Cirencester Park hosted round 2 of the Oxon XC league. Rain & mud were the order of the day, with the ladies race getting some particularly heavy rain half way through.

In the under 11 girls race, Matilda Saunders was an excellent 3rd and Ella Parsons worked hard for 16th in the mud

Harriet Saunders ran excellently for 2nd place in the under 13 girls race.

Harry Smith was 10th in the under 13 boys, an excellent result.

Anna Hall kept up her good from for 8th in the under 15 girls race.

Senior men saw Hefin Jones in 27th and 1st in the V50 category, 94th was Richard Saunders in his first Oxon league race, Andy Colling was 119th and 3rd in the V60 category.

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190 Phil Baker

224 Mitch Poustie

258 Simon Hockaday

275 Simon Gale

279 Rob Parsons

Our lone lady runner, Katie Reynolds came in 86th, another excellent run in the heavy rain.

Team Kennet ended their track and field season of with the Juniors in the Oxford Young Athletes League held at Abingdon on Sunday.

A big squad turned up for the match to see them finish 2^nd team on the day out of 8, but the final league tables saw Under 13 girls and under 15 boys crowned age group champions.

The under 15 Boys narrowly were beaten on the day, there were some great wins, Oliver young winning the 100m in 12.4 with team mate Matias Manrique Huelgas taking 2^nd place 13.0 in the B string, both teamed up in the longer 200m with Young coming 2^nd 25.9 and Huelgas taking 3^rd b string 26.4.

The 300m Noah Lauder Clarke came home in 4^th place with 46.7 in strong head wind, I the longer distance of 800m Harry Smith stepped down from his 1500m to finish 2^nd in 2.21.6.

The field events secured high points as done all season, in the Long Jump Josh Brian came 2^nd 4.77 with Huelgas just behind 4.73 winning the B string. A double win came in the Javelin with Lauder Clarke 40.10 his first time over 40m and Euan Jones 31.34, Another double win came in the Shot with Berkay  Altuntas 11.08 and Oscar hook 10.99.

The under 13 girls were in a close match and were beaten by just 1 point, only the second time the under 13 girls have been beaten this year out of 7 matches.

Double wins came from the 800m on the Track with Ella Larkin 2.28.1 and Affra Bailey 2.41.9, in the longer 1500m Alice Stratford came home in 5^th 5.57.2 and Darcey Claridge 5.59.3 took a win in the B string. The sprints saw a good result from Matilda Clare finishing 2^nd 14.5 and Larkin taking the B string win in 14.9, the 200m Orlagh Stratford came 4^th 31.0 and Sophia Mahoney taking 3^rd B string 33.3.

The 70m hurdles saw Ella Parsons take a fine 3^rd place 16.4.

The last race on the track was the 4 x 100m Relay of Clare, Larkin, Bailey and O. Stratford coming home in 2^nd place 60.2

On the field events first the high Jump Maisie McCurtin lept 1.20 for 3^rd place and Affra Bailey cleared 1.10 to win the B string, but non scorer Orlagh Stratford lept out of her skin to win the competition with 1.35, Clare came 3^rd in the Long Jump 4.17 with Larkin on the same B string placing 3.35, Clare 25.38 and Ella McDonald 17.70 made it two 2^nd places in the Javelin, the placings were matched in the discus with Mahoney 13.69 and McCurtin 7.72

The under 13 Boys came 3^rd on the day, it was Jenson Nichols that stole the show throwing 31.36 to win the discus and go straight to UK number 1, team mate Alfie Cronk also won the B string 15.41, Cronk kept up his 100% record by winning the Shot 6.40, The Javelin Nichols made it another win with a throw of 37.70.

The high Jump saw another A string win with Sam Atkins 1.35, and in the Long Jump, Atkins came 3^rd 4.07 and Seb Lane took a B win 4.03.

On to the track Nichols secured a 2^nd place in the 100m 13.9 and Lane taking another win in the B string 14.4, in the 200m Lane came 3^rd A 29.7, Both Sam Atkins 800m and Josh Bailey 1500m ran well to earn points for the club in middle distance races

The under 17 men came 2^nd on the day, Theo nightingale clearing 1.80 to win the High Jump, Theo secured 2^nd place in the Long Jump 5.36 and James Simmons winning the B string.

Turkay Altuntas secured wins in the Discus 39.06 and Shot 12.51, with Will McDonald winning the B string.

In the Javelin it was a high standard competition Mcdonald having to take 3^rd place with 41.16 and Altuntas taking 2^nd B string 22.32.

The track again saw good competition, Nightingale taking 5^th in the 100m 12.7 and Simmons 3^rd in the B string 13.0

The under 15 girls finished 5^th team, just missed out of third place by a few points, the 100m Emerald Hill Sawyer was 6^th 14.5 and Olivia Rayfield 5^th with 15.1 in their strings,

Better results came in the 200m Hill Sawyer in 3^rd place 29.8 and Izzy Payne taking 2^nd 30.8 in the B string. The 300m Olivia Bentley came home in 2^nd place 45.7 and Ella Cronk taking 4^th B string 49.3.

Bentley had to settle for 2^nd in the 800m 2.40, and in the 1500m Annie Warner came 4^th 5.58.2.

The field events saw some good points a double win came in the Long Jump with Payne 4.27 and Hill Sawyer 4.17.

