Team Kennet under 15 girls were crowned joint age group winners in the Wessex League age group tables this season, only losing one match all season, the under 17 men also came third place overall in their age group league, again only losing one match all season. Picture of some of the 25 u15 and u17s that were at the recent training night to collect their medals.
Team Kennet Athletes thrived at the Berkshire Track and Field Championships held at Eton over the Weekend claiming some 22 medals and 10 County Champions over the two days.
The under 13 Boys Elliott Murphy took his first County Title in the 1000m in a great race just missing out on the clubs record clocking a fast 3.08.7 and then following day claimed a new club record in the 600m being pipped on the line for 4th place with a time of 1.43.67, in the same age group but Girls Eliska Simpson is fast learning the Discus and moving up to 14th in the UK rankings at her first year in this age group by also taking the Berkshire Title throwing 18.43, she claimed a handful of medals as she came runners up in the Shot 6.67 and taking 3rd place in the Javelin. Amber Stiles also grabbed a County Title in the High Jump clearing 1.25m and in a close race in the 1000m she clocked 3.31.95 to take Runners Up.
The under 15 Age Group saw Claire McGonnell claim the Javelin title throwing 27.87 and also Bronze in the 300m 46.7 and reaching the 100m Final coming 7th 14.1, the Boys age group Seb Simpson claimed himself two County Titles first his main event the Discus throwing 35.67 and then in the Hammer 28.25, He earned a Bronze Medal in the Shot 10.34 and just missed out to take 4th place in the Javelin 21.51.
Jo Hoaen also took part in the Discus coming 4th with a throw of 21.88
The under 17 age groups also saw County Champions, Charlotte Absolom winning the Triple Jump 9.53, Oliver Ford threw 39.93 to win the Discus with Tom Wells winning the Bronze 26.82, Ford also took Runners up spot in the Shot 12.28, while Bronze Medals came from Oliver Humphrey in the 100m hurdles 15.02 and Gabriel Warley 1.75 in the High Jump with Matthew Jones taking 4th 1.70m
The under 20 age group Phoebe Hoaen claimed her first title in this age group in the Javelin 35.23 and a cluster of Silver medals came from Oliver Bazin in the long jump 5.51, Harry Booker in the Discus 36.29 and Oliver Gregory in the Shot 11.01, Booker just missed out in the Shot taking 4th place 10.67
The only club senior athlete taking part was Luke Angell after many years battling injury went out full of confidence in the Javelin to throw 57.62m to take the Senior title
Team Kennet Athletes were successful at the London Indoor Track & Field Games over the weekend, in the under 13 girls age groups Zoe Allen came 1st in the Shot with a throw of 8.49 putting her ranked in the top 6 in the UK rankings, she clocked a fast 8.89 in the 60m sprint and also took part in the 200m 29.45.
Clare McGonnell had a very successful day she claimed two new club records firstly in the 800m 2.44.74 and then High Jump 1.25, and then clocking a fast 60m hurdles time of 10.66 seconds.
Oliver Humphrey came out 4th quickest in the under 15 boys 60m Hurdles also claiming the Clubs age group Record in a time of 9.38 seconds
Hayley Steward from Team Kennet earned herself a Silver Medal in the senior women’s Shot in the South of England indoor track and field Championships at Lee Valley throwing 11.31m. She also came 6th in the long jump 5.17m
Team Kennet’s Nathan Gillis set new records at the weekend in the Men’s 800m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston in America.
Not only breaking the club indoor record, he was the first athlete at the University of La Salle to break 1.50, he came 5th in the race to finish in a time of 1.49.49 ranking him 12th in the UK rankings
Deborah Montgomery took part in the British Masters Winter throws Championships at Lee Valley over the weekend, in the Vet 50 age group she just missed out on her own club records to win Gold in the Shot by just a few centimetres with a throw of 9.68, she went outside to throw the hammer to secure another medal this time a silver with 33.67
Team Kennet had several athletes compete in the u15/20 inter counties match at Horspath on Saturday.
In the under 15 age group Liam Cawley represented Hampshire in the Javelin to throw 56.61 to take 1st place.
