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Athletics Report 25
Part 1 The Southern Premiership title

Match 2: Norman Park 2nd and 3rd in the 300mH winners in the 800m and
29th May 2016 and Annie has a Groundhog Yasmin wins the 1500m (as
Day, of the welcome sort, well as the B 300m) with
It would be extremely difficult
to improve upon our result not only winning the B Stephanie Taylor 3rd (as she
is in the B 3000m). We also
400mH but again taking
in the first match, but we the TJ and B 100mH. In the win 3 out of the 4 sprint
always aim to improve and
this is, after all, our home U20 sprints, Viv Olatunji, hurdles, courtesy of Isabella
Hilditch, Annie and Holly,
Modupe Shokunbi and Parris
match and we need to keep the Johnson between them win with Kate 2nd.
fans happy! Even with home three of the four races and
advantage, we have exam take second in the other. In Meanwhile, the throwers really
revision absentees again, but turn, Charmont and Katie win are having a field day! Divine
all but two of the events are both U17 100ms and Magda and Anna win the U20 discus
covered. with Eve Keith 2nd in the
and Olivia Richer place 2nd U17 and Divine, Eloise and
The first event, the pole vault, and 3rd in the 200ms. This Eve achieve a clean sweep in
sets the tone: we have a full only encourages the middle the shot. Eloise also wins the
complement of vaulters and distance squad: in the U20s, U17 javelin with Ellie Moore
Sophie wins the U20 and Jess and Leah Everson are 2nd 2nd, only to be bettered by
Shaye Emmett and Caitlin in both 800ms and Niamh Victoria (who improves her
Chick both finish 2nd in and Jess go one better in the
their respective U17 strings. 1500m, with Georgina Taylor PB to 54.08m) and Carys,
who gain maximum points in
On the track, the long and Mary Guy providing two the hammer. We also bank a
hurdlers put in another solid more 2nds in the steeplechase.
performance. Kate Purser In the U17s, Katy-Ann brace of 2nds in the U20 HJ
(Jamiyla Robinson-Pascal and
and Catrin Murphy finish in McDonald and Grace are Isobel Reeves) and Tabitha
Lisciotto repeats the position
in the U17. Holly and Nicole
Farmer win the U17 LJ and TJ
respectively.
With wins in the U20 4x100m
and U17 4x300m, a 2nd in the
U17 4x100m and a 3rd in the
4x400m, we end the meeting
on a high and we don’t just
improve on the first match
but, with the boys continuing
their new-found form, we
increase the winning margin
to 172 points from Windsor!
SBH can do no better than 4th
again. With only 2 matches
gone, if not quite a foot, we
certainly already have a toe or
Our shot putters achieved a clean sweep in their event. two in the final!