Spring Open Meeting – Costello Stadium, Hull
Sunday 12th April 2015
The 2015 track and field season got underway at the Costello Stadium when athletes from far and wide travelled over to East Yorkshire to compete in the annual Spring Open, hosted by Kingston upon Hull Athletic Club.
It seems an eternity since the last track and field season ended back in September of 2014. The track athletes have been running in both road and cross country competitions and in the indoor competitions and championships and a lot of them have had a very successful autumn and winter. The jumpers, pole vaulters and shot putters have also had their successes at the indoor events. However the long throwers, hammer, discus and javelin have had training sessions and fitness and strength and conditioning in preparation for the new season.
The weather on the day was extremely disappointing with a strong gusting wind chilling everyone to the bone and in the afternoon the rain arrived to give us a soaking finish. The athletes of course took it all in their stride.
Track Results – under20/under 17/under15
100 & 200 Metres sprint races
The under 20 men’s 100 metres saw Joe Cooper and Andrew Morgan-Harrison battling for the gold medal, both men like all athletes at the club have gone through intensive winter training and conditioning sessions and warmed up for the new season at the indoor meetings. Joe took the gold medal with a fine run of 11.9s. Andrew took the silver with a season’s best run of 12.4. the two met again in the 200 metres where the finishing result was the same with Joe winning the race in a run of 24.3s and Andrew again winning the silver with a good time of 24.6s.
The under 20 women’s 100 metres was dominated by England international Charlotte Paterson who took the gold in a season’s best time of 12.8s. Bronze went to Amy Sampson who also recorded a season’s best time of 14.8s. Angelakie Koutsie was 4th and Jessica Lee 5th with Jess recording a season’s best run of 15.7s.
The under 17 men’s 100 metres was a very competitive race which saw a victory for one of our fast improving young sprinters Brett Dorley who ran a season’s best of 12.8s for the gold. Macalley Morgan was right behind him at the line and he set a new PB of 12.9 to take the silver and Joshua Sampson with a season’s best of 13.4 took the bronze
The women’s under 17’s race saw Emily Lyons and Amelia Benson cross the line together with both girls running a season’s best time of 13.4 but Emily was the race winner by a whisker. Olivia Young and Chloe Sole took 6th and 7th place and Chloe Constable 9th with a new PB of 14.5. Malvina Oberemok made her debut in the race and finished in 11th and Charlotte McIvor was 12th.
The under 17 men’s 200 metres was won by 400 metre specialist Marcel Dalee who set a new PB of 25.9s in what was an impressive run. Brett Dorley picked the silver medal to go with his gold from the 100 metres, his recorded time was 26.4s.
Emily Lyons was the winner of the women’s 200 and picked up her second gold of the Open in a time of 28.2s. Amelia Benson finished in 4th place and she ran a time of 28.9s. Chloe Constable came home in 6th place in 30.1s, Malvina Oberemok was 7th in 30.5s and Olivia Young set a new PB 30.6 in 8th place
The under 15 boy’s 100 race saw Kingston Athletes take the first 4 places. Lewis Gilbey was the winner of the gold medal with a fine run of 13.3s and Philip May take the silver in 13.5s. Samuel Croney and Adam Coles both set new PB’s of 14.1s for 3rd and 4th places.
The Northern under15 girls indoor 200 metres champion Hannah Kynman won both the 100 and 200 metres races, running a season’s best time 13.5s to take the 100 gold with multi-eventer Venus Morgan taking the silver with a seasons best of 14.0s. Libby Wheeler was the bronze medallist with a time of 14.3s which was a season’s best for her. Further season’s bests were recorded by Kate Huntington in 5th Olivia Morton 7th and Natasha Rawling 8th one of our recent recruits Imogen Hayhurst recorded a time of 16.9s. in her first competitive race in the clubs colours.
In the 200 metres Hannah Kynman won her second gold of the day, crossing the line in a time of 30.0s. Kate Huntington took the silver with a season’s best time of 32.5s and Natasha Rawling was in 7th in 34.8s.
75 metres hurdles race
The under 15 girl’s 75 metres hurdles race was won by Venus Morgan who ran a new PB of 11.9s. The 2014 Humberside Schools Championship’s bronze medallist Paige Mathers won the silver and she also ran a new PB of 13.2s. Imogen Hayhurst took 4th place and also set a new PB of 16.5s.
80 metres hurdles race
Chloe Sole the 2014 Humberside County and Humberside Schools champion was the winner of the under 17 girl’s hurdles race and she ran a season’s best time of 12.8s. Sian Kerry was the silver medal winner and her time of 14.9s was also a season’s best effort from her.
300 metres races
The under 17 women’s 300 metres saw Amelia Robinson pick up a silver medal and run a time of 43.3s. Jessica Fields finished 4th and she ran a time of 45.2s.
In the under 15 boy’s 300 metres Joseph Seed set a new PB of 47.3s to finish in 6th. The girl’s race saw Olivia Morton run a season’s best of 50.0s to also take a 6th place finish.
400 metres races
Jack Michaels won the gold medal in the under 20 men’s 400 metres hurdles race. Jack’s pedigree was one of distance and cross country but he caught the hurdling bug and he has become rather good at it. He finished the race in 66.6s.