In the under 20 age group representing Berkshire Phoebe Hoaen stepped up from u17 to throw heavier weight in the Javelin coming 3rd with 37.33, Oliver Bazin also stepped up an age group coming 5th in the 400m 54.87 and 10th in the Long Jump 5.62, Stuart Bladon as an u20 came 3rd in the Javelin 47.42 and 3rd in the 110m Hurdles in 14.74m
Team Kennet Juniors took their second League win in 8 days of the Wessex Young Athletes League held at Andover to finish third overall in the League to cap a brilliant season only beaten by two clubs all season.
On the day TK Yellow Vests had to battle hard to keep in front but towards the end of the match their strength in depth carried them through to Victory seeing 43 individual wins on the day.
Team Kennet 494
Swindon 438
Woking 363
Andover & Overton 289
Waverley 231
Fleet 170
The under 13 Girls took a convincing win in their league to finish runners up, in the 1200m a very tactical race developed with Eve Brown sprinting to victory in 4.04.7 and just behind Emma Davies sprinted past her B string rival to win her B string 4.19.8, Kirsten Fraser made it a 800m win by storming to victory in 2.27.7 and Alanna Smith coming 2nd in the B 2.54.8, Fraser came 2nd in the B string 70m hurdles, 13.6, this time was matched by Claire McGonnell in the A string where she came 4th. The Sprints were grueling Zoe Allen came 4th in the 100m A 14.2 and 3rd in her 200m 29.1, Annabel MacLean coming 5th in the 100m 15.3 and McGonnell 3rd in the 200m 30.3, on the Field a double win came in the Javelin Eve Brown throwing 26.13 and Alanna Smith 23.24, Zoe Allen found herself in a tough Shot competition taking 3rd A with a throw of 8.12 and Brown taking a Hatrick of wins in the B string 5.89. MacLean won her B string High Jump best of the jumps.
The under 17 Women again won their match but had to settle for runners up in their own league, The Field events saw high points in the Shot Sophie Wheadon 10.55 and Pheobe Hoaen 9.11 both winning, Wheadon made it another win in her Discus 30.59 and was backed up by Georgina Thomson winning the B string, and in the Javelin Hoaen threw 40.51 to win this and Anna Montagne winning the B 27.08, Georgina Thomson won the High Jump, in the Long Jump Montagne had to settle for 2nd with 4.82 and this was matched by B string Rebecca Thomson.
The track also saw great wins Montagne won the 80m Hurdles 13.0, Bethan Philp won the 1500m, Both Thomson twins teamed up in the 800m to finish 2nd A Rebecca and 1st B string Georgina. The Sprints 200m Faye Saunderson came 2nd 27.9 and Hoaen won her B string 31.6, in the shorter 100m Saunderson was 3rd across the line 13.3 and Izzy Kerslake coming 2nd B string 13.6, Both Saunderson and R. Thomson came 3rd in their 300m races and finally a great win in the 4 x100m clocking 53.2 by Saunderson, Kerslakes and Montagne.
The under 15 boys won their match to lift them to top 8 overall in their league, the squad was boosted by new members Josh Down coming 2nd in the 100m A string 12.1 and 4th in the 200m 24.9, Teague Pasea winning the B string 100m 12.5 and 200m 25.4, Noah Kemp won his B string 300m and Oliver Humphreys came 2nd in the 80m Hurdles best of the individual track, with the new boys the 4x100m saw a superb victory in 50.2 by Pasea, Matthew Jones, Jonah Briggs and Down.
The field saw its usual domination of events Matthew Jones winning the High Jump 1.50 with George Mackie taking 2nd B string, Oliver Ford throwing 11.18 to win his Shot, but had to settle for 2nd place in the Discus 31.09 but was backed well by Liam Cawley in the B string 27.90, the Javelin saw a great win by Cawley 52.96 and Kian Hockaday making it a double 33.22.
The under 17 men also won on the day, lifting them to top 3 overall in their league, Oliver Bazin won his Long Jump 5.76, Harry Booker winning the High Jump 1.55, Booker then winning the Shot 11.32 with Ben Lawrence winning the B string 9.04
Booker made it a hattrick of wins in the Discus and breaking his own club record to 39.79 and Alex McLaughlin winning the B string 26.15, Lawrence then threw a 42.27 to win his Javelin and McLaughlin won the B string. On the track Bazin came 2nd in the 100m 12.2 and 3rd in the 200m 24.3 and Mclaughlin came 2nd in the B string 200m 26.8
The under 13 Boys also welcomed newcomer George Down to boost the team as they finished 2nd on the day, he won his 100m in 13.4 and his 200m 27.8, Jacob Avery ran a superb B string 100m to win this in 14.1, Down made it a hattrick of wins in the Long Jump leaping to 4.47 in the A string, James Fenner taking 3rd B string.
