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Schools Athletics Championships

14 club athletes represented at the Berkshire Schools Championships to claim places for the English schools’ championships next month.

In total 9 medals were won from Team Kennet athletes

Two athletes have achieved English Schools qualifying performances so congratulations to Oscar Hook winning the Junior hammer 39.89 and Harriet Saunders winning the Junior 1500m in 4.45.4. 

There were also gold medals won by Kenechi Akosa in the inter 200m 22.9 in heat and 23.3.  Will McDonald in the inter Javelin 44.03m. 

Silver medals were won by Rueben Kuijten in the Junior Discus 29.89, Theo Nightingale Inter High Jump 1.82 and Isabel Payne Junior Long jump 4.73.

Bronze Medals were won by Noah Lauder Clarke in Junior Javelin 38.02, Olivia Bentley in junior 800m 2.24.4, Well done to the rest in taking part Junior boys Triple jump Josh Brain 5th 10.14, Junior girls High Jump Jess McCurtin 8th 1.25, Inter Girls High Jump Hannah Taylor 4th 1.45, Inter Girls Discus Suki Humphrey’s 4th 21.30 and Zoe Dickson 5th 20.51.

In the Wiltshire Schools Athletics Championships Emerald Hill-Sawyer participated in the Junior girls Long Jump finishing 2nd place with a 4.70m jump and will qualify for the South West Schools Track and Field Championships this weekend. 

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Wessex League Match 2 – Quadkids

Team Kennet Quadkids were back in action at Southampton Athletics track for the 2nd match of the Wessex League.  The weather was glorious—but our athletes were even better. Six of them smashed through the 200-point barrier. Huge congratulations to:

Matilda Saunders, Olivia Kwit, Marlie Jai Proctor, Chester Bailey, Harvey Baker, and William Moloney  The final combined score 1,742 points—a truly outstanding team performance, we won overall!

For the Under 11 girls 8 athletes took part, Olivia Kwit taking the lead in the 75m sprint clocking 12s.  In the long jump Marlie-Jai Proctor leaped furthest with 3.58m, close behind Matilda Saunders 3.42m.  Kwit ran 1:59 in the 600m, Saunders close behind 2:01.  Darcey Scaplehorn took the lead in the vortex throw with 28.71m.  Overall the girls finished 1st place on the day with Matilda Saunders taking 2nd place individually. 

Under 11 boys also had a team of 8.  Harvey Baker, Alexander Browning and William Maloney all clocked 11.4s in the 75m sprint.  Some great jumps in the long jump, but Baker took the top spot with 3.44m, Moloney close behind 3.41m.  Chester Bailey took the lead in the 600m clocking 1.59.1.  Finally in the vortex throw, Harvey Baker threw 45.04m, Bailey 35.57m.  The boys also took the top spot finishing in 1st place on the day, with Baker taking 2nd place individually. 

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County Championships 2025

Team Kennet saw around 40 athletes compete in the County Track and Field Championships over the weekend in several areas.

A total of 12 gold, 9 Silver and 9 bronze medals were won in total.

Day 1 in the Berkshire Champs, which is being held at Bracknell saw 5 Gold Medals won, Theo Nightingale in the under 17 mens High Jump secured another county title with 1.75m clearance, while in the Throws Turkay Altuntas threw 41.77 just short of the clubs record  to win Gold in the Discus, Younger Brother Berkay didn’t want to lose out by winning Gold in the under 15 age group throwing 32.84, back with older brother Turkay he took his second Gold in the Shot with a throw of 12.28, again in the throws this time under 13 girls Matilda Clare threw a huge 23.19 to take her first county title, it was a clean sweep in this competition as Isla Ladds was 2nd 18.91 and Ella McDonald taking the Bronze 18.69 all threw new bests distances.

Oscar Hook was rewarded with a Bronze in the Shot in the u15 Boys 10.17 and in the same age group Rueben Kuijten also struck Bronze in the Discus 29.49.

