Northern Athletics Indoor Open Meeting

English Institute of Sports Stadium, Sheffield

Saturday 5^th December 2015

Twenty two of Kingston’s junior and youth team athletes made their way over to Sheffield, to compete at Northern Athletics second ‘open meeting’ of the indoor season, at the English Institute of Sports Stadium. The event drew a big turnout of athletes from the north of England and the Midlands, and a few from the south.

The last couple of months has seen everyone working hard on their fitness and conditioning, in preparation for the Indoor championship meetings in January and February of 2016. This was a chance to assess the progress that had been made, and to get back into competition mode.

The age categories at the meeting were senior men and women, with under 20’s and under 17’s competing as seniors. Under 15’s and under 13’s all competed together in the under 15 category. Many of the youngsters had just made the move up in age group and were understandably nervous.

Results – Senior Men

17 year old Andrew Morgan-Harrison was the 100 metre gold medallist at the 2015 North Yorkshire County Schools Championships, and silver medallist at the Humberside County Championships. He ran in heat 4 of the senior 60 metres, winning the race and setting a new PB of 7.21s.

Younger brother David Morgan-Harrison who won the silver medal over 60 metres and bronze over 150, at Novembers Northern Open, was in action in heat 24 of the senior 60 metres, where he picked up another silver medal, running a new PB of 8.30s. He won another silver medal in heat 25 of the 300 metres, where he set another new PB of 44.42s.

14 year old English Schools long jump Champion Jack Perry, was in action in heat 10 of the senior 60 metres, where he took 3^rd place and set a new PB of 7.57s. He also competed in the senior long jump, where his best effort of 5.39m, gave him 15^th place.

Another 14 year old Adam Coles, ran in heat 17 of the senior 60 metres, where a new PB of 7.89s, gave him 3^rd place. In the 60 metre hurdles he took 6^th place, and set another new PB of 9.42s.

16 year old Nathan Hood ran in heat 16 of the 60 metres, where a new PB of 8.22s gave him 7^th place. An effort of 5.52m in the long jump gave him an 8^th place finish. 2016 will see the multi eventer move up to the under 20’s, to contest his first season as a decathlete.

15 year old Harry Stutely is a multi eventer and is, together with training partner Nathan Hood, the reigning Humberside Schools pole vault champion. He ran in heat 12 of the 60 metres, where he claimed 3^rd place and recorded a time of 7.80s.

17 year old Jonny Beharrell missed the early 2015 indoor season, and the entire 2015 track & field season through injuries. His first competition for 14 months was a Hull Park run in November which he won in a new personal best time. He had his second run out at the Sheffield indoor meeting, in heat 2 of the senior 600 metres. He took 6^th place and set himself a new PB of 1:25.74s. Both the senior team and the youth team missed Jonny this year, it is great to see him back.

18 year old Josh Taylor-Brown is one of Kingston’s leading middle distance and distance runners. He is the reigning Humberside County and Humberside Schools 800 metre champion. He had his first ever run on the boards in Sheffield, in the 3000 metre race where he set a new PB of 9:27.75s, for an 8^th place finish.

Results Senior Women

14 year old Venus Morgan has just made the move up into the under 17 age group, she is a multi eventer and 2016 will see her first competitive season in the heptathlon event. She competed in three events at Sheffield, running in heat 22 of the 300 metres, where she took 3^rd place and set a new PB of 44.35s. The 60 metre hurdles race saw her set another new PB of 9.43s, for 4^th place and in the high jump competition she cleared a height of 1.50m.

Another 14 year old, Libby Wheeler was a long jump finalist at this year’s English Schools Championships. She registered a distance of 5.03m in the long jump at this meeting, where she was also the winner of heat 25 of the 60 metre race, setting a new PB of 8.47s.

2015 saw 16 year old Chloe Constable complete her first track & field season for Kingston, where she became a regular member of the clubs youth team. She ran in heat 27 of the 60 metres, setting a new PB of 8.72s, for a 4^th place finish.

Amelia Benson is also 16 years of age and 2015 was her second competitive season. She picked up silver medals at both 100 and 200 metres at the Humberside County Championships and the Humberside Schools Championships. She ran in heat 15 of the 60 metres, taking 6^th place in a time of 8.18s.