Points kept flowing in the field Seb Simpson and Josepth Hoaen both coming 2nd in their strings of the Shot, Simpson matching this position in the Discus 21.98 and Hoaen taking a B win 15.72, and best came in the Javelin that saw a double win Fenner 28.59 and Hoaen 23.01
Finally the 4x100m team came 2nd Down, Fenner, Avery and Edward Mackie.
The under 15 girls had a light team than usual some very good performances came Charlotte Absolom coming thir in her Discus 16.44 and Annelise Gale 2nd B string, Absolom taking 2nd in her Javelin 20.90, in the shot Emily Tucker came 2nd 8.87, in a very high performances in the high jump Gemma Moon had to settle for 4th A string 1.35 and Absolom 3rd B 1.30, on the tack best result came in the 800m Emily Tucker taking 2nd A string 2.39 and Annelise Gale clocking same time and placing in the B string.
Half Term holidays meant a depleted Team Kennet Quadkids team could only finish in 5th place in the 2nd Wessex League match at Southampton with a score of 1132 points.
Bethany MacLean was the highest scoring girl coming 4th overall with 206 points. Erin Gosney scored 184 with Eloise Ross 139 and Leilah Gaye 113 the other scorers.
For the boys, Charlie Todd on 181 beat newcomers Joseph Bell 160 and Jack Btooke-Taylor 149.
In the Vortex throw, the top 3 girls were Bethany with 28.20, Erin 22.00 and Eliska Simpson 18.54. Joseph top scored for the boys with 20.01.
In the 600m run, Bethany ran 2.04.9 with Erin 2.16 and Leilah and Lilia Gale both running 2.27.8. For the boys Charlie posted a time of 2.05.3
In the 75m sprint, Erin was the fastest with 12.5 ahead of Bethany 12.6 and Eloise 13.5 while Charlie 12.7 just out-sprinted Jack on 12.9.
In the Long Jump, Erin 3.15 against just pipped Bethany 3.13 with Eloise 2.94 while Charlie 3.11 was the pick of the boys.
Team Kennet took part in the Wessex Young Athletes League at Southampton on Sunday in a tough match against lead leaders Winchester. The Yellow Vests saw over 70 athletes turn out and came away with a well deserved second place which saw another League Record from Pheobe Hoaen in the under 17 Womens Javelin throwing 45.41 to take her to UK number 3
Final Match Score
Winchester City 602
Team Kennet 501.5
Southampton City 433.5
Isle of Wigh 260.5
Bournemouth 245.5
Poole Runners 60
The Under 17 Women came so close to winning their age group league, only 2 pts separated them from Winchester, Sophie Wheadon had a busy day in the throws, she won her B string Javelin with a 22m throw, while in her favorite event the Discus she won the A string with 31.14 and Ellie Armstrong won her B string, both teamed up again to win the Shot strings Wheadon 11.65 and Armstrong 9.48, in the High Jump, Georgina Thomson 1.35 and Rebecca Thomson 1.20 both came 2nd in their strings.
The Track events were tough for the girls, New Comer Faye Saunderson finished 3rd in her 100m 14.2 and 4th in the 200m 28.4 A strings, while in the B strings Izzy Kerslake came 2nd 14.2 and Amy Russell came 2nd in the 200m B 29.6, the slightly longer 300m Saunderson came 4th 48.3 and a B string win came from Lily Darcy-Masters 49.5. The 800m Georgina Thomson came 3rd and Pippa Thomas winning the B string and in the longer 1500m Rebecca Thomson came 3rd in the A string. The Relay quartet of Ellie and Izzy Kerslake, Russell and Saunders came home in 2nd place 55.1
The under 17 men came 3rd in their age group, Ben East again won his Javelin with a throw of 65.26 and New Comer Ben Lawrence came 2nd in the B string 37.55, Harry Booker had to settle for 2nd in the Discus 37.06 and Oliver Gregory won the B string 31.40, the same positions came in the Shot again with Booker 11.52 and Gregory 10.61, the high jump saw a double win East winning this with 1.72 and Booker winning the B string 1.60, East made it a hatrick of wins in the 100m clocking 12.2 and Gregory came 4th in the 200m 25.4
The under 13 girls came up with very tough opposition with nearly every single event covered by all clubs, it was the field events that picked up the best of the points as the girls came 2nd in their match, Eve Brown and Alanna Smith teamed up in the Javelin to clinch a double win Brown throwing 23.77 and Smith 21.69, in the non scoring Claire McGonnell threw 21.73, in the Discus new comer Kiera Cawley came 2nd with 13.26 and Caitlyn Davies taking 3rd B string while in the Shot Zoe Allen won with a big 8.17 and Eve Brown taking 2nd in the B string 5.52, The High jump saw both TK girls jump 1.30 McGonnell taking 3rd A and Neve Wright winning the B string, in the Long Jump Wright came 3rd A string 3.92 and Lyla Goodwin winning the B string 3.86.
