Wessex League Match 2

Team Kennet Juniors took part in the second round of the Wessex Young Athletes League match at Southampton, with a strong match in hand, TK struggled to find the numbers they needed to maintain their first match.

Just of the pace the club finished in 5^th place out of 7, on a really positive note there were soo many personal best performances achieved by the squad.

The under 13 girls have been so strong this season, missing a few key athletes they battled through to finish 4^th , Matilda Clare had another successful day as she won her Javelin with a throw of 23.13, Ella McDonald backed her up with a B string win 20.40, Clare lept 4.01 in the long jump for 3^rd place, with McDonald in 6^th. On the Track two good 2^nd places came from Quinn Joyce 2.42 and Alice Stratford 2.50, Sophia Mahoney was 4^th in her 100m 14.6, while in the longer 200m Orlagh Stratford was good 3^rd in the B string 30.8.

The under 15 Girls saw an outstanding performance from Harriet saunders in the 1500m, as she pulled away to win with a fast time of 4.47.4, Olivia Bentley had a battle in the 800m to finish 2^nd in 2.28.7 which was matched in the B string with Ella Cronk 2.46, Emerald Hill Sawyer won her 300m B string in 46 seconds, in her long jump 4.73 for 3^rd place in a really strong competition, Saunders taking 3^rd in the B string 4.05

Zoe Dickson was the only u17 women to turn out she took part in the Shot and Discus.

The under 17 mens age group a double win came in the Javelin Will Mcdonald 42.90 and Turkay Altuntas 26.4, Altuntas then won his most favoured event the Discus 43.21 just missing the club record, with McDonald 2^nd B string, the pair matched up again in the Shot Altuntas throwing 13.49 for a great  win and McDonald taking 2^nd place again.

The under 15 Boys saw a tough match, Berkay Altuntas having to settle for 2^nd in the discus 28.13, with team mate Oliver Hook winning the B string 26.89, the pair matched their placings in the Shot Berkay 11.19 and Hook 10.17 and in the Javelin Euan Jones came 2^nd in the A string 28.32 and Altuntas winning the B string 28.15

Frank Edwards ran a good 1500m to finish 4^th just over 5mins

The under 13 Boys Sam Atkins cleared 1.28 in the high Jump for 3^rd place, he came 5^th in the 1500m with 5.26 and 2^nd in his 200m B string 31.5 for three new bests performances. Josh Bailey grabbed some useful points in his 200m and 1500m.

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