Lucy Savery is 14 years old. She won her first county honours at the 2015 Inter County Championships at Cudworth and represented Kingston in the National Youth Development League. She was in action in heat 12 of the 600 metres race, where she took 2^nd place and posted a new PB of 1:51.89s.

Results – Under 15 Boys & girls

Owen Robinson is just 10 years of age and 2015 was his debut season with Kingston. He was the gold medallist over both 80 metres and 150 metres at the Humberside County Championships, and the silver medallist over 600 metres. He took on three events at the Sheffield meeting, in the 60 metres he ran a new PB of 9.08s for 3^rd place, the 150 metres saw another new PB of 21.68s, for 2^nd place, and he was placed 9^th in the long jump competition, with an effort of 3.98m.

Under 13 Connor Pickering also took on three events. He was the winner of heat 13 of the 60 metres, posting a new PB of 9.32s. He took 4^th place in the shot competition where he threw another new PB of 8.03m. His third event saw him take 11^th place in the long jump, with his third new PB of the day, registering a jump of 4.24m.

Under 15 athlete Ben Stutely was the winner of heat 9 of the 60 metres, where he recorded a new PB of 8.87s. He was in further action in the long jump event where he took a 5^th place finish with a jump of 4.35m.

14year old Kate Huntington is in her second competitive season for the club. She was the 200 metres bronze medallist at the 2015 Humberside Schools Championships, and earned county representation at the Inter Counties Championships at Blackburn. Kate contested three events at Sheffield, where she took the silver medal in heat 10 of the 60 metres, running a new PB of 8.64s. She collected her second silver of the day in heat 7 of the 150 metre races, where she set another new PB of 20.77s. Her third event was the long jump, which saw her set her third new PB with a jump of 3.57m.

Katie Smith is 13 years old, and she made her debut appearance for the club at Aprils ‘Kingston Spring Open Meeting’. She won a hurdles silver medal at the Humberside County Championships and also won county honours at the inter counties meeting at Cudworth. She competed in her three strongest events at Sheffield, taking 3^rd place in heat 2 of the 60 metre hurdles race, running a new PB of 10.41s. She took 4^th place in the 60 metres sprint, with another new PB of 8.88s, a third new PB of 21.39s gave her a 5^th place finish in the 150 metres.

2015 was the second competitive season for another of the clubs 13 year olds, Jodie Martin. She was the 100 metres bronze medallist at the Humberside Championships, and she represented her county at the Cudworth Inter County Championships, running the 800 metre race. She also made her debut appearance at the Northern Championships, running in the 800 metres at Middlesbrough. At Sheffield Jodie took 4^th place in heat 11 of the 60 metres, where she set a new PB of 9.00s, and she was placed 5^th in heat 8 of the 150 metres, where she set another new PB of 21.51s.

Evie Watson is another athlete who is in her second competitive season. She won the long jump gold medal at this year’s Humberside County Championships, and was the bronze medallist at 200 metres. She was another of the clubs county representatives at Cudworth. Evie ran in the same heats of the 60 and 150 metres as Jodie, where she took 7^th place in the 60, with a new PB of 9.18s, and 6^th place in the 150, running another new PB of 21.82s. In the long jump competition she set a third PB of the day, with a jump measuring 4.05m.

13 year old Emily Dye made her debut for Kingston in the 2013 track & field season, she competes for the club in the National Youth Development League and Humberside League meetings and also competed in the English Schools AA regional cup final at Gateshead. Emily was in action at Sheffield in heat 11 of the 60 metres, where she took 6^th place and also recorded a new PB of 9.16s. She set another new PB of 4.30m in the long jump, for 9^th place.

Gina De Lancey is also 13 years old and 2015 was her third competitive season for Kingston. The Sheffield meeting was Gina’s first outing since Mays Humberside Championships, where she was a 4^th placed finisher in the shot putt competition. She was in action in the shot and the 60 metres sprints. She claimed 4^th place in heat 12 of the 60 metres and set a new PB of 9.19s. The shot competition saw her set another new PB of 6.37m.