Zoe Dickson just missed out in the under 17  women Hammer taking 4th place 22.94, Isla Ladds came 6th in the final of the u13 girls 75m, in the 100m under 15 girls Emerald Hill Sawyer came 3rd in heat 2 14.01 and Izzy Payne 5th in heat 2 14.36, Josh Ladds was 7th in the Long Jump in u15 boys 3.46. also in the under 15 age group 300m for the girls Hill Sawyer was 5th in the final 45.89, in the u15 Boys 200m Martais Manrique Hueglas was 4th in the final 25.90, else where in the u13 age group Penelope Lyth was 6th in the 1000m 3.38.23, Oscar Hook 5th and Josh Ladds 7th in the under 15 boys Discus and Alfie Cronk in the under 13 Boys came 4th in the Shot 6.89 and 6th in the Discus 12.21

At the Hampshire  Championships Olivia Bentley came through from the heat taking 3rd place in the 800m 2.32.8 for day 2s final which is being held at Portsmouth.

Day 2 saw biggest turnout of club athletes, at The Hampshire Championships in the under 15 Girls Harriet Saunders secured a outstanding Silver medal in the 1500m clocking 4.47.58, and after yesterdays 800m heat Olivia Bentley also struck a Silver wit ha fast 2.27.29 both girls gaining best times, this was also achieved in the under 13 girls 1500m with Elodie Burdett who came 6th with 5.39.35.

So Gold Medal winners came from Emerald Hill Sawyer in the u15  Long Jump as she lept a huge 4.87 smashing her best, Oscar Hook won the under 15 boys  Hammer with a throw of 33.08.

Isla Ladds in the under 13 Girls High Jump cleared 1.25 to take Gold, and Matilda Clare struck gold on day 2 in the Long Jump as she lept 4.48, Isla Ladds won another gold medal in the Discus 17.92 and one of the best Gold came from Luke Angell in the Senior Mens age group keeping his unbeaten run going of nearly 15 years. In the under 13 Boys Javelin Jenson Nichols was crowned county champion with a throw of 29.45.

There were some more great Silver Medals won from Sophia Mahoney in the u13 girls Discus 12.71, Noah Lauder Clarke in the u15 boys Javelin and Josh Ladds in the u15 boys Hammer.

Bronze Medals came from Zoe Dickson in the under age group in the Shot 7.76 and Discus 22.98,

In the under 17 Javelin Haydn James earned a silver with a throw of 43.96 and a Bronze went to Will McDonald 38.94

Other performances on day 2 under 15 girls Long Jump Izzy Payne 4.60 for 4th place and Ella Cronk 6th 4.33, the under 15 boys Matias Manrique Hueglas 6th in the 100m final 13.17, Josh Ladds 6th in Heat 2 14.57, Ella Cronk came 9th in the 800m final 2.52.25, Emerald Hill Sawyer was 5th in her heat of the 200m 28.66 and in the boys 1500m Harry Smith was placed 5th wit ha time of 4.48.0 in the under 13 age groups Long Jump Isla Ladds was 4th with 4.30 and Ella McDonald 5th, in the 600m races Ella Larkin had to settle for 4th place 1.46.94 and Penelope Lyth 11th 1.59.68, and in the girls 75m Matilda Clare heat 1 5th 21.6, Sophia Mahoney heat 2 23.89, and Heat 3 Ella Larkin 21.97 3rd and Penelope Lyth 4th 22.93, none made the final. Josh Bailey was 10th in the boys 1000m 3.42.2. Euan Jones came 5th 26.10 and Josh Ladds 6th 25.13 in the under boys Javelin.

The Somerset County Championships faired well for under 20 Athlete Zoe Allen, she won a Silver in the u20 Womens Javelin 32.91 and claimed bronze medals in both the 200m 29.22 and 400m 67.11.

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Oxford League Match 1

Team Kennet were in action again this time in the Oxfordshire YA Track and Field League being held at Horspath in Oxford, going in to the match a overall league champions the athletes were greeted with superb early summer sunshine and light winds.

