Team Kennet Athletes secured 14 top 25 Rankings over the Summer of 2022, making it one of the best individual performances ever in the club. Impressively there were some 27 athletes making the top 100 UK Rankings, from all age groups.
Ben East ranked number 1 in the under 20 Javelin 73.49
Ben East ranked number 5 in the Senior Male Age group Javelin 73.49
Will McDonald ranked number 5 in the under 13 Javelin 37.98
Turkay Altuntas ranked 10th in the under 13 Discus 27.31
Eliska Simpson ranked 7th in the under 13 Discus 25.09
George Down ranked 12th in the under 17 Long Jump 6.55
James Fenner ranked 13th in the under 15 Javelin 43.96
Seb Simpson ranked 14th in the under 17 Discus 42.63
Zoe Allen ranked 14th in the under 15 Shot 11.07
Harry Fenner ranked 16th in the under 13 Javelin 34.25
Jon Simpson ranked 18th in the vet 45 Long Jump 5.13
Mitch Poustie ranked 18th in the Vet 40 2000m S/C 9.52.8
Clare McGonnell ranked 21st in the under 15 Javelin 33.47
Luke Angell ranked 24th in the Senior Male Javelin 61.48
Team Kennets’ very own Javelin Coach & athlete, Luke Angell earned his second international status, after he flew out to the Pihtipudas Javelin Carnival in Finland on Wednesday 30th June along with Ben East, to take part in the world biggest Javelin Carnival in the world.
Luke went to join other top coaches from GB and other European countries to learn and train with the very best in this event. Ben picked up an injury early on and was unable to partake at the carnival, so it was left to Luke to take part in the competition and fly the flag and the GBR banner. Luke came 8th with 58.58m but more importantly for him, it was about meeting the very best in the sport and learning from others as well as working with athletes he has admired for many years, namely Uwe Hohn (104m), Teema Wirkkala (87m) and Tero Pitkamaki (91m) see photos.
Team Kennet had a few enter the Green Park Challenge part of the Reading Half Marathon programme.
Ben Doherty came in 26th place in 12.05, Henry Bell was next in 31st with a time of 12.11 and his twin brother Elliot was 41st in 12.16 out of well over 400 runners.
Team Kennet Juniors took part in the Third of the Destination Basingstoke Cross Country League on Sunday at Down Grange organised by Fleet. Under 9 girls going in to this match were top of the league, a win would seal them as league winners going in to the last match and they made sure they packed up the front well. Ella Larkin led the way to also secure herself a top two finish at end of the season by coming 2nd place again, then the TK girls packed in for 6th place Isla Ladd’s, 7th place Ella McDonald and 8th place Penelope Lyth to ensure a team victory and for the club the under 9 girls are unbeaten in any competition for nearly 3 years! Milly Davies was next home in 15th and Gracie Cooke 16th.
The under 13 boys are now pushing also to win the team title and they secured a team victory by just 1 point. Elliot Murphy was clubs first runner home in 3rd place moving him in to 3rd individual overall, Ethan Kuijten was next in 6th followed by Max Adams 7th and Aaron Carter in 14th for the Team. William McDonald also ran and came 16th.
The under 9 Boys also secured a 3rd team finish with Malik Gaye coming 2nd place, keeping him 2nd overall individual. Joshua Kuijten was next home 22nd followed by Alfie Cronk 25th.
The under 11 girls were also 3rd placed team led By Anna Hall who has secured 2nd place overall in the individuals. Ella Cronk was next in 15th followed by Harriet Saunders 21st and then Amelia Rehill 31st.
The biggest field of the day with Team Kennet Numbers was the under 11 race, very tough age group and again the u11s were placed 3rd in the teams. Noah lauder-Clarke was 9th, just behind was Oscar Larkin 10th, Ben Daley was next in 14th and Harry smith made up the team with 17th place. The B team was led by Frank Edwards 18th, Elliot Bell 26th, Luke Stiles 28th and Henry Bell 30th which saw the B team 7th placed. Next home Joshua Ladds 31st and Rueben Kuijten 43rd
The under 13 girls Amber Stiles came home in 15th and Leilah Gaye 16th while in the u15 Boys Isaac Mitcham was 4th and under 15 girls Olivia smith 5th place.
Team Kennet Athletes secured a Clutch of Medals and Trophies at the last Cross Country match of the Season in the Destination Basingstoke XC League held at Sherfield Loddon.