The Track was a different game McGonnell taking 2nd A in the 70m hurdles 13.7 with Amelie Ross 4th B string. Eve Brown took the only one of the two u13 track wins in the 1200m clocking 4.16.3 and Emma Davies taking 2nd B string 4.27.1. Zoe Allen won her 200m with a great effort 29.8, and Goodwin taking 3rd in the B string, in the shorter 100m Allen came 2nd in 14.6 and Goodwin 3rd B 15.7, Alanna Smith came 4th in the 800m A and Harriet Gibson taking 5th B and the last race of the day in the 4 x100m Allen, McGonnell, Goodwin, Davies came equal 3rd 59.3.
The under 13 boys came 2nd in their match, again it was the Field that took the best of the points, in the throws a Double win came in the Javelin James Fenner throwing 27.32 and Joseph Hoaen 20.92, The Discus saw another Double win again Simpson 20.67 and Sam Dennis 17.17, Simpson made it a hattrick of wins in the Shot with 7.58 and Dennis just missed out on winning the B with 6.27, Both Boys came 2nd in the high jump Jacob Avery 1.30 and Ivan Chekmazov 1.15 in the long jump Chekmazov came 3rd 4.04 and a B string win came from Fenner 3.65
On the track in the sprints Avery came 3rd in the 100m 15.7 and Jacob Woods taking nd B 15.9, in the longer 200m Avery came 3rd 30.7 and Fenner 2nd B 32.2, the middle distance races Checkmazov came 3rd in the 800m 2.40.6 and Hoaen 3rd B string 2.57.8 and in the longer 1500m Woods came 5th 5.21 and Kian Darcy-Masters 4th B 5.32.7 the relay quartet of Chekmazov, Fenner, Woods and Avery came 3rd 60.3
Both the under 15 age groups came 3rd in their age group matches, the highlight in the Girls was Annabel Todd who timed her 800m run to perfection to win in a very fast 2.22.6, team mate Annelise Gale taking 3rd in the B string 2.42,
Emily Tucker came 2nd in the Shot with 9.05 and Aimee Dickson 3rd B 5.99, in the Discus Todd came 4th 18.97 and Dickson 2nd B string 15.39, the High Jump Gemma Moon came 2nd 1.40 and Lottie Absolom came 2nd in the B string 1.35, in the Long Jump Absolom came 3rd 4.14 and same position in the B string by Annabel Gibson 3.66, on the Track Absolom came 4th in the 75m hurdles 13.7 and Gibson taking 2nd in the B string 14.2, best other result on the track came in the 300m with Todd taking 2nd place 45.1 the Relay quartet of Moon, Todd, Absolom and Ella Ward took 4th place 57.5
The Boys best results on the track came from Noah Kemp in the 1500m clocking 4.49 for 2nd place and Oliver Humphrey in the 80m hurdles, with the relay quartet of Harry Davis, Jonah Briggs, Matthew Jones and Humphrey taking 5th place 58.1
The field events faired better for the boys, in the long jump George Mackie jumped 4.56 for 3rd place and Matthew Jones taking 2nd in the B string 4.34, the High Jump was a superb competition, Jones coming 4th wit h1.45 and Euan Avery also jumping 1.45 in the B string won on count back, A Double win came in the Javelin Liam Cawley throwing 48.47 and Kian Hockaday 31.04, Cawley had a busy day taking 2nd in the Shot 10.85 with Hockaday 3rd B string, Cawley taking 3rd in the Discus 27.98 and Tom Wells taking 2nd in the B string 21.35