TK under 13 girls continued their great start to the season with a team win, Isla Ladds started the day off on the track with a great 3rd place in the 70m hurdles 13.5, after the hurdles was the 1500m, where a double win came from Penelope Lyth 5.39.3 and Maisie McCurtin 5.40.9, in the Shorter 800m there was another double win from Ella Larkin 2.32.2 and Quinn Joyce 2.42, The Sprints picked up good points for the girls in the 100m Ella Larkin came 2nd with 15secs, and in the B string Sophia Mahoney came 3rd 15.7, in the longer sprint the 200m Matilda Clare was just pipped on the line for 2nd place 29.3, Mahoney matched the same placing in the B string with 33.1, the 4 x 100m relay team of Clare, Larkin, Affra Bailey and Lyth were involved in a nail biting finish and were eventually had to settle for 3rd place 61.0 seconds just 1 second separating the first 3 teams. The Field events is one of TK strongest areas, first in the High Jump, Clare came 3rd A string 1.20 and McCurtin had her second B string win 1.20, A double win came in the Long Jump Ladds leaping 4.10 and Larkin 3.56, Clare came 2nd in her Javelin 17.49, while in the Discus Ayla Wyvill was 3rd A string and Lyth taking 2nd in the B string and Finally the Shot Affra Bailey took 2nd place in the A string and Lyth adding a B string win

The under 15 girls faired well to finish 4th in their match with a much depleted squad, Olivia Bentley continued her personal bests early in the season winning her 800m with a fast 2.27.6, she matched this earlier in the 300m to win in 45.2, and in the 100m came 2nd B string with 14.0

Jessie McCurtin ran in the B strings on the track, 800m she was 2nd 2.38.6 but went one better to win the 300m B string 48.2, and had to settle for 2nd A string in the High Jump 1.33.

Emerald Hill Sawyer lept 4.30 in the Long Jump for 4th place, which she matched in the 100m A string 14.2 and in the 200m was also 4th 29.8

Ella Cronk was also in action winning the B string High Jump 1.25, coming 3rd in the Discus and 6th in the Shot

The under 17 Women Zoe Dickson came 2nd in the Shot 7.67 and Discus 21.97 and had to settle for 5th in the Javelin 12.13

The under 17 men Theo Nightingale lept a good personnel best in the high jump with 1.83 for a win, he p.b. in the long jump with 5.77 to finish 2nd on the day and finally in the 200m B string he ran 25.1 to claim his 3rd p.b and to help with a double win with team mate Kenechi Akosa clocking 23.2. Turkay Altuntas threw 12.65 in the Shot to win this event and also set a New League Record.

The under 15 boys lead all the match till the very end and had to settle for 2nd team on the day out of 8, Berkay Altuntas was fired up with the heat as he went in to the top UK 10 in the Discus winning with 35.35 throw, and team mate Oscar Hook throwing 25.68 taking B string win. Hook won his Shot with 9.62 throw with Euan Jones taking 3rd B string, I the longer throw the Javelin Noah Lauder – Clarke took a convincing win with 37.53 and Jones winning the B string 26.73, on the track Harry Smith tackled the 1500m clocking a new p.b. with 4.46.6 for 2nd place and Rueben Kuijten took 3rd B string 5.39.8, in the sprints firstly 300m Lauder-Clarke came 3rd A string 44.4 and Josh Brian 2nd B string 48.1, Matias Manrique Huelgas was 3rd in his 200m 26.4 and 4th in the 100m 12.9 and in the B strings 100m Brain 5th 13.6 and 200m 2nd 29.7

The under 13 age group saw a few wins, Jenson Nichols won his Javelin with a throw of 30.35, he also went on to win the 100m in 14.0 but had to settle for 2nd place in the 200m 29.5 in a photo finish. Sam Atkins had a good day in the High Jump came 2nd with 1.25 and 3rd in the 800m 2.40.7 and 5th in his long jump 3.74, Alfie Cronk is now believing in him self by winning his first throws event the Shot with 6.48 but had to settle for 5th in the Discus, Josh Kuijten came 3rd B string in the Shot and was 6th in the 1500m.