Marcel Dalee won his second gold medal of the day, clinching it with a season’s best performance of 53.9s. The bronze went to another of our newer recruits, Kyle Foster who ran the race in 59.4s which was a new PB.
800 metres races
Natalie Bell ran a season’s best time of 2:41.3s to win the gold medal and she crossed the line 8 seconds ahead of her nearest challenger.
In the under15 girls race Abbie Haigh took the silver medal with a season’s best run of 2:43.9s. Lucy Savery won the bronze in 2:47.3s. Daisy Evans ran a season’s best effort of 2:48.6s to take 4th and Rebecca Chivers ran a new PB of 2:51.0s to finish 5th.
1500 metres race
The under 17 men’s 1500 metres race was won by middle distance and cross country specialist Jack Brothwell. He finished the race 25 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor.
Field Results – under 20/under 17/under 15
Long Jump
Jessica Lee was the silver medallist in the under 20 women’s long jump event where we also saw her set a new PB 4.28m. In the under 17’s Maddie Storr won her first gold medal for Kingston with a fine effort of 4.35m.
The under 17 men’s competition saw the top 3 Kingston athletes who are also training partners going head to head. Multi-eventer Nathan Hood came out on top with a leap of 5.32m with Macalley Morgan taking the silver with 5.18m and Harry Stutely the bronze with 5.01m, a season’s best for him.
In the under 15 boy’s competition Kayden Morgan emulated his older brother when he picked up the gold medal with a jump of 4.95m. Philip May took the silver with his best effort of 4.58 and Samuel Croney taking 4th place with a jump of 4.19m.
The under15 girl’s event saw the 2014 Humberside Schools Champion Libby Wheeler set a new PB of 5.02m to win the gold medal. Kate Huntington also set a new PB of 4.04m to take the silver, Abbie Haigh put in a season’s best performance of 3.74m to take 4th place and Imogen Hayhurst finished 5th with a best effort of 3.56m.
High Jump
The under 17 women’s high jump gold went to the 2014 Humberside Championship’s silver medallist Bryony Underwood who put in a season’s best effort of 1.45m.
In the under 15 girl’s event Paige Mathers won the silver medal and set a new PB with a clearance of 1.42m.
Hammer Throw
In the under 20 women’s competition Maggie Okul the 2014 double Northern Champion and England Championship’s bronze medallist dominated the event, winning the gold with a throw of 48.05m which was 14 metres ahead of the silver medallist.
The under 17’s saw Olivia Stevenson also a Northern double champion and England Championship’s silver medallist similarly dominate her event to take the gold with a throw of 51.01m. Fellow Hull Hammer Squad thrower’s Alice Barnsdale and Jess North took the silver and bronze medals respectively. Alice had a best throw of 41.08 and Jess 23.80m.
The under15 boy’s competition saw one of our emerging young hammer throwers Shaun Kerry win the silver medal with an excellent throw and new PB of 29.81m.
Discus Throw
The under 20 women’s competition saw Nicole Gray open her 2015 campaign with a bronze medal winning performance. She threw a new PB of 22.03m.
Sophie O’Hara opened her campaign with a victory in the under 17 women’s event, throwing 30.90m, a season’s best. Alice Barnsdale won the bronze medal with 22.47 which was also a season’s best effort.
In the under 17 men’s, the Northern Champion at both Discus and Shot Josh Tranmer gave a wake-up call to his rivals, setting a new PB of 35.39m to take the gold medal.
Shot Putt
Josh Tranmer picked up his second gold medal of the day and second new PB of the day by launching the 5kg shot 11.28m.
In the under 15 boy’s event Shaun Kerry claimed his second silver medal with a throw measuring 10.18m.
The under 17 girl’s shot found Sophie O’Hara and Alice Barnsdale going head to head again. Sophie took her second gold medal with a season’s best effort of 10.83m and Alice another bronze with a throw of 8.81m which was a new PB for her.
Multi-eventer Venus Morgan picked up her second gold of the day with a throw of 8.78m in the under 15 girl’s competition. This was also a new PB for Venus.
Pole Vault
The Kingston upon Hull Open meeting provided the first opportunity for the club’s Pole Vault group to show how their winter training had gone. It has been a frustrating time for the group since the Pole Vault equipment at Costello Stadium has only just been fixed in order for them to do any serious event practice since the stanchions were broken last September.
Ben Stutely, in his first competition since joining the group as an 11 year old last September cleared 1.90m and was very close in his three attempts to also achieving 2m.
Natalie Varga produced a personal best in winning the under 17 competition with a first-time clearance of 2.60m, whilst training partner Rebekah Arandle, who hasn’t competed for a couple of years through a persistent leg injury, won the Senior Women’s competition with a height of 2.70m.
There was an exciting Men’s under17 competition in which the lead swung from one vaulter to another. The result was a personal best for both Nathan Hood and Harry Stutely. Both clearing 3.10m but Harry took the gold medal on count-back, having less failures than Nathan throughout the tense competition.
This was a promising start to the season for the group in an event which is technically difficult and requires a lot of courage.
Malcolm Brooks
(Kingston upon Hull Pole Vault coach)