The 4 x 100m Relay of Bentley, Hill Sawyer, Rayfield and Payne came home in 58.4 for 4^th place.

The under 17 women a double win came in the Discus Evie Lewis 27.14 and Zoe Dickson 22.39, Dickson also came 2^nd in the Shot 7.37

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George Down competed in the UK under 17 Indoor Track & Field Championships over the weekend held at Sheffield. George took part in the Long Jump leaping 6.08 for 11^th place. A bit below his normal position where he would have been in the top 6.

Team Kennet were in action in the Southern Athletics League on Sunday in Division 3 West, using it as a Development league this year they faired very well in the match and produced some excellent performances.

Best result of the day came in the Mens Javelin where Ben East threw a massive 66.68m and Luke Angell throwing 61.48 for a great double win, East moving up to UK number 2 in the under 20 rankings and Breaking the clubs under 20 Javelin record. There was another Double win in the Mens High Jump, with Euan Avery clearing 1.70 and Harry Booker 1.60, good Points came in the mens Field specially in the throws, The Shot Oliver Ford throwing 10.48 for 2^nd place in the A string and Harry Booker winning the B string 9.67.

The Discus Booker was 2^nd A string throwing 32.04 and Seb Simpson won the B string 26.99, In the Hammer both Simpson and ford came 3^rdplaces 26.40 and 19.96m.

George Down came 2^nd in the Long Jump A string and Jon Simpson 2^nd B string.

On the Track Avery clocked 12.2 for 4^th place in the A string with Jon Simpson 3^rd place as Vet 45 clocking 12.9, elsewhere in the mens Arthur lane came home 2^nd in the 800m 2.11.5, he also came 4^th in his 1500m, Casey Warwick came 4^thin his 800m, and Mitch Poustie tackled 5000m for 4^th place and 2000m steeplechase 3^rd A.

Petra Kubesova made her debut on the track for the club in the 3000m and had to settle for 2^ndplace with a time of 11.43.6 against winner GB athlete Lucy Elliott. Eve Brown came 2^nd in her 1500m 5.20.8 and came 3^rd in her 400m earlier in the day with 63.6. The Sprints Carly Chisholm came 4^th A string in the 100m 14.1 and Amy Russell 14.3 same position in the B, Russell matched same position in the 200m. Cheryl Angell had a good day doing all four throws her best was the discus throwing 15.55 for 3^rd place which she matched in the Hammer 16.09 and 4^thin the Shot and Javelin B string as a vet 55.

Team Kennet cross country runners made there way to a wet & muddy Horspath on Sunday for round 3 of the Oxon cross country league which incorporated the Oxfordshire Championships.

Luke & Amber Stiles represented TK in the Oxfordshire championships with results to come in the Oxford league, Isaac Mitcham came a credible 22nd in the Under 17 race. On to the senior men and as the mud and weather got worse, David Hamill in 70th and Andy Colling in 87th lead the way. Andy was an excellent 3rd placed V50 overall Mitch Poustie was next in 198th with Rich Bickerton 225th, Simon Gale 260th & Simon Hockaday 261st completing the lineup.

The start of the ladies race started in customary fashion as heavy rain greeted the runners. Susan Francis was first TK lady home in 44th. Katie Reynolds next in 111th, Charlotte Aitken 120th & Emily Copeman 140th. Well done to all our runners on completing a tough course in horrible weather.

Team Kennet Quadkids were back in action at Tilsley Park, Abingdon on Sunday for the first Wessex League match of the season. 

The U11 girls’ team was full with 10 athletes competing on the day and top scoring with 786 points.  This score puts the U11 girls top of the overall league out of 26 teams. 

First up was the Long Jump with Quinn Joyce and Penelope Lyth equal on 3.36m and close behind was Matilda Clare 3.31m and Orlagh Stratford 3.25m.  In the sprints Clare flew to the finish line with a fast time of 11.20s.  Lyth and O Stratford also under 12 seconds.  600m was a strong event for the girls with Joyce quickest at 1min 59 sec, followed by Lyth 2min 5sec and Clare 2min 7sec.  Other strong performances from O Stratford 2min 13sec and Ella McDonald 2min 14sec.  Final event was the vortex just in time to miss the rain with Clare leading the team again with a long throw of 26.10m, followed by Elizabeth Wilson 19.901m and Evie Kearney 17.56m.  Other athletes taking part Alice Stratford, Izzy Dagan, and Elodie Burdett. 

Th U11 Boys team scored well with just 3 taking part including two newcomers Leo Jenkins and Josh Bailey.   In the long jump Leo Jenkins leaped 3.27m to score well and also ran quickest for TK in the 75m sprint with a time of 12.20s.  In the 600m the boys all ran well with only 10 seconds to separate them with Jenkins finishing ahead with 2min 18s.  Last up was the vortex throw with Joshua Kuijten throwing the furthest with 26.24m. 

TK QUADKIDS finished 3rd on the day with the Match score below

Abingdon 1502

Camberley 889

Southampton 313

Team Kennet 1280

Fleet 882

Slough Juniors 1357

Results

During the Easter Break Emerald Hill Sawyer returned to the track to participate in the Basingstoke & Mid Hants Young Athletes Open on April 6th.

Clocking a time of 2:45:56 she managed to secure 4th place in 800m event. In the field also taking 4th position in the long jump leaping 4m and 2nd place in the high jump with 1.25m.