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Wessex League Match 1 – QUAD KIDS

Team Kennet Quadkids were back in action for the first league match of 2025 at Andover.  In the Under 11 girls there was a team of 9 athletes.  In the75m sprint, Praiya Foreman was quickest 11.60s, Hazel Balch 12.10s and Matilda Saunders 12.30s.  In the long jump it was Ines Field who leaped furthest for Team Kennet with 3.29m, Saunders 3.23m and Foreman 3.14m.  In the longer run event, 600m, Foreman clocked the fastest time 1:57:1, Saunders behind 2:08:4 and Marlie-Jai Proctor 2:10:4.  Darcey Scaplehorn threw the furthest in the vortex 26.99m, close behind Saunders 26.19m, Field 22.25m.  On the day, the girls team finished in 1st place with Foreman taking 1st place individually with 205 points, Saunders 2nd 204 points and Field 3rd 194 points.  Also taking part Olivia Kwit, Darcy McCurtin and Isabella Chapman.

The Under 11 boys had 7 athletes taking part and it was Alexander Browning who was fastest in the 75m sprint clocking 11.40s, Harvey Baker 11.50s and Chester Bailey 11.90s.  Baker leaped the furthest in the long jump 3.42m, Bailey 3.18m and Browning 3.12m.  Bailey ran a quick 600m to finish with a time of 1:59 with Baker 2:07:0 and Lenny Wyvill 2:07:2. Baker threw 37.21m in the vortex, Wyvill 28.02m and Bailey 25.56m.  Overall, the U11 boys also finished in 1st place with Baker taking 2nd place with 232points and Bailey 3rd place 215 points individually.  Also taking part Idris Gaye, Sebastian L Clarke and Jacob Williams. 

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Wessex League Match 1

Team Kennet Juniors Athletics competed in the first round of fixtures in the Wessex Young Athletes Track and Field League at the weekend, at Andover.

In a close match the Yellow/Blue and White Vests narrowly missed out on a match win but secured 3 out of the 6 age group wins.

Match Score

Waverley AC     366

Team Kennet    354.4

Radley                 320

Fleet                    310

Andover              180

Poole AC            161.5

The Girls section made the best of the team starts, Under 13 Girls showed the depth with a convincing age group win, day started on the track with the 70m hurdles with Elodie Burdett coming 4th A string 18.1, in the B string a great win from Ella Parsons in 16.4, next up was the 1500m this saw a great solo run from Penelope Lyth to win in 5.33.6 and team mate Elodie Burdett secured a B string win in 5.45.1, the 800m Affra Bailey came home in 4th 2.49.4 and Alice Stratford secured 2nd B string in 2.48.3, the Sprints fared well for the club, Matilda Clare came 2nd in the 200m with 29.4 and Orlagh Stratford taking 3rd in the B string 30.9, the 100m Isla Ladds clocked 14.2 for 4th A and Sophia Mahoney took 3rd place in the B string 15.4, The 4 x 100m Relay quartet of O. Straford, Clare, Lyth and Ladds ran a superb relay to come home in first place in 58.6, while in the Non Scoring 4 x 100m the quartet of  A. Stratford, Millie Barlow, Ayla Wyvill and Mahoney won their race in 65 seconds.

On to the Field Isla Ladds showed her strength to win the Long Jump with a leap of 4.09 and Clare made it a double with a b win 3.97, the High Jump both girls cleared 1.10 Orlagh Stratford taking 2nd A and Masie McCurtin winning the B string. The Throws always secure TK high points, this was so in the Shot as another double win came from Affra Bailey 5.59 and Ayla Wyvill 4.61, Clare won her Javelin with 20.47 and two good second places came from Isla Ladds 18.19 and Penelope Lyth 9.58 in the Discus.

The under 15 girls will be strong for the club this year, they also took a convincing win in their age group on the Field a Double win came in the High Jump with Jess McCurtin 1.30 and Ella Cronk 1.25, Cronk surprised herself by steeping in the Shot and secured a 2nd place with 8.47 and in the Long Jump Isabel Payne lept 4.68 to finish 3rd place and in the B string Emerald Hill Sawyer won this string in 4.45.

