm PB for second in the B competition with 4.24m! Well done both.
Lauren also won the high jump with 1.44m, backed up by Emily Wilson winning the B competition with 1.30m. Emily then went on to win the pole vault (A) with 2.90m, with Holly Nicholls winning the B with a 2m vault (and 18cm PB)!
In the throws, Ava Wareing equalled her javelin PB for second (A) 22.59m, with Lily Grace Earles throwing 13.46m for third (B). Ava also came second in hammer with 17.23m and fourth in discus with a PB (14.72m), whilst Grace Harris made her discus debut throwing 9.52m for fifth (B). Finally in the shot, Emily Wilson stepped in to gain some valuable points throwing 5.65m for sixth, with Chloe Skett close to her PB in the B competition (5.04m).
Relays:
4x100m – Evie Hampson, Holly Nicholls, Emily Wilson, Lauren Hewitt – 3rd (56.6s)
4x300m – Chloe Skett, Grace Harris, Holly Nicholls, Evie Hampson – 5th (03:23)
U13 Boys
Charlie Stretton ran a 75m PB for fourth in the A race (10.6s) with Jack Marsh making his 75m debut with 11.7s for sixth (B). Charlie also PB’d in the 150m running 21.1s for fourth (A), whilst Zain Porter-Alam finished fourth in the 75m hurdles with 16.9s.
In the 800m, Jack Marsh finished sixth in the A race (02:50) with Leo Ashcroft winning the B race in 02:44, whilst Ryan Catton improved his 1200m PB by 4 seconds finishing in 04:31 for fifth.
It was yet another PB for Charlie Stretton in the long jump, finishing in fourth with 3.95m (33cm PB)! Leo Ashcroft finished third in the B competition with 3.38m. Leo also made his high jump debut finishing fifth in a tough competition with a 1.20m jump.
Finally in the throws, Jack Marsh increased his shot PB by 10cm throwing 4.10m for sixth, with Ryan Catton also coming sixth in the B competition with 3.54m. Mathew Traynor made his debut in the javelin with an impressive 19.36m for third, with Ryan throwing 4.04m for sixth in the B competition.
Relays:
4x100m – Zain Porter-Alam, Jack Marsh, Leo Ashcroft, Charlie Stretton – 6th (61.6s)
U13 Girls
Bonnie Doveaston ran 11.6s in the 75m A competition for sixth place, whilst Sophia Bowden McKay ran her first competitive 75m race in 11.2s for third (B). In the non-scoring 75m race, Emily Mason won the A race in 10.7s, with Isabella Foxton making her debut for first in the B (11.0s).
It was Bonnie again in the 150m running 23.8s for sixth, with Lexi Conradie also finishing in
sixth place as the B runner (24.2s). Emily Mason managed to improve her 70m hurdles time running a PB of 13.3s. Well done!
Our 800m rocket Katie-Lou Malley managed to run even faster than she has previously with a jaw dropping 02.24 to win the A race. Yes…………..as an U13!!!!! Sophia Bowden McKay came fourth in the B race 03:03. In the 1200m Emily Pennington finished fourth with 04:25.
In the long jump, Katie-Lou jumped a 22cm PB (3.79m) for fourth in the A competition, whilst Lexi won the B competition with a 3.43m jump. It was Katie again in the high jump finishing fourth (1.20m) with Emily Pennington jumping 1.15m for third (B).
Finally, Isabella Foxton took on the throws with a 10.76m javelin throw for fourth and a 5.44m shot put for sixth.
Relays:
4x100m – Isabella Foxton, Bonnie Doveaston, Emily Mason, Katie-Lou Malley – 3rd (59.3s)
It is very unfortunate that we couldn’t quite pick up enough points to avoid falling into the bottom two teams and facing relegation next season. That said, we have seen a lot of new talent come through this season and it has been a period of transition. Many of you have competed for the very first time and are only just starting to see where your strengths lie. Keep enjoying both training and competing and we will come back stronger next year.
I hope you have all enjoyed this year’s YDL fixtures as much as I have – and we even managed to hold a fixture at our own club (which we hadn’t managed for some time).
A huge thank you to all who turned up and competed for the club and to parents and officials for supporting (it doesn’t go unnoticed).
Now enjoy your summer holidays and let’s hope we get some sun!
John Hewitt
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