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Athletics Report 1
British Athletics League 2014 Division One
After promotion from Match One Back in the field Mike Van
Division Two as champions Eton – May 10th Den Dobbelsteen was third
in 2013, it promised to be After all the speculation as to in the javelin with a seasons
a very competitive season. how we would do, it was time best of 52.57. It was third
There were no weak teams in for action. It’s not who you also for Louis Mascarenhas
Division One, which included have on paper but who turns in the discus improving his
local rivals Kent AC and out and how they perform. We best to 45.04. He was one
Herne Hill. had a couple of weak events of seven under 20s making
As the season approached we but did have some top athletes. their debut and of these Will
learned that Lewis Ely was Fuller (8.40.75 in the 3000);
to have major heart surgery; Our Man of the Match Richard Webb (9.56.05
Phil Sesemann was likely was Kieran Daly who won 3000 steeplechase); and Max
to miss the Summer with both the 100m and 200m in Hodson (3.40 in the pole
a foot injury; Sam Brown sparkling times after being vault) also set new bests.
was injured and unlikely to injured for most of last season.
compete; James Alaka was An above the legal limit wind All these efforts gave us 4th
taking the year out. These speed in the 100m saw him place, a pleasing start but there
were four of our top 12 cross the line in 10.21. The was a long way to go.
points scorers in 2013, yet we 200m was a legal +1.1 and he
ended the Summer in third finished in 21.08, a massive Match Two
place, our highest placing in personal best. Gateshead – June 7th
the National League since After a good opening we came
we were relegated from the At Eton we fielded our back to earth with a very large
Premier Division in 2000. strongest ever pairing in bump finishing last.
the long jump. Jermaine
Olasan, who had recently set But on the plus side:
a personal best in the States
when Greg Rutherford broke 1 Duayne Bovell – booked
the British record, won the time off for the match
A string event in 7.47 while before he had even been
Oliver Newport took the selected. Ever reliable.
honours in the B string with
a leap of 7.43, a distance 2 Dean Hylton – managed to
that, had Jermaine not been switch shifts at short notice
competing, would have won to ensure he could make his
the A string. BAL debut.
Alex Bruce Littlewood flew in 3 Dan Putnam – Man of the
from Ireland to compete and Match. Our only A string
took second place in the 3000 winner with another very
steeplechase as well as scoring good 400 time despite
valuable points in the 1500m. the atrocious weather
A classy 400m saw Dan conditions. Also did his
Putnam finish in 3rd place in first ever long jump to help
47.74. the team and a storming leg
on the back straight of the
4x100.