The Track picked up massive points, Harriet Saunders won her 1500m by just over 100m in 5.05.20, in the 800m a double win came from Olivia Bentley 2.31.4 and Jess McCurtin 2.40.7, the shorter sprint races first in the 300m Hill Sawyer clocked 47.9 for 3rd place, and a good second came from McCurtin 48.4 in the B string, in the 200m Bentley came 3rd A string 28.3 and Cronk 4th B string 30.7, and in the 100m Payne was 3rd A string 13.4 and Hill Sawyer taking 2nd place in the B string 13.9

The 4 x 100m Relay team of Payne, Hill Sawyer, McCurtin and Bentley saw them finish in second place 56.4

The under 15 Boys are also very strong this year, and TK boys showed their strength in the Field events, In the Shot Berkay Altuntas won this event with a throw of 9.09 and new comer Oscar Hook took the B string with 9.07, Both boys teamed up for another double win in the Discus Altuntas 33.35 and Hook 27.00 and Noah Lauder-Clarke won the Javelin with a throw of 39.19 and Josh Ladds taking 2nd B string 26.95. Josh Brian took part in the long jump finishing 2nd

On the Track, new comer Matias Huelgas came 4th in the 100m 12.9 and Brian won his string 13.6, the pair teamed up in the 200m with Huelgas 3rd A string 26.6 and Brian taking 2nd B string 28.8, Lauder Clarke secured another win in the 300m 43.3 with Ladds taking 2nd B string 48.6, Harry Smith came 2nd in his 1500m with 4.59.4 and the 4 x 100m relay quartet of Lauder-Clarke, Ladds, Brian and Hueglas ran a superb relay to be clipped right on the line and had to take 2nd place 54.2

The under 17 mens age group saw only two boys turn up for the club Turkay Altuntas won his Shot with 11.68 throw and in the Discus threw 30.97 for 2nd place, Theo Nightingale  came 2nd in his High Jump 1.70 and was 4th in his Long Jump 5.35

The under 17 Girls were 3rd in their age group, mostly specializing in their own events, a double win came in the High Jump with Leilah Gaye 1.40 and Amber Stiles 1.30, in the Shot Zoe Dickson was 2nd A string 7.44 and Suki Humphreys winning the B string 6.72, The Discus saw the same results with Dickson throwing 23.17 and Humphreys 19.85, Dickson came 2nd in her Javelin 15.48, Amelie Tayton came home in 2nd place in the 800m 3.00.8

Finally the under 13 Boys saw only 3 boys turn out due to other sports over the weekend, Jenson Nichols made his mark by winning the 100m in 13.4 and also winning the Javelin with 33.63, Alfie Cronk had a good day in his throws coming 2nd in the A string Discus 14.08 and winning the B string Shot 6.57, with Nichols taking 2nd A string 7.83, Josh Bailey came a good 2nd in the 1500m 5.38.3 and 4th in his 200m 36.1.

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West Berkshire and North Hampshire 2025 Primary Schools Cross Country

The 27th West Berkshire & North Hampshire Primary Schools Cross Country took place at the Newbury Showground in superb weather condition, the Event organised by Team Kennet Athletics Club saw some 70 Volunteers make the event successful for all.

It was to be another Record turnout again, which saw 52 schools taking part and 1597 finishers on the day, breaking its own UK record on the numbers of Primary school children at an event, which has now seen over 20,000 finishers.

The first race of the day was the Year 3 / 4 Girls, Zoe McDownell from St Andrews school took to the lead to stretch out over the 1.28mile course to take the win, Rosie Armstrong from Woolton Hill School came in 2nd place not to far behind, with Matilda Hogg from John Rankin school taking 3rd spot.

The team Scores saw St. Andrews school take the team victory, John Rankin taking runners up spot and Thorngrove in 3rd place.

THIS RACE SAW 362 FINISHERS

Next up was the Year 3 / 4 Boys race, Chester Bailey from Hermitage School also led from the start to pull away from the field to take the win, Matthew Jones came through strongly from Chieveley to take second and third spot went to Lenny Wyvill from Falkland.

The team awards went to John Rankin winning, with St. Andrews taking runners up and Spurcroft taking third place.

THIS RACE SAW 398 FINISHERS

Race 3 which was the Year 5 / 6 Girls saw Ella Larkin from Falkland storm away at some pace, she went on to win by over 100m, this being her 4th successive win and the only girl to do so in the Championships which is a major achievement, Elodie Burdett ran a superb race to take Runners up spot and her team mate from St Gabriels School Matilda Saunders took third place.