Malik Gaye in the under 9 Boys ran a superb race to hold of some strong competition to make sure he won 3 of his four races to secure overall winner and also helping his team to secure 3rdplace overall.
The Under 9 girls were pipped for second team place on the day but they had done enough to secure League Winners for the season, Maisie McCurtin was the clubs first runner home in 5thplace with Isla Ladds 7th, Ella McDonald 9th and Penelope Lyth 13th, Ella Larkin led the B team home in 14th but with her previous races she earned herself 2nd u11 girl overall, Gracie Cooke was 15th, Evie Kearney 22nd and Elora Murray 26th were 5th team and Rose Bell was 27th.
The under 13 boys had their best run of the season Ethan Kuijten came home in 4th place with Elliot Murphy 5th , Max Adams 8th and Aaron Carter 13th saw the team home in 2ndplace which lifted them up to Runners up spot overall.
Isaac Mitcham also had his best run of the season in the u15 boys coming home in 4th place which lifted him up to 2nd place overall in the standings.
The under 11 Girls were depleted in numbers due to illness Ella Cronk came home in 12th, Harriet Saunders 18th, Mia Kearney 25th and Amelia Rehill 26th saw the team home in 6thplace but they to secured a 2nd Team Overall, Anna Hall who didn’t run luckily secured herself a 3rd place overall.
The under 11 boys saw a huge turn out from TK, 12 athletes in total, Noah Lauder – Clarke was 6th place having his best run of the season, Oskar Larkin 11th, Ben Daley 16th and Harry smith saw the team home in 3rd place but just not enough to get in the team awards finishing 4th overall. The B team was led by Frank Edward 18th, Elliot Bell 19th, harry Barnett 20th and Euan Jones 21st coming home in a brilliant 4th place, The C team was led by Luke Stiles 25th, Harry Bell 26th, Flynn Murray 31st and Reuben Kuijten 39th for 8th Team.
The under 13 Girls was led home by Amber Stiles in 12th place, Leilah Gaye just behind in 13th and Lola Mitcham 20th for 4th place team
The other under 9 boys were Joseph Rayfield 12th, Josh Kuijten 21st and Alfie Cronk 23rd
Team Kennet older Juniors put in a good show at the last Oxford YA League match of the Season, The Under 13 Girls made sure with a strong squad to come away with a match win.
Anna Hall took two individual wins firstly in the 1500m with a superb front run coming in 5.56.5 nearly 100m clear, Ella Cronk stepped up the distance to win the B string 6.38.4, Another Double win came in the High Jump, Amber Stiles earned a personnel best of 1.32 and Cronk made it another win in the B string with 1.20.
Eliska Simpson won her Shot with 6.78 and had to settle for 2nd in the Discus 17.32, team mate thrower Zoe Dickson had another good day as she won the B string Javelin 13.45 and Discus 16.08 and 2nd B string in the Shot 5.27.
The long Jump Cronk lept 3.49 for 4th place and Emerald Hill-Sawyer came 3rd B string 3.12, back on the track, Hill-Sawyer ran a good 800m to earn a new best time finishing 2nd in 2.40.4 and Stiles made in another win in the B string 2.48.5. The sprints faired well in the 100m Hill -Sawyer was 4th 14.9 and Maja Cotton matched that 15.8 in the B string, she went on later to come home 6th in the 200m 33.7.
The under 15 girls faired well to finish 3rd place, with a batch of new comers taking part, Evie Lewis on her Debut walked away with two A string wins Discus 19.32 and the Shot 6.08, the reliable Clare McGonnell won her Javelin 30.86,she also won her B string 200m 28.4 Emelia Lunn won her Long Jump 4.39, Lunn came 2nd in her 300m and there was a clutch of 2nd places from McGonnell in the 75m hurdles 12.9, Sophie Moores B string Long Jump 4.04, Moores came 5th in the A string 200m 29.7 and 4th in the 100m 14.4, another new comer Amy Chivers was 4th in the 100m B string 14.4 and another new comer Sophie Cooper came 4th in the 800m 3.03.3.
The under 17 age group saw only two club athletes attend, Alanna Smith won her Javelin 34.07, she was 3rd in the 800m 2.47.1 and came 4th in the B string long Jump. Carly Chisholm came 4th in the 100m 14.6 and 6th in the A string Long Jump.