The Team score saw Falkland take the win, with St. Gabriels in 2nd place and St Andrews in third.

THIS RACE SAW 401 FINISHERS

Race 4 which is the year 5 / 6 Boys saw a record field of 436 finishers, this race was won by Riley Drake from Hermitage, Francis Baily then took the next two places, Benji Shelton in runners up spot and Shun Marter taking third place.

The Team Awards went to Francis Baily taking the win with John Rankin in runners up spot and Woolton Hill taking third place

The overall school winners on the day were John Rankin, this was first time they have won this, runners Up were St. Andrews, Third place went to Falkland with Thorngrove in 4th and Francis Baily in 5th place.

The Small Schools Trophy went to Streatley School, with Cold Ash St. Marks taking runners up and Basildon taking third place.

The Hampshire Schools Trophy went to Thorngrove School, with Woolton Hill taking Runners up and Kingsclere in third place.

The B Team Award went to John Rankin.

The League Divisions saw the Following

League Div 1

1st John Rankin

2nd St. Andrews

3rd  Falkland

League Div 2

1st Springfield

2nd Cold Ash St. Marks

3rd Basildon

League Div 3

1st Welford & Stockcross

2nd Woolhampton

3rd Englefield

Team Kennet would like to thank everyone who attended the event and specially to all the Volunteers and sponsors, The event is the pinnacle event in the schools calendar for this area and all those who take part and run in this will cherish this forever.

See below link for event photographs

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National Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships

Harriet Saunders represented Hampshire at the National Inter-Counties Championships held at Wollaton Park, Nottingham today. Testing herself against the very best athletes in the UK she produced an excellent performance on an undulating course and, in a very tightly packed field, finished 52nd out of the 308 qualifiers and 4th placed Hampshire runner.

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Berkshire Sportshall Regional Finals 2025

Three Team Kennet athletes travelled to Burgess Hill for the South East Regional Sportshall finals.

Sophia Mahoney and Praiya Foreman were part of the Under 11 girls team finishing in 5th place and Matilda Clare in the Under 13 girls team finishing in 3rd place. Congratulations to all.

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Basingstoke Junior Cross Country Match 2

Team Kennet were in action again in match 2 of the Junior Cross Country League being held at Hartney Wintney.

The under 9 girls packed well to take second team on the day, Matilda Hogg ran well to hold on to 5th place, closing in fast with a good finish was Isabella Chapman in 7th place and Bella Dearns also had a strong finish for 9th place and to make up the team was Florence Randall-bird in 12th, Pippa Clay was the next club runner home in 27th.

The under 9 boys were next over the 1400m course, Chester Bailey left off from last week’s match to dominate the field to win again, Lenny Wyvill had to settle for 4th place, Idris Gaye 5th and Matthew Jones 6th were coming in together that made a team victory and second in a row.

The under 11 girls course over 2k saw Ella Larkin stride ahead from the gun to pull away to a 150m lead to win the race, Matilda Saunders had a better race this week to come home in 4th place as she worked hard up the hills, Elodie Burdett stormed him in 5th place and with Ella Parsons in 10th this secured another team win. Olivia Kwit was next home in 27th and Evelyn Barker 33rd Percy Reed was the only under 11 boy from the club he ran well to finish 13th.

The under 13 girls were up next, over a nearly 3k course Harriet Saunders worked well over the back fields on the 3 laps to win the race, coming home in 2nd place was Olivia Bentley producing her best ever race coming through the field with confidence, Penelope Lyth was next home in 5th place running most the race on her own kept it going, with Ella McDonald in 8th place the girls secured their second team win in a row, Affra Bailey was next home in 13th.

The under 13 boys were next Harry Smith after winning last week found the competition much tougher this weekend coming home in 4th place, good packing from Samuel Atkins 16th, Josh Bailey 17th and Henry Bell 18th was enough to secure third place team, JJ Mercer was next home in 20th and Ben Doherty was 22nd. The under 15 girls saw the team finish in 2nd place as last weekend, Anna Hall ran a brilliant race to finish in third place and Amelie Tayton was next home in 11th and Ella Cronk 14th.