Like the under 17 Girls the u17 Boys only had two athletes Brandon Carter threw a new best in the Javelin to win with 44.95 and he came 3rd in the Shot 7.82 and Euan Avery came 2nd in the high jump 1.60.
The under 15 Boys saw more debuts again, Ben Cooper started of with a great win in the long jump 5.30, he then went on to win the 200m 25.4 and then had to settle for 3rd place in the 100m 12.4, James Simmons was Bens B string on the day and he was rewarded wit ha B string win in the 200m 28.3 p.b., he to had to settle for 3rd place in the 100m 13.4 and 4th in the B long Jump 3.90.
Joe Hoaen also got in to the wins winning the Discus 23.20, 4th in the Javelin 20.88 and 3rd place in the Shot 6.32
Oliver Carroll came 6th in his 800m 2.35.5 and the 4 boys came home 5th in the relay only 1.4 seconds separated the 5 teams.
The under 13 boys didn’t see any wins but they put in some good performances Aiden Flemming took 2nd place in the long jump 3.97 and Ben Daley 3rd B string 3.48, Will Mcdonald came 2nd in the Javelin 32.80 and Noah Lauder-Clark matched that in the B string 24.24
There were some good other performances from the non scorers
U13 Girls Lola Mitcham 1500m 6.27.5
U13 Girls Maja Cotton High Jump 1.10
U13 Girls Charlotte Baily 800m 3.007 new comer
U13 Girls Chloe O Reardon 800m 3.03.9 new comer
U13 Girls Eliska Simpson Javelin 18.01
U13 Boy Ben Daley javelin 20.46
U15 Girls Sophie Cooper 100m 14.7 and Long Jump 3.74 newcomer
3 Team Kennet athletes did back-to-back competitions at the end of September which turned into 2 family affairs with the Angell family and the Simpson family competing together on the Saturday and Sunday.
On the Saturday they went to Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, where Javelin Coach Luke Angell came away with a win in the men’s senior javelin with 57.91m. He also took part in the discus, earlier in the day with a season’s best of 28.61m to take 2nd place.
Jon Simpson (v45) also came 3rd in the Javelin with 27.84m, 4th in the Discus with 25.67, a 200m in 26.2s and finished off with a 100m sprint clocking 13.00s. Seb Simpson (u17) did Javelin, 24.25m, Discus, 39.62 and completed his day with a Hammer throw of 39.46m.
Throws Coach, Cheryl Angell (v55) completed her day with a Shot putt of 6.55m, a hammer throw of 17.98m and a Discus throw of 14.34.
Next day they ventured out to Winchester with a few more additions to the TK team of throwers.
Luke Angell came away with a win of 59.55m on his last throw of the season in the senior men’s competition. Oliver Ford’s (u20) win in the javelin hit 38.16m and Brandon Carter’s (u17) win hit a massive 43.44m. Eliska Simpson (u13) threw 19.14 in the javelin to take 1st place.
Oliver Gregory (u20) ventured out to join the team for the shot putt and came 2nd with a season’s best of 11.20m just behind Oliver Ford (u20) who took 1st place with a new PB of 11.73m. Seb Simpson threw 11.99m for 1st place in his age group. Eliska Simpson threw 7.35m in shot for her 4th place.
Cheryl Angell took on Hammer with a 1st place of 17.11m in the V55 section along with Seb Simpson throwing 40.97 in the u17 section to take 1st place.
Discus saw most TK throwers take part with Cheryl Angell, who equalled her seasons best and her own club record for the second time this year with a throw of 15.41m, Seb Simpson threw 40.19m to take 1st. Harry Booker took 2nd place with 35.22, and 1st place went to Oliver Ford with 36.83m. Eliska Simpson had the best day with a massive throw of 25.09 taking 1st place in the discus and a new PB!
The only track runner of the day was Emerald Hill-sawyer (u13) who took the win and a PB in the 100m with 14.32s and later competing in the 800m with a time of 2.37.29 to take 3rd place.
Three throwers from Team Kennet took part in this open competition. Coach Luke Angell took on the Senior Men’s Javelin competition and won with 57.91m. Brandon Carter also took on the Javelin in the U17’s and took the win with a throw of 40.45m. Cheryl Angell competed in the Hammer and threw a season’s best with 18.62m to take 2nd place in the group and 1st in the V55